37 pizza dough recipes

Make your very own pizza dough with this easy to understand recipe that will turn your kitchen into an authentic pizzeria!

Milk-enriched pizza dough that bakes up tender and softly chewy with a deep golden crust. The milk swap turns standard pizza dough into a pillowier base for any topping.

Whole wheat pizza dough made with a blend of whole wheat and white flour for a nutty, chewy crust. Simple yeast dough that makes two crusts from scratch.

Versatile pizza dough that doubles as Roman-style focaccia with garlic olive oil, rosemary, and kosher salt. Double-rise method for a chewy, airy crumb.

Instead of pizza sauce, use salsa as the base. Top with cheddar cheese, poblano or green bell peppers, black beans and corn. Serve with some fresh cilantro, scallions and fresh lime wedges.

Grilled pizzettes top crisp, smoky individual crusts with sauteed yellow squash, tomato, basil, and melty smoked mozzarella. Cooked right on the grill for a charred, summer-fresh personal pizza.

Chili pizza loaded with sausage, mushrooms, bell peppers, black olives, and melted longhorn cheddar on a crispy crust. A 30-minute mashup of two all-time comfort food favorites.

Homemade beefy calzones stuffed with seasoned ground beef, tangy steak sauce, and gooey mozzarella wrapped in golden pizza dough. Ready in under an hour with a warm dipping sauce.

Brunch pizza topped with soft scrambled eggs, melted mozzarella and fontina, and cold smoked salmon with chives. An elegant weekend project that marries pizza technique with lox-and-bagel flavors.

Very great vegetarian pizza, with garden tomatoes, fresh and savory flavor.

Homemade pizza with a crisp-bottomed, soft-interior crust made from a honey-yeast dough with cornmeal for crunch. A family-favorite recipe topped with tomato sauce, mozzarella, and Italian herbs.

Use garlicky olive oil as the base instead of tomato sauce, sauteed spinach, sun-dried or home oven-dried tomatoes and feta cheese are tasty toppings.

Sure, you can buy ready-made pizza dough, but often it contains quite a bit of fat and sometimes it’s hydrogenated. This dough is an easy, no-hassle alternative. It takes about five minutes to put together in the food processor, and it’s easy to stretch or roll out. The dough recipe makes enough for two 14-inch pizzas (or three very thin 10- to 12-inch pizzas). You can roll all of it out and freeze what you don’t use, so long as it’s wrapped airtight.

Individual party pizzas on homemade dough with Italian sausage, pepperoni, artichoke hearts, and mozzarella. Pre-baked 7-inch crusts topped and finished in the oven.

Vegan tofu vegetable pizza topped with shredded frozen-then-thawed tofu, sauteed peppers, garlic, fresh tomatoes, and olives. Finished with a snowfall of nutritional yeast for that cheesy umami hit.

Turn leftover Thanksgiving or Christmas turkey into a mouthwatering Shepherd's Pie Pizza: crispy bread dough crust topped with savory veggies, turkey, and cheesy mashed potatoes. Easy, comforting fusion recipe ready in under 2 hours!