With this 15-Minute Pizza Dough recipe, you can be enjoying fresh, homemade, hot pizza in less than half the time it would even take a yeast pizza dough to rise. Perfect for turning busy weeknights into pizza night!
Original post: January 2019 | Updated: January 2021 and October 2025
Why You’ll Love This Easy Pizza Dough Recipe
- Great with all your favorite toppings!
- Homemade + simple + only 5 ingredients = the easiest, most perfect pizza dough you’ll ever make.
- Works with a variety of flours.
- Because no yeast is required, your pizza is ready to go in about 30 minutes!
- So yummy. The pizza bakes up perfectly every single time.
Homemade Pizza Dough Recipe Ingredients
This quick pizza dough only requires a handful of the most basic ingredients.
Flour – All purpose flour works great. Feel free to experiment with your favorite variety.
Milk – Any variety!
Butter – Use salted or unsalted butter, depending on toppings. For a pizza with salty toppings, use unsalted butter. With unsalty toppings, use salted butter.
Baking powder – Acts as the leavening agent to make your dough rise without any yeast!
How to Make 15-Minute Pizza Dough
Step1
Preheat your oven and coat a pizza pan or baking sheet with cooking spray.
Step 2
Combine all ingredients in a large bowl or mixing stand and use a dough hook or wooden spoon to mix until a shaggy dough forms.
Transfer dough to a lightly floured but clean work surface, and knead by hand for 1-2 minutes, or until a smooth dough ball forms.
Step 3
Use a rolling pin to roll the dough into a 12-inch circle.
Transfer to the prepared pan, top with pizza sauce and toppings of choice.
Bake for 12-15 minutes or until crust is golden and the cheese is nice and melty.
Recipe Notes and Tips for the Best Results
- If you don’t have a pizza pan or pizza stone, use a large baking sheet either sprayed generously with cooking spray or covered with a piece of parchment paper. I’ve also had great success baking the pizza in a large cast iron skillet.
- If you do not have a stand mixer with a dough hook, use a large spoon to mix the dough.
- When you press the dough onto the pizza pan or baking sheet, be sure to form a ridge around the entire outer edge which will turn into the crust. This dough produces a nice, fluffy, perfect 1 inch thick crust!
- Cook time will vary, depending on how many pizza toppings you use. Don’t open the oven door, but use your oven light and start peeking around the 12-minute mark. The crust should be golden brown when the pizza is done and the cheese will be melted uniformly.
- As long as you’re going homemade for the crust, you may as well make your own Homemade Pizza Sauce, too! It is super easy and will taste way better than anything you can find in the store. It’s worth the tiny bit of effort required!
What to Put on Pizza
Building your own pizzas is a deeply personal experience. These are a few ideas to get you started, but have fun! The sky’s the limit!
- Everyone starts with the tomato sauce as the pizza base, but a thin layer of olive oil is also a great first layer for any pizza!
- When it comes to toppings, the world really is your oyster. I like to get a bit wild with my pizza creations, but feel free to keep it simple with just some sauce and mozzarella cheese.
- But if you are gonna load up on toppings, there are a few options to choose from: sausage, bacon crumbles, pepperoni, diced or shredded ham, green and red bell peppers, onions, mushrooms and black olives, just to name a few!
- The best cheeses to use on homemade pizza are mozzarella, provolone and cheddar. I love using FRESH mozzarella on pizzas for the best melt and an extra bit of yum!
What Is The Best Flour For Homemade Pizza Dough
There is a specific “00 flour” that pizza purists swear by for making pizza, but all sorts of flours can be used for homemade pizza dough. All-purpose flour works just great, or you can use bread flour for a good option.
Some flours, like whole wheat, require more water per flour ratio, but honestly, just about any flour will work.
How Long Does Homemade Pizza Dough Need To Rise
Zero minutes for this recipe! Usually, you’ll have to wait for the yeast to activate and for the dough to proof, or rise. That can be over 2 hours sometimes! This 15-minute pizza dough is exactly that. Fast and ready to go without all the extra wait time.
How to Store Pizza Dough
If you plan on storing your pizza dough for later, follow the recipe directions until you have your smooth ball of dough. Place a large piece of plastic wrap on the counter and brush some olive oil onto the plastic where you’ll place the dough ball.
Brush the top of the dough ball with a little more olive oil and wrap tightly in the saran wrap – I like to wrap it twice to ensure it doesn’t dry out. Store in an airtight container and place the ball immediately in the refrigerator.
How Long Does Pizza Dough Last In The Fridge
Stored properly, your pizza dough will be good for up to 2 weeks in the refrigerator.
When you are ready to use it, take the pizza dough from the fridge. Sprinkle a spot of flour on the counter. Unwrap the chilled dough from the plastic and place it on the lightly floured surface.
Cover lightly with the plastic or a large bowl so it doesn’t get dry. Allow the chilled dough to rest for at least 20 minutes to loosen the gluten before rolling it out and baking.
Can I Freeze This Pizza Dough?
One of my favorite things about this pizza dough recipe is that it freezes beautifully. Wrap the dough balls tightly in plastic wrap, then place into a resealable freezer bag. Freeze for up to 4 months.
Allow the frozen dough to thaw in the refrigerator overnight and follow refrigerated directions before using it!
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15 Minute Pizza Dough
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour plus extra for rolling
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2/3 cup milk
- 1/4 cup salted butter softened
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F and coat a 12-inch pizza pan with cooking spray.
- Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl. Using a dough hook, mix until dough forms. Transfer dough to a lightly floured surface and knead for 1-2 minutes, or until a smooth ball forms.
- Use a rolling pin to roll the dough into a 12-inch circle. Transfer to the prepared pan, top with pizza sauce and toppings of choice.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes or until crust is golden.
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Notes
- If you don’t have a pizza pan or pizza stone, use a large baking sheet either sprayed generously with cooking spray or covered with a piece of parchment paper. I’ve also had great success baking the pizza in a large cast iron skillet.
- If you do not have a stand mixer with a dough hook, use a large spoon to mix the dough.
- When you press the dough onto the pizza pan or baking sheet, be sure to form a ridge around the entire outer edge which will turn into the crust. This dough produces a nice, fluffy, perfect 1 inch thick crust!
- Cook time will vary, depending on how many pizza toppings you use. Don’t open the oven door, but use your oven light and start peeking around the 12-minute mark. The crust should be golden brown when the pizza is done and the cheese will be melted uniformly.
- As long as you’re going homemade for the crust, you may as well make your own Homemade Pizza Sauce, too! It is super easy and will taste way better than anything you can find in the store. It’s worth the tiny bit of effort required!
Pizza is my favorite thing to cook with the kids. It is one food that their “help” can actually be help. You can’t really screw up putting toppings on, and they love to customize their own little pizzas.
That is so true and it’s kinda fun seeing their creativity come out of it.
My son and I liked it a lot! Next time I’m switching to olive oil and 3/4 tsp salt because I prefer the taste of olive oil over butter, but it was good! Thank you!
Glad they were enjoyed! Olive oil is a great option – thank you for sharing!
I enjoy trying new dishes to serve my family. This looks absolutely delicious.
It’s a fun dinner to make and cater to your likes. I hope you try it!
This isn’t good pizza dough! It taste more like a biscuit. It’s also very stiff and hard to roll out. I would do one with yeast
I’m sorry you didn’t care for it. There’s a lot of options out there to try – enjoy pizza making!