Fluffy yeast pizza dough

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 2 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   How to knead fluffy and soft yeast pizza dough using dry yeast? Prepare the necessary ingredients. Pour warm drinking water into a deep bowl. The water temperature should be pleasantly warm to the touch, but not hot. Otherwise the yeast may die. Pour in odorless sunflower oil. Refined sunflower oil is usually added to baking dough so that the dough has a neutral smell and taste.

2. STEP 2

   

   Add dry instant yeast, salt and sugar. Sugar is necessary for the functioning of yeast, and salt will significantly improve the taste of the dough. This is a recipe for a no-pair dough. That is, the performance of the yeast is not tested here, but is assumed initially. If there is even the slightest doubt about the freshness of the yeast, then it would be better to prepare a dough.

3. STEP 3

   

   Sift premium flour into the dough in parts, focusing on the consistency of the resulting dough. It is important not to overfill the dough with flour, otherwise the pizza base will turn out like a sole.

4. STEP 4

   

   It usually takes 15 minutes or more to knead the dough by hand. As soon as it stops sticking too much to your hands, it’s ready. You may not need the entire amount of flour indicated in the recipe, since it differs in quality from different manufacturers. Cover the dough with cling film and put it in a warm place for an hour. I leave the dough in the microwave, in which a second ago I heated half a glass of regular tap water.

5. STEP 5

   

   Within an hour, the dough will increase significantly in volume, become fluffy and rise well. The dough should have a characteristic, homely, yeasty smell.

6. STEP 6

   

   You can knead it with your hand and leave it in a warm place for another half hour. This will make the dough more fluffy. After this, the dough is ready for further work - rolling out the base and forming the pizza.

7. STEP 7

   

   I got four pizzas, thirty centimeters in diameter. The pizza base made from this dough is fluffy, tender in taste, and the crust is crunchy. But the dough itself does not brown well. Perhaps this is due to the characteristics of my oven, because they are all different.

Comments on the recipe

Yana

30.10.2023

4.8

The recipe is irreplaceable! I’ve been using it to prepare dough for pizza and pies for over a year now, and it always turns out right. 🤩 Lush, airy, tender. I cook exactly according to the proportions from the recipe, from this amount of dough I get two round homemade pizzas with a diameter of 30 cm. I knead the dough once, it becomes so beautiful, smooth and fluffy! 🥰 It’s obedient in work, I don’t roll it out, but just stretch it, pressing it with my fingers. Wonderful recipe! Many thanks to the author. ❤️

LidaLidochka

30.10.2023

4.8

I confirm, the dough is excellent! Only instead of water I add milk.

Lena

30.10.2023

4.7

Thank you very much! The pizza never turned out right, I tried a lot of recipes, the dough remained hard and did not rise. And then magic happened that eclipsed all my expectations! The pizza turned out fluffy, airy, and baked very well (although the peppers on top were a little burnt). I didn’t expect it to rise like that and because of this I slightly misjudged the amount of filling, but that’s okay, now I’ll cook it more often)) Thank you!)))) P.s. Reduced the amount of ingredients by half. I used refined coconut oil. The yeast was very old, I was afraid that it wouldn’t germinate. I put the dough in the multicooker for 20 minutes, then the kneaded dough for 30 minutes, all at 40C. Kneaded well and left for another 10 minutes. After rolling out, while I prepared the filling, it stood on a baking sheet on a warming stove. The pizza turned out to be big, you can’t see it in the photo, but the plate was about 30cm in diameter.

Yanuta

30.10.2023

5

I made it according to your recipe, it turned out very tasty. I added a large pinch of salt. I just made the dough because I wasn’t sure about the yeast (water, sugar according to your recipe, a spoonful of flour. 15 minutes in the oven at 40 degrees). After kneading the dough, place it in the oven at 40 degrees for 30 minutes. to save time. I have tried other yeast dough recipes, this one is the best. Thank you.

Allie Lynx

30.10.2023

4.9

The dough turned out great. I changed it a little by mixing water and milk 50/50. It turned out fluffy. Thanks for the recipe.

Darling

30.10.2023

4.7

I've done it more than once. Dough 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥! I want to take pictures of everything, but I don’t have time! The family sweeps it away without letting it cool)!!! Yesterday I added kefir to the water, it turned out to be the most tender dough. I added about 1/3 of the amount of water (remains, as much as there was 😁), well, it turned out very great! Thank you for the recipe! 💕💕🥰🥰🥰Yes, I forgot to say that I always knead it in a bread machine. And with the addition of kefir, a little less flour was left.

Alina

30.10.2023

4.6

The very thought of preparing yeast dough for pizza always made me afraid that nothing would work out and that it would be better to buy ready-made dough in the store. I decided to try your recipe and was surprised to find that it wasn’t all that scary 😄 The dough itself turned out fluffy and elastic, didn’t stick to my hands, for airiness I also let it sit for 15 minutes under cling film, in the end the pizza turned out just perfect!! Thanks to the author for the recipe ☺️