Vegetarian Easy Pizza Dough

Total time1 hr 15 min

Prep time15 min

Cook time0 min

This dough checklist is refreshingly simple — water, yeast, sugar, flour, salt, and olive oil, with nothing here that gives a vegetarian kitchen any pause. The yeast mixture blooms into a foamy, active base in just a few minutes, and folding in olive oil and salt before working in the flour builds a shaggy dough that turns smooth and springy with a solid knead. A slow rise at room temperature gives it that classic pillowy lift, doubling in size before you punch it down and divide it into four rounds. Stretched thin into 10–12 inch circles, this dough is endlessly versatile — pile on roasted vegetables, marinara, and cheese, or keep it simple with olive oil and herbs. It's a reliable, no-fuss base recipe that fits neatly into a vegetarian kitchen and rewards you with a chewy, blistered crust every time.

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Ingredients

4 servings

1 cup warm water (105–110°f / 40–43°c)
2 ¼ tsp active dry yeast (1 standard packet)
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1 tsp granulated sugar
3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
1 tsp fine salt
2 tbsp olive oil, plus more for the bowl

Instructions

1
Combine the warm water, yeast, and sugar in a large mixing bowl and stir briefly to dissolve. Let stand for 5–10 minutes, until the surface is foamy and the mixture smells yeasty — this confirms the yeast is active.
2
Add the olive oil and salt to the yeast mixture and stir to combine. Add the flour one cup at a time, stirring after each addition, until a shaggy dough forms and pulls away from the sides of the bowl.

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