Thin Crust Pizza Dough {Easy Homemade Pizza Crust}
This Perfect Pizza Crust is a blend of Whole Wheat and All Purpose Flour. It's crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside! Make it for a fun Build-Your-Own pizza night!
Servings: 3 Medium Thin Crust
Ingredients
- 1 ⅓ cup warm water between 100-110°F. ( I just warm it in the microwave for 15 seconds at a time until it reaches the temperature.)
- 1 packet active dry yeast (1 packet = 2¼ teaspoons)
- 2 teaspoon sugar
- 1.5 tablespoon olive oil
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup white whole wheat flour (I use King Arthur's brand. See notes if you want to just use all "All-Purpose Flour" instead.)
- 2 ¼ cup all purpose flour
Additional:
- about 1 tablespoon olive oil for oiling bowl & rolling surface. Extra all purpose flour for dusting.
Instructions
- Pour warm water, sugar, and active dry yeast packet into a bowl and give it a little stir. Let it rest for 10 minutes until foamy to “activate.”
- Meanwhile, combine the flours in your stand mixer. (See notes below if you do not have a mixer.) I like to shake the flour in its container to “lighten” it. Scoop it out with a measuring cup and level off the top with a straight edge (like a butter knife or scraper).
- Once yeast is ready, add olive oil and salt to it. Give it a quick stir, then pour it into the flour bowl.
- Using the dough hook, turn mixer on “Stir” for 1 minute, then increase to level “2” for 5 minutes. Towards the end of mixing, the dough should have formed a ball and and no longer be sticking to the bowl. If not, add a tablespoon of flour at a time and continue mixing until no longer sticking. (When you turn it off, it will be slighlty sticky to the touch, but that's ok!)
- Roll the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead into a ball.
- Then place it into a lightly oiled bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and let it rise for about an hour (until doubled in size).
- Once risen, pre-heat oven to 425°F.
- Punch down dough, and form into a ball in the bowl. Then lay it on a lightly oiled surface to shape into a log (easier to divide that way), and cut it into desired pieces. (See notes below for different sizes.)
- Form each piece into a ball, cover and let rest for about 10-15 minutes. (This is optional, but I feel it makes the dough easier to work with and stretch.)
- Flatten out each dough ball and shape into a pizza on your oiled surface. (Don’t worry about flattening it out completely, you can stretch it out some more on your pan.)
- Spray your baking sheet with non-stick cooking oil and sprinkle with cornmeal. (I use the vented pizza baking sheet because it cooks the crust evenly.)
- Place your dough on your baking sheet. You can easily stretch it out to form a bigger and thinner pizza at this point, then form a crust by pinching along the edges. Lightly poke the entire dough with a fork (this keeps it from creating large bubbles while baking).
- Top with some Easy & Thick Pizza Sauce , and desired toppings. Bake for the indicated time in the notes (depends on the size).
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Notes
Types of Flour:
- You can use any whole wheat flour, I just prefer "White Whole Wheat" ( I usually get the King Arthur brand). We like the flavor and it makes it slightly healthier!
- Another option is to omit the whole wheat and just use All-Purpose Flour, but you will need to increase the amount of flour by ¼ cup.
Don’t have a stand mixer?
You can knead it by hand! It’s messy, but it’s also kind of fun. :) Combine the flours and yeast mixture in a large bowl. Mix with a large spoon, or your hands until just combined. Lay out your dough on a lightly floured surface and knead for about 8-10 minutes.Here is a short tutorial on how to knead by hand: https://youtu.be/wyXz3Yl9arQ Then continue following from steps 5-13!Pizza Night & Pizza sizes:
We like thin crust for our pizzas, so I usually cut into 3 pieces and it makes 3 medium thin crust. This dough can make:- 3 medium thin crust
- 2 large regular crust
- 9 mini pizzas for “Build-Your-Own Pizza Night”
- minis: bake for 8-10 minutes.
- Medium thin crust: 13-15 minutes.
- Large 20-23 minutes.