The Easiest Actually Good Pizza Dough - No Mixer

all-purpose flour

🥗Healthier: whole wheat flour

💰Cheaper: bread flour

Whole wheat flour adds fiber and nutrients.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Vegetable oil is less expensive and has a neutral flavor.

Add 400 G of warm water to a medium bowl.

Add 20 G of extra virgin olive oil to the bowl.

Add 7 G of instant yeast (one packet) to the bowl.

Add 15 G of salt to the bowl.

Add 20 G of sugar to the bowl.

Add 680 G of all-purpose flour to the bowl.

Stir the mixture with a sturdy spoon for about 15 seconds until the flour starts to hydrate and clump up.

Use a soaking wet hand to squeeze and mix the shaggy dough until it becomes more homogeneous.

Cover the bowl with a lid and let the dough ferment on the counter for 30 minutes.

After 30 minutes, wet your hand and pull a corner of the dough out as far as possible without tearing, then fold it back over itself. Repeat this folding action four to five more times.

Flip the dough over so the folded seams are underneath and round it into a tight ball by tucking it under itself.

Cover the bowl again and let the dough ferment for 60 more minutes.

After 90 minutes total fermentation, flip the dough onto a lightly floured work surface and cut it into four equal pieces, aiming for about 280 G each.

Fold in the left and right sides of each piece of dough, tucking them over each other, then turn it 90° and repeat the fold on the other two sides.

Flip the dough ball over and roll it with both hands to create tension.

Spray a sheet tray with olive oil and place the four pre-shaped balls onto it, covering them to rest for 15 minutes.

If making the dough a day ahead, cover and refrigerate it at this point, taking it out 60 minutes before rolling into pizza.

To stretch the dough, pick one ball off the sheet tray, pound it flat with your palm, and press out the edges to establish a crust.

Use both hands to stretch the dough, pulling the crust while flipping and turning it until it reaches about 10 inches wide.

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