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Pizza Dough Recipe for the Bread Machine

For years we’ve had pizza night once a month.  The Man of The House makes the pizza dough in the bread machine. Here’s the pizza dough recipe and exactly how we make our homemade pizza.
Course Bread Machine Recipes
Cuisine American
Keyword pizza dough
Servings 2 batches of pizza dough
Author Marsha Perry

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 1 ¼ Cups water
  • 1 ½ Tablespoons olive oil
  • 3 ¾ Cups bread flour
  • 1 ½ Tablespoons sugar
  • 1 teaspoons salt
  • 1 ½ teaspoons active dry yeast yeast
US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Instructions for Making Pizza with a Pizza Stone - Two-Pound Machine

  • Follow the instructions that came with your bread machine in terms of what ingredients to add first.  Use the dough setting.
  • Check on the dough after five or ten minutes of kneading.  It should be a smooth, round ball. 
  • Separate the dough into two balls. Let the balls of dough rest for at least 5 minutes. Then use a rolling pin to form two rounds of dough. 
  • Move the pizza crusts onto parchment paper.
  • Put the pizza stone into the oven and set the temperature to 545 degrees.  If your oven doesn’t go over 500 degrees, set the oven for about 5 degrees under its maximum temperature.
  • Lightly brush olive oil on the crust to seal it. Then spread the sauce over the pizza avoiding the edges.
  • Cover the pizza with pepperoni. 
  • Add the cheese of your choice
  • Use a peel to move the pizza and the parchment paper onto the pizza stone. (You'll cook the pizzas one at a time.)
  • Keep an eye on the pizza and watch for the cheese to melt. That's when it's done. In our oven that takes between 6 and 8 minutes.
  • When the pizza is done use the peel to remove the pizza and parchment paper from the oven. Slide the pizza onto the cutting board and discard the parchment paper.
  • Slice and enjoy!

Instruction for Making Pizza with Cookie Sheets - Two-Pound Machine

  • Follow the instructions that came with your bread machine in terms of what ingredients to add first.  Use the dough setting.
  • Check on the dough after five or ten minutes of kneading.  Pop the top of the bread machine and look at the dough.  It should be a smooth, round ball. 
  • Once the dough is done, roll it out and make two rectangles.  Lay the dough in the cookie sheets.
  • Brush the pizza dough with olive oil to seal it. Add your pizza ingredients. 
  • The cheese is next. 
  • Once the pizza is assembled, bake it for 25 minutes at 400 degrees.

Notes

This is a recipe for a two-pound machine. You’ll be using the dough setting.
This recipe was developed and tested using US customary measurements. Metric measurements are calculated automatically.