Description
Homemade Pizza Hut dough delivers classic restaurant-style flavor straight to family kitchen counters. Crispy edges and perfect chewy texture make this recipe a weekend cooking champion you’ll crave again and again.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 3 1/2 cups (420 grams) all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups (360 milliliters) warm water
- 2 tablespoons (30 milliliters) olive oil
Flavoring and Seasoning:
- 1 tablespoon (15 grams) sugar
- 2 teaspoons (10 grams) salt
Leavening Agent:
- 2 teaspoons (6 grams) instant yeast
Instructions
- Gather dry ingredients like flour, sugar, salt, and yeast in a spacious mixing vessel, ensuring even distribution of components.
- Introduce warm water and olive oil to the dry mixture, gently stirring until a cohesive dough formation emerges.
- Transfer the nascent dough onto a lightly dusted work surface, commencing a rhythmic kneading process for approximately 5-7 minutes until the texture transforms into a smooth, resilient consistency.
- Delicately coat a pristine bowl with a thin olive oil layer, nestle the dough inside, and envelop it with a damp cloth or plastic membrane, allowing it to rest and expand in a warm environment for 1-1.5 hours.
- Activate the oven, calibrating the temperature to 475°F (245°C), and if utilizing a pizza stone, position it inside to absorb preliminary heat.
- After the dough completes its rising cycle, deflate it with a gentle punch to eliminate trapped air pockets.
- Decide between crafting two smaller pizzas by dividing the dough or maintaining its original form for a substantial single pizza.
- Manipulate the dough on a flour-sprinkled surface, stretching and rolling to achieve the preferred thickness and shape.
- Layer preferred toppings across the prepared dough canvas, ensuring even distribution.
- Slide the pizza into the preheated oven, allowing it to bake for 12-15 minutes until the crust achieves a golden hue and the cheese melts into a luxurious, bubbling landscape.
- Extract from the oven, slice into wedges, and savor the homemade culinary creation.
Notes
- Create a perfectly soft dough by ensuring water temperature is between 105-115°F, which activates yeast without killing it.
- Knead the dough thoroughly to develop gluten, creating that signature stretchy and chewy Pizza Hut texture.
- For a crispier crust, pre-bake the dough for 3-4 minutes before adding toppings, preventing a soggy bottom.
- Experiment with alternative flours like whole wheat or gluten-free blends for dietary adaptations while maintaining similar texture and taste.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dinner, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 4
- Calories: 220
- Sugar: 1 g
- Sodium: 270 mg
- Fat: 3 g
- Saturated Fat: 0.5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2.5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 44 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 6 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg