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A perfectly baked pizza with melted cheese, tomato sauce, and fresh basil, part of The Only Pizza Night Recipes Recipe You’ll Need (2025).

The Only Pizza Night Recipes Recipe You’ll Need (2025)

This recipe guides you through creating a delicious pizza dough, perfect for your family's pizza night tradition. It's designed for ease of preparation and can be adapted for various dietary needs.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Resting Time 24 minutes
Total Time 54 minutes
Servings: 1 pizza
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

For the Dough
  • 1 cup sourdough starter unfed/discard
  • 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons to 3/4 cup water lukewarm
  • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour weighed or spooned and leveled
  • 1 teaspoon table salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon instant yeast or active dry yeast
  • 4 teaspoons pizza dough flavor optional

Equipment

  • Large mixing bowl
  • Stand mixer
  • Measuring cups
  • Measuring spoons
  • Kitchen scale

Method
 

  1. Stir any liquid on top of your refrigerated starter back into it before measuring 1 cup into a large mixing bowl. Note: This is a good opportunity to feed the remainder of your starter, if necessary.
  2. To make the dough: Weigh your flour; or measure it by gently spooning it into a cup, then sweeping off any excess. In your large mixing bowl or bowl of your stand mixer, combine the lesser amount of water, the flour, salt, yeast, and Pizza Dough Flavor with the sourdough starter.

Notes

This recipe forms the base for your pizza night. You can adapt it for gluten-free or low-carb needs by using alternative flours. Enjoy the process of creating your own pizzas with loved ones.

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