The easiest homemade pizza dough ever – only 3 ingredients and no rising time needed!
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The Easiest Homemade Pizza Dough
I know making pizza or bread dough from scratch can be intimidating as it requires yeast and hours to letting the dough to rest and rise. So, this is my go-to recipe whenever I don’t have a lot of time and I want to make homemade pizza in less than 30 minutes with homemade dough.
Easiest Homemade Pizza Dough Recipe - only 3 ingredients! @tspbasil #healthykitchenhacks Click To TweetThe secret ingredient is……beer! One 12-ounce bottle or can is all it takes (I find that a basic lager beer works best.) You don’t need to add yeast and you don’t need to let the dough rise for an hour. Win-win!
I like to use a combination of bread flour (2 cups) and white whole wheat flour (1 cup) but you could certain do all bread flour or all white whole wheat flour. The last ingredient is 1 tablespoon of baking powder which, along with the beer, helps the dough rise quickly.
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Description
The easiest homemade pizza dough ever – only 3 ingredients and no rising time needed!
Ingredients
- 3 cups flour (I use 2 cups bread flour and 1 cup white whole wheat flour)
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 12 ounces beer (I use lager)
- Pinch of salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Mix all ingredients in a large bowl. Knead dough on a floured surface for a few minutes until smooth and elastic.
- Roll out dough into a large circle for one pizza or divide into six pieces for individual pizzas. (At this point, you can freeze dough in double freezer bags for future use.)
- Add toppings to dough and bake for 10 – 14 minutes (depending how big pizza is.)
- Remove from oven, slice and serve.
Do you ever make homemade pizza dough? Would you try this kitchen hack?
Jayden
Monday 8th of May 2017
Can you substitute the beer for something else??
Deanna Segrave-Daly
Tuesday 9th of May 2017
If you are worried about the alcohol, you could use non-alcoholic beer. Otherwise, I can't think of any one ingredient to swap in to mimic the yeast rising.
Michelle Gray
Friday 3rd of March 2017
I've always tried to make homemade pizza but since I'm not that good in the kitchen, I always found these recipes too complicated. But after seeing this, everything changed! Your dough is so easy to prepare that I'm almost having pizza everyday! hahah. Thank you!
Deanna Segrave-Daly
Friday 3rd of March 2017
I'm glad you are inspired to try this - you can do it! Let me know how it turns out :)
Marisa
Friday 17th of February 2017
You make this look so easy! I'd love to make my own dough one day!
Deanna Segrave-Daly
Friday 17th of February 2017
I have NO doubt you can make this dough - go for it!
Sues
Wednesday 15th of February 2017
Isn't it funny how beer makes so many recipes better?? There's nothing quite like homemade pizza dough and it's made even more delicious with beer!
Deanna Segrave-Daly
Wednesday 15th of February 2017
I know -besides helping with the rising, it sure adds flavor too! Thanks for commenting :)