Homemade Pizza Dough

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When you have homemade pizza dough at your fingertips, it's a good thing!

Prep Time15

Total Time15

Course: Bread

Cuisine: American, Italian

Keyword: Dough, Pizza

Servings: (13-ounce) balls of dough

Author: Nicole

In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the dough hook, mix all of the ingredients on low speed until a coarse ball forms, about 4 minutes. Turn the mixer off and allow the dough to rest for 5 minutes (autolyze phase), then mix again on low speed for an additional 2-3 minutes or until the dough clears the sides of the bowl and sticks just to the bottom. If the dough is too soft and sticky to hold its shape, mix in more flour by the tablespoonful; if it is too stiff or dry, mix in more water by the tablespoonful.
Immediately divide the dough into 3 equal pieces. Round each piece into a ball and brush each ball with Extra-Virgin olive oil. Place each ball in its own zippered freezer bag or large plastic container.
If using the next day, let the balls sit at room temperature for 15 minutes, then put them in the refrigerator overnight.
If using the same day, let the dough balls sit at room temperature in the bags/containers for 1 hour, remove from the bags, punch down, reshape into balls, return to the bags, and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
The next day (or later the same day if refrigerated for only 2 hours), remove the balls from the refrigerator 2 hours before baking to bring them to room temperature before you plan to roll them out. At this point, you can hold any balls you don't use right away in the refrigerator for a day, or you can freeze them for up to 3 months.