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30 Minute Easy Pizza Dough

The EASIEST and most DELICIOUS pizza dough recipe!

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Mar 29, 2026
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Much like bread, pizza dough tends to intimidate people. Myself included. Watching pizza makers toss the dough above their head, seeing the science of dough hydration and humidity; the process overall seemed far too technical to tackle.

But then I started messing with some different recipes. If we can figure out how to make our 4-ingredient bread then there HAS to be a way to do the same with pizza dough. It took some serious trial and error but I finally got the measurements right.

The result? Pizza dough that is ready to go after just 30 minutes.

Why was I so adamant about getting this right? Because store-bought pre-made dough is trash. Bake-at-home pizzas are fine but at the point I’d rather just get a full pie from my favorite pizza shop.

Making pizzas at home has become an event. Since learning this simple technique, my family and I roll our own dough when we’re making pizzas and now you can too!

Stop letting dough scare you. You’re better than that.

Let's make some dough.

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Estimated Time: 45-60 minutes

Serves: 5-8

Tools:

  • Pizza stone if available

  • Rolling pin (optional)

  • Cheese grater

Ingredients:

  • 3.5 cups of AP Flour (Pizza or Bread Flour also work)

  • 2 1/4 tsps of Instant Yeast (One Packet)

  • 1 tbsp salt

  • 1 tbsp sugar

  • 1 1/2 tbsp Olive Oil

  • 1 1/2-1 3/4 cup warm water

    (The more water you use, the more difficult the dough is to handle.)

If making pizza:

  • 2 cups freshly shredded mozzarella

  • 1/2 cup of pizza sauce

  • Pepperoni

  • Parmesan

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