BEST PIZZA DOUGH

1440 mins
Serves 8
tiktok.com

Directions

  1. 1Add yeast to room temperature water in a large bowl.
  2. 2Add olive oil to the water and yeast mixture.
  3. 3Add a few scoops of flour at first to get it introduced.
  4. 4Mix the initial flour mixture.
  5. 5Drop in the honey or sugar.
  6. 6Add more scoops of flour and mix again.
  7. 7Once mostly incorporated, add the rest of the flour.
  8. 8Finally, add the salt.
  9. 9Watch the dough come together in the mixer.
  10. 10Grease up a large bowl while the dough is mixing.
  11. 11Once mixing is done, remove the dough hook.
  12. 12Take the stretchy dough and place it into the greased container.
  13. 13Cover the top of the dough with plastic wrap.
  14. 14Throw the dough in the fridge for at least 12 hours for bulk fermentation.
  15. 15Once bulk fermentation is done, get the dough out and pour olive oil into containers for the dough balls.
  16. 16Cut the dough into 9.5-ounce dough balls.
  17. 17Shape the dough into balls.
  18. 18Drop the shaped dough balls into individual containers.
  19. 19Slice the pepperoni.
  20. 20Grate the mozzarella cheese.
  21. 21Dust flour on a clean surface and flatten a dough ball to prepare it for stretching.
  22. 22Stretch and toss the pizza dough into shape.
  23. 23Place the dough on a pizza peel and spread homemade pizza sauce on it.
  24. 24Sprinkle freshly grated mozzarella cheese over the sauce.
  25. 25Arrange hand-cut pepperoni slices on the pizza.
  26. 26Add bacon pieces on top of the pepperoni.
  27. 27Carefully slide the pizza into a preheated pizza oven.
  28. 28Rotate the pizza in the oven for even cooking.
  29. 29Remove the cooked pizza from the oven.

Ingredients

  • 27 ounces room temperature water
  • 2 teaspoons active dry yeast
  • 45 ounces bread flour
  • 0.33 cup olive oil
  • 4 teaspoons salt
  • 4 teaspoons sugar or honey
  • null homemade pizza sauce
  • null freshly grated mozzarella
  • null hand-cut pepperoni
  • null bacon pieces

Equipment

large bowlKitchenAid stand mixerdough hooklarge airtight containerplastic wrapcutting boardkitchen scaleknifepizza peelpizza oven

Tips

  • The fermentation process is essential for a flavorful, crispy, airy crust.
  • To avoid killing the yeast, add salt halfway through kneading.