I think I’ve mentioned before that my family orders pizza every Friday night. My husband and I started that tradition when we first met 16 years ago, and through getting engaged, getting married, having 3 kids, its always been a tradition that we look forward to every Friday! That’s why every Friday night at our house is PARTY PIZZA FRIDAY!!
My sister on the other hand makes her own pizza! When we were in our early 20’s we worked at this bar/restaurant in our town, and somehow, my sister ended up helping cook in the kitchen and learned how to make spectacular pizzas. It was a very busy kitchen on the weekends, I’m not sure how many dozens of pizzas went out the door for delivery, but it was a lot!
She had been telling me to try making pizza’s too. “My dough is so easy, anyone can make it!” she urged. Well, I still order out most times for the convenience, but she is right, the dough is perfect, you don’t need to let it rise. Just make it and start making pizzas!
The following is the recipe, as told by my twin sister Biz!
Here is my no rise pizza dough recipe done in the food processor. (or kitchen aid stand up mixer with dough hook!)
2 1/2 to 2 3/4 cup all-purpose flour, divided
1 teaspoon sea salt
1 package active yeast
1 cup warm water
1 tablespoon olive oil
Put 2 cups flour and salt in food processor and pulse. Heat water to 110 degrees. Add yeast and let it sit for 5 minutes until its all nice and bubbly. Add olive oil to yeast/water mixture and stir. Start food processor and slowly pour in yeast mixture. Now, at this point, just eye ball how much extra flour you will need so that it stops sticking to the sides. Once I have enough extra flour added between 1/2 to 3/4 cups), I let it run for about 5 minutes.
When you are done, you have a nice warm delicious ball of dough that is enough for two thin 12 inch pizzas.
My trick for crispy crunchy crust? I prebake my dough at 425 for 7 minutes (on a cookie sheet), remove from oven, add my toppings and then slide my pizza directly on my oven racks on the lowest rack (my oven has coils on the bottom). This creates a lovely cracker crisp crust. Then I let it sit for 5 minutes before slicing. So Yum!
Thanks Biz for sharing your easiest pizza dough ever!
Here are examples of her creations!
I love homemade pizza! My parents always did pizza Fridays as well. Sometimes they would buy it from the local pizzeria and sometimes they would just buy the dough and we would put it together ourselves. I have been buying Trader Joe’s whole wheat dough for a while and tried making my own once. I will have to give this one a shot. The other good thing about homemade pizza is that it’s SO much healthier than storebought and you can get really creative with the ingredients.
Ooo, that looks like a delicious dough! I love homemade pizza, for sure. Although, I’ll admit that my boyfriend and I have more of a tradition of picking up our pizzas than making them ourselves π Perhaps, I will try my hand at dough-making sometime. In the mean time, I love your Friday tradition!
That looks like such a great idea!!!!!! We’re more of the order in pizza couple… but I bet if I made THIS I could change our order-in Fridays to make-our-own-Pizza Fridays! Yum!
I am really in the mood for pizza tonight! I love my mom’s homemade pizza and have not had it in years. Thanks for sharing!
That’s awesome that you’ve kept that tradition going for so long! And I am definitely going to try your sister’s recipe!
Mmm yum! I’ve made her pizza dough twice now and it’s awesome.
Homemade tops any Dominoes or Papa John’s! Those two look oh so good. You’re making us crave pizza now. Making the crust isn’t too hard, which is good to know.
Thanks! I did end up getting that job, so thank god I don’t have to fill out any more applications!! π
Man, that pizza does look amazing! π
We’ve been making Catherine Newman’s pizza most Friday nights–like tonight!
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And boy does that pizza look great!
I love the rustic look of homemade pizza – much more appealing than big round boring pizza!
nice crust – homemade pizzas rule!
The pizza looks amazing! Have a nice weekend! π
yum! i made some homemade pizza & dough last night too. i will definitely add sea salt next time instead of regular salt, that sounds good!
Thin crust pizza is the best! It’s so crispy!! Yours looks fantastic!
Yes! Homemade Pizza Crust Rules!!!!! I’m glad you followed you sister’s advice, isn’t it much better than store-bought?! Your recipe looks great, very versatile. Plus, when you make it at home you can make it as thin as you want and control the carbs! Great job!
I think making pizza is a great activity for kids’ sleepovers but I confess I buy the dough at TJs.
Oh wow, that is awesome. I totally want to try making my own pizza dough!
We do pizza Fridays as well. I do make my own dough(just because take out seems so expensive).
you gotta love family traditions
Oh boy that looks amazing! I have heard of making homemade dough in a food processor. I will have to try this.
homemade pizza is SOOO good! and you can play around with your own fav toppings. we used to have pizza nights, too, but it was on Saturdays, and we went to Pizza hut for the buffets.
YUMMY! wish i could join the party!
YUM! That looks so good. I admit I cheat and buy the pizza shells that are pre-made, but I think I just might give this a go!
The closest I get to homemade is using Boboli crust…but I think I’ll have to try this!