Homemade Pizza Dough Recipes

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Homemade is best! Our easy-to-follow pizza dough recipes are irresistible and will help keep your favorite pie light.

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Homemade Pizza Dough

Photo: Randy Mayor

Homemade pizza dough is economical, fun, and healthful since you control the ingredients. This recipe yields enough dough to make two pizzas, or one pizza and four large calzones.

Try this dough with our Spinach and Ricotta Pizza or Grilled Pepper, Onion, and Sausage Calzones.

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Honey-Wheat Pizza Dough

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This homemade pizza dough is quick and easy to make—and will have you thinking twice before reaching for a store-bought option again!

Try this dough with our Honey-Wheat Pizza with Pear-Prosciutto Salad.

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Cracker-Crust Pizza Dough

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If you like a crunchy crust, this homemade dough recipe is perfect for your next pizza night!

Try this dough with our Cracker-Crust Mushroom Pizza.

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Basic Pizza Dough

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This recipe yields enough dough for one pizza; increase the batches according to the number of pizzas you want to prepare.

Try this dough with our Sausage Pizza (Pizza alla Salsiccia), Roasted Beet Pizza (Pizza alla Barbabietola Arrostito), and Pizza Margherita.

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Thin Pizza Dough

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Thin, crisp crust is a crucial compontent to perfecting your family's homemade pie night. This recipe is easy to follow and saves on calories!

Try this dough with our Herbed Cheese Pizzas.

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Grilled Pizza Dough

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Recreate your favorite brick-oven style crust with this grilled dough recipe. Grill homemade dough over high heat until blistered.

Try this dough with our Garlicky Clam Grilled Pizza.

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Chicago Deep-Dish Pizza Dough

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Try your hand at homemade pizza with this traditional Chicago-style, deep-dish pizza dough recipe.

Try this dough with our Chicago Deep-Dish Pizza.

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All-Purpose Pizza Dough

Photo: Randy Mayor

This basic recipe, which can be used to make calzones, focaccia, or bread, can easily be doubled if you want to make some extra dough to keep on hand in the freezer.

Try this dough with our Three-Cheese Pizza Bianca, Tomato-and-Basil Pizza, and Sausage, Fennel, and Provolone Calzones.

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Focaccia-Style Pizza Dough

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Focaccia is a flat, oven-baked bread—popular in Italy—that can be topped with herbs or spices and is similar in texture to traditional pizza dough. If you don't own a pizza pan, you can find inexpensive, disposable rimmed pizza pans at the supermarket.

Try this dough with our Pear, Blue Cheese, and Bacon Focaccia-Style Pizza.

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Basil Whole Wheat Pizza Dough

Photo: Randy Mayor

This whole wheat and basil base is an earthy foil for pizzas with creamy cheeses and tomatoes.

Try this dough with our Fontina, Olive, and Tomato Pizza with Basil Whole Wheat Crust.

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