Need a quick pizza dough recipe?

Then you’ve come to the right place! Then again, I’m guessing you probably already knew that when you clicked on this post {not that the title gives it away or anything ;)}.

Believe it or not, this recipe originated from the local newspaper in the town I grew up in. It was featured years ago in the section of reader submitted recipes. My Mom cut it out for us to try one evening, and, well, we haven’t looked back since. So if that isn’t a testament to this pizza dough recipe, then I don’t know what is.

Outside of how easy it is to make, I also just love how un-fussy and uncomplicated it is. It uses a mere 5 ingredients {water is a freebie}, most of which you probably have on hand. It takes all of 5 minutes to mix up. It’s basically foolproof. Like, truly, you just can’t mess this one up. And did I mention you don’t have to let it rise and you don’t have to knead it? And you don’t have to let it rise again? And knead it again? Because let’s be real, if you’re craving pizza, you want that pizza now, not in like 5 hours. I mean honestly, find me a sane person that has that kind of patience to do a whole kneading arm routine when they’re really just looking for some cheesy covered carbs. It can’t be done. That person doesn’t exist.

While I appreciate a good slow meal made with lots of love, I’m also very much of the mindset that if it can be done faster, easier and quicker, but with basically the same results, I’m going with that option 9 times out of 10. Which is really just what this pizza dough recipe is- a faster, easier and quicker recipe, but with the same pizza dough results.

I mentioned that this dough is basically foolproof {which it is}, but it’s also really quite flexible. If you want to make half the recipe for a thinner dough, go for it {we do it all the time}. If you want to double the recipe to make a bigger pizza, easy peazy. If you want to mix up the dough, then let it rise for a few minutes before using it, you totally can. But if not, that works, too. Baking it on a baking sheet? Sure. Cast iron skillet? Delicious! Fried? OMG drool! Pizza stone? Even better! And a pizza oven, well, then you just win at pizza making all around and I’m coming to your house for pizza nights from here on out. And did I mention it also makes great calzones and focaccia? I mean honestly, what can’t this pizza dough?!

P.S. Looking for some ideas on what to do with your pizza dough? I’ve got a few! This fried pizza {pictured in the header image} is insanely delicious or you could go the pizza skillet dip route {Yup, that’s a very real thing and yup, it’s every bit as droolworthy as it sounds!} or you could try out a focaccia bread.

What are some of your favorite pizza toppings?

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