Name: Homemade Pizza Dough
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 90 min
Ingredients: 2 heads Garlic Cloves, no skin; 2 Cup Vegetable Oil; 1 pkg Active Dry or Instant Yeats ((7 g)); 1 Cup Warm Water ((240 ml)); 1 Tbl Brown Sugar ((10 g)); 2 3/4 Cup All-Purpose Flour ((375 g)); 1 Tbl Extra-Virgin Olive Oil ((10 ml)); 1 tsp Kosher Salt; 1 Tbl Extra-Virgin Olive Oil ((10 ml)); 2 Tbl Minced Garlic ((30 g)); 1/4 tsp Oregano, fresh or dried; to taste Salt & Pepper; 2 Tbl All-Purpose Flour ((30 g)); 3/4 Cup Milk or Half & Half ((255 ml))

Who doesn’t love easy savory recipes?! This homemade pizza dough is calling and you need to answer. Perfect for a quick dinner or lunch any day of the week. Below I have all the ingredients and instructions for my favorite roasted garlic and mozzarella pizza.

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pizza with plates of slices and flour on a linen

Ingredients & Equipment Needed For This Recipe

Ingredients:

Roasted Garlic

Raw Garlic Cloves– Make sure you peel the skin off. Don’t worry if you miss some it will float to the top of the oil so you can remove them.
Vegetable Oil– This is the best oil I have found works for this. It’s not too heavy and takes on a lot of the garlic flavor.

Pizza Dough

Active Dry Yeast– If you only have instant, you don’t have to activate the yeast and you can just add all the ingredients in the mixer or bowl and mix!
Water– Warm water to be exact.
Brown Sugar– Can also substitute with honey or maple syrup.
All-Purpose Flour
Extra Virgin Olive Oil– You can also use some of the garlic oil from the roasted garlic for even more flavor.
Kosher Salt– Salt of choice when it comes to cooking and baking.

White Sauce

Extra Virgin Olive Oil– Again, can go with garlic oil instead.
Minced Garlic– Can be fresh garlic or pre-minced.
Fresh or Dried Oregano– I dry herbs all summer so I like to use them fresh when I can. In the winter months I’ll go for dried.
Salt & Pepper– To your own taste. I don’t like a tooon of pepper, so I don’t add a ton.
All Purpose Flour– Used to thicken the sauce.
Half & Half OR Whole Milk– You can use either one for this recipe!

Equipement:

Set of Measuring Cups & Spoons (Liquid too) OR Digital Kitchen Scale if using Metric
Stand Mixer– To make the pizza dough it would be easier to use a stand mixer but you can definitely mix by hand as this dough isn’t very wet dough.
Small Sauce Pot– For making the white sauce for the pizza.
Rubber Spatula– Used for mixing the white sauce.
Small Glass or Metal Dish– This will be for roasting the garlic. I like to do this with a few heads of garlic and keep in the fridge!
Pizza Stone or 1/2 Sheet Pan– For making the pizza! I suggest using the sheet tray upside down so that you can place the pizza on top (or bottom hah) much easier.
Parchment Paper– Used so that the pizza doesn’t stick to the counter.

close up of mozzarella pizza with roasted garlic

My Kinda Professional Tips For Homemade Pizza Dough

Roast the garlic & make the white pizza sauce while the dough is resting/mixing or even before. You can put both on the pizza while it is still warm.
The pizza dough can be made ahead of tike and kept in the fridge OR wrapped up and put into the freezer.
The dough will gain some more flavor if it sits in the fridge for 24 hours before using.
Get that oven warmed up with either a pizza stone or 1/2 sheet tray to bake the pizza on. This will make for an extra crunchy crust.
This dough will yield TWO pizzas, so keep that in mind when you are making your dough. I try to go for 10″ rounds for my pizzas.
Roll out the dough thinner than you think. The crust will rise while it bakes so the thicker you have if before it goes in the oven the longer it will take to bake. A good rule of thumb is about 1/8″ of an inch thick.
If you don’t want bubbles give the dough a few pokes with a fork. Although I kind of like some air bubbles for a crispy texture.