Easy Pizza Dough
An adapted version of Easy Bagel Dough from Skinnytaste, made into the best homemade pizza crust!
Equipment
- Mixing bowl
- Pastry mat
- Rolling pin
- Pizza pan (we use a 12-inch cast-iron skillet)
- Pizza cutter
Ingredients
- 1 cup nonfat Greek yogurt
- 1 cup unbleached white flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 3/4 tsp salt
- extra flour, for rolling
- 1 tsp olive oil, for brushing on the pan
- 1 Tbsp active or discard sourdough starter* * optional. If you don't have this, don't worry!
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning or garlic powder (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Mix the flour, baking powder, salt, and yogurt (and sourdough starter, if using) by hand in a bowl until combined.
- Turn the mixture onto a lightly floured pastry mat, and roll into a 12-inch round.
- Lightly brush the surface of your pizza pan or cast-iron skillet with olive oil.
- Gently place your rolled out dough into the lightly oiled skillet.
- Put into preheated oven WITHOUT toppings on for 10 minutes.
- Remove from oven, and top with sauce and other ingredients (except cheese.) Bake for 10-15 more minutes (this may vary depending on your oven and toppings used.)
- When the crust is fully browned and crispy on the bottom and pizza appears done, turn the oven off. Add cheese and put back in the oven for another 1-3 minutes until the cheese is fully melted.
- Remove from oven, cut and enjoy!
Notes
I have sourdough starter in my refrigerator, so we usually put a tablespoon of it in this dough. This is NOT a required ingredient - if you don't have it, you will still love this recipe. We think the sourdough starter gives it just a bit of extra flavor and also some extra crispiness.