Alton Brown's

Pizza Dough

Our go-to recipe for authentic, crispy and chewy pizza crust.
Yield4 10" pizzas
Prep Time10 min
Total Time12 hrs
pizza
baked
starter
dinner
italian
Ingredients
  • 700g Bread flour
  • 9g Active dry yeast
  • 15g Sugar
  • 20g Kosher salt
  • 460g Purified water
  • 15g Olive oil
Instructions
  1. 1

    Mix together the flour, yeast, sugar, and salt.

  2. 2

    Mix water and oil with the dry ingredients.

  3. 3

    Knead the dough until it stops sticking and is smooth, about 5 minutes.

  4. 4

    Let rest at room temperature 1 hr, then refrigerate overnight.

  5. 5

    Remove dough from bowl and divide into 4-6 even portions.

  6. 6

    Let rest at least 5 minutes before forming into pizzas.

Notes

  • You can also use 100-150g of mature 100% hydration sourdough starter instead of yeast. You may need to allow additional time for the dough to rise if you use this method.