This Quick No Rise Homemade Pizza Dough Recipe With Yeast is easy to make with just a handful of ingredients. If you want a pizza crust that is soft, airy, and deliciously tender, this is the recipe for you!
Use this soft pizza dough for my BBQ Chicken Ranch Pizza or Smoked Pizza on Pellet Grill!
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This easy pizza dough recipe can also be used to make homemade breadsticks, garlic knots, or Air Fryer Bagel Bites.
You can also use it for Chicken Pot Pie or turkey pot pie in place of pie crust, as well as homemade stromboli, pizza dipping bread, or Easy Philly Cheesesteak Pizza. And it is perfect for Mexican Street Corn Pizza!
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Why You'll Love This Recipe
- This is an easy recipe, even for beginners.
- You will love the thin, crispy crust.
- You can make thin-crust pizza or thick-crust pizza, you decide.
- From the time you take out your first ingredient until the time you sit down to eat is less than an hour.
- It takes nearly the same time to make homemade pizza as it does to buy and bake a store-bought pizza.
Recipe Ingredients
- Flour. All-purpose flour makes this dough nice and light. For even lighter dough, use bread flour.
- Water. Warm water is best. If the water is too hot, it will kill the yeast.
- Yeast. Quick-rise yeast or instant yeast is the key to making the dough quickly. Even better, use Fleischmann's Pizza Crust yeast.
- Sugar. This feeds the yeast. Use granulated sugar, cane sugar, or coconut sugar.
- Olive oil. You could also use avocado oil.
See the printable recipe card below for a full list of ingredients and measurements.
How To Make No Rise Pizza Dough With Yeast
Step-by-Step Instructions
Step 1: First, proof the yeast. Fill a measuring cup with lukewarm water, yeast, and sugar. Stir and let it sit for 5-10 minutes until it starts to get foamy on top.
Step 2: Combine 2.5 cups of flour and 1 teaspoon salt in a large bowl.
Step 3: Pour the yeast mixture into the bowl with the flour, and add olive oil. Mix the dough with a wooden spoon or use the dough hook attachment on your stand mixer. After the flour is all mixed in, if it gets too hard to work with the spoon, knead the dough by hand until it forms a smooth ball. Add a bit of flour in small amounts if the dough is too sticky.
Step 4: On a lightly floured surface or parchment paper, use a rolling pin and roll out the dough to the desired size to fit into a greased pan. You can use either a round pizza pan or a baking sheet.
Step 5: Add your favorite pizza sauce and toppings.
Step 6: For a thin-crust pizza, bake immediately in a preheated oven at 450 degrees F for 12-15 minutes on the lowest rack until golden brown.
Best Pizza Toppings
I love to top my pizza with peppers of any kind or color, onions, pineapple, spinach, mushrooms, tomatoes, broccoli, chicken, sliced Traeger Smoked Steak, shredded cheese, Parmesan cheese, and herbs and spices like oregano, garlic powder, and Italiano seasoning.
Expert Tips
- If you want a thicker crust, let the dough rise for 15-20 minutes, then bake until golden brown.
- The water should be warm but not hot, around 110°F. This is hot enough to activate the yeast but not kill it.
- Use a pizza pan with holes or a pizza stone to get the best results.
- Use a 9x13 baking dish to make a deep dish pizza.
- Start checking the pizza around the 10-minute mark to avoid overcooking.
Recipe FAQs
Yes! Pizza dough freezes well. Just wrap your pizza dough in plastic wrap and place it in a Ziploc freezer bag. It will keep in the freezer for up to 2 months. To defrost, put it in the fridge the night before you want to make pizza, or sit it out on the counter for 2 hours at room temperature. Roll out the pizza as above, add your favorite toppings, and bake.
Yes, you can put pizza dough in the fridge. Lightly oil the dough, cover it with plastic or place it in an airtight container, and store it in the fridge for up to 3 days.
No, you shouldn't eat raw pizza dough. The raw flour may contain bacteria like E. coli, which can make you very sick.
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Printable Recipe
Quick No Rise Homemade Pizza Dough Recipe With Yeast
Ingredients
- 1 cup warm water
- 2 teaspoons quick-rise yeast or pizza yeast
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 2½ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
- Add yeast and sugar to warm water. Stir and let sit for 5 minutes until foamy on top.
- Whisk flour and salt in a large mixing bowl.
- Pour the yeast mixture and olive oil into the flour mixture. Stir with a wooden spoon. If it is too hard to mix with a spoon, use your hands.
- Knead until the dough is a soft and smooth ball. If the dough is sticky, add a little bit of flour and mix until it is not sticky.
- Roll out the dough with a rolling pin on a floured surface until it is the desired size for the baking pan. You can use a round pizza pan or a cookie sheet.
- Gently lift the dough and place it in the greased baking pan. Add pizza sauce and toppings of your choice. Bake in the oven for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown. Slice and serve immediately.
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Notes
- If you want a thick-crust pizza, let the pizza sit for 15-20 minutes, then bake until golden brown.
- The water should be warm but not hot, around 110°F. This is hot enough to activate the yeast but not kill it.
- Use a pizza pan with holes in it to get the best results.
- Start checking the pizza around the 10-minute mark to avoid overcooking.
Nutrition
The provided nutrition information is automatically calculated. Accuracy is not guaranteed.
Mihaela | https://theworldisanoyster.com/ says
I saved it for the next time I make pizza; it sounds so easy to follow, and the end product looks so appetizing!
Jeri says
Thanks, Mihaela! I hope you like it as much as we do!
Julia says
Pizza is a favourite here and this dough recipe looks so straightforward which will really help. I much prefer homebaked food and this is one recipe to keep close.
Jeri says
Thanks, Julia! I hope you enjoy it!
Kim says
Love pizza and this recipelooks e a sy )ove the picture
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Jeri Walker says
Thanks, Kim! Let me know how you like it! 🙂
Sangita says
I love making pizza at home. This recipe would definitely help me.
Jeri says
I'm so glad you like the recipe, Sangita!