Easy Homemade Thick Crust Pizza
Ingredients
For crust
- All purpose flour - 2 ½ Cups
- Rapid Rise Yeast - 1 packet or 2 ¼ tsp
- Salt - ¾ tsp
- Warm water - 1 Cup about 120 F
- Olive oil - 2 tsp + For brushing
- Cornmeal / Semolina - For dusting
For topping
- Pizza Sauce - As per taste
- Olives - As per taste
- Onions - As per taste
- Tomato - As per taste
- Green bellpepper - As per taste
- Mozarella Cheese or Italian Cheese Blend - As per taste
- Salt - a small pinch
- Ground Black pepper - a small pinch
Instructions
- First add 2 Cups of the flour, yeast, salt into a large mixing bowl and give a nice mix.
- Add the olive oil, warm water and mix well into a sticky dough.
- Transfer the dough onto a floured surface and add ¼ Cup of flour to it. Knead well until the flour is mixed into the dough. Add the remaining ¼ of flour and continue to knead to form a smooth dough. In total you would have to knead for about 3-4 mins.
- Cover the dough and leave it to rise for 10 mins.
- Now, split the dough into two equal portions and roll the dough into a circle. Adjust the thickness of the circle based on your preference. Sprinkle some cornmeal / semolina on a greased baking sheet. Transfer the dough to a baking sheet and keep the dough covered for another 10 mins. Preheat the oven to 400 F. Bake the pizza crust for 10 mins in the preheated oven.
- Remove the crust from the oven and spread the pizza sauce on top. Add toppings of your choice. Return the pizza to the oven to bake for a further 15 - 20 mins until the crust is nicely golden and the cheese is melted.Remove the pizza from the oven and brush the sides with olive oil. Wait for 5 mins and then cut the pizza.
- Enjoy warm.
Notes | FAQ
- The above recipe makes 2 X 8 inches thick crust pizza.
- The above recipe uses Rapid Rise yeast. It cannot be substituted directly with any other type of yeast.
- Since all flours are different you might need little less or more than 2 ½ cups of all purpose flours. Hence I add 2 Cups initially and gradually add the remaining ½ Cup and adjust based on the dough consistency.
- If you need a thin crust pizza, roll the dough thin and you can skip the rising process in step 5 (after rolling the dough).
- Add any topping as per your preference.
- The baking time of the pizza would depend on the thickness of your crust. In total, the baking time can vary anywhere from 20 to 30 mins.
- The above recipe uses Rapid Rise yeast. It cannot be substituted directly with any other type of yeast.
- Since all flours are different you might need little less or more than 2 ½ cups of all purpose flours. Hence I add 2 Cups initially and gradually add the remaining ½ Cup and adjust based on the dough consistency.
- If you need a thin crust pizza, roll the dough thin and you can skip the rising process in step 5 (after rolling the dough).
- Add any topping as per your preference.
- The baking time of the pizza would depend on the thickness of your crust. In total, the baking time can vary anywhere from 20 to 30 mins.