An easy, chewy pizza dough recipe for one 10"-12" pizza!
Prep time: PT15M
Total time: PT45M
Rating
4.9 stars (77 reviews)
Keywords
Small Batch Pizza Dough
Ingredients
1/2 cup Warm Water *
1 1/2 tsp. Instant Yeast
1 tbsp. Honey
1 1/3 cup All-Purpose Flour (plus more for surfaces)
3/4 tsp. Kosher Salt**
1 tbsp. Olive Oil (plus more to coat the bowl)
Categories
Main Course
Cuisine
American
Steps
Combine the warm water, yeast, and honey in a mixing bowl. Stir until they are well mixed. Add the flour, salt, and olive oil. Stir to combine. The dough will be wet and sticky, but it will come together!
Transfer the dough to a clean, floured surface. Have extra flour nearby, as you may have to add some more (one tablespoon at at time) if the dough is too sticky.
Knead the dough for 8-9 minutes until it has a tacky, smooth texture. “Tacky” means that it should feel slightly sticky when you touch it, but it shouldn’t stick to your hands.
Place the dough ball in a lightly oiled mixing bowl and cover with a clean, damp kitchen towel or plastic wrap.
Let the dough rise for 30 minutes in a cozy, warm place *** until it is nearly doubled in size. Punch the dough down, then remove it from the bowl.
Use your hands to gently stretch the dough into a 10″-12″ pizza crust, leaving the edge of the crust a little thicker to form the crust. Lightly flour a baking sheet, then gently transfer the pizza crust to the baking sheet. Preheat the oven to 475 F, then top the pizza crust with your favorite sauce and toppings.
Bake the pizza at 475 for 15 minutes until the crust is golden brown and the cheese is melted.
Nutitrion
Serving Size: 1 pizza
Calories: 764 kcal
Carbohydrates: 131 g
Protein: 20 g
Fat: 17 g
Saturated Fat: 2 g
Sodium: 1440 mg
Sugar: 1 g
Unsaturated Fat: 13 g
Reviews
Robin on 2026-07-27 (5 stars): This recipe worked out great for my own little personal pizza! I've made larger ones before but never one this size; so I scoured the web for recipes for smaller personal pizzas, so I can maybe be able to eat the whole thing at once for a change😂 (I still wasn't able to btw, had 3 slices left😅). I also love that it uses honey instead of sugar to activate the yeast. Can this recipe use bread flour in place of all purpose, and would that require tweaking the measurements? Thank you in advance and great recipe : )
Mellisa on 2026-06-11 (5 stars): This was so easy and made the best crust… tasted like we ordered out from a local shop! Will definitely have this on rotation.
Bestdogsx4 on 2026-05-11 (5 stars): Under the save button the description still says beer pizza dough, that might be the reason for any confusion. Still the best and easiest dough I have found.
Abby on 2026-04-01 (5 stars): Best recipe ive ever used super simple and makes the best amount of pizza!
Elizabeth Harber on 2026-03-10 (5 stars): Thank you!
Melissa on 2026-02-09 (5 stars): Tried the recipe and it turned out great but I'd just like to let you know that it's a little frustrating using this website. It's constantly randomly refreshing.
Annabella on 2026-01-30 (5 stars): Have made this a few times so handy just to make a small pizza. Only use quarter tsp honey st most though.
DIANE on 2025-12-09 (4 stars): WELL I HAVE TO SAY THAT THIS PIZZA DOUGH GOT ME TOTALLY INTERESTED., I USUALLY BUY FROZEN ONES AND THEY ALL TURN OUT PRETTY BAD. SO I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND AN EASY RECIPE FOR MYSELF INTEAD OF BUYING ONE. CAME ACROSS THIS ONE AND IT LOOKED REALLY EASY AND WITH HARDLY NO TIME AT ALL. WELL I PROCEEDED TO MAKE THIS AND THE DOUGH TURNED OUT REALLY WELL, HAD ALL MY TOPPINGS READY AND SAUCE. I USED MY HANDY SHEET PAN BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE A PIZZA PAN, AND MY SHEET PAN IS THE 1/4 SHEET PAN, WHICH I LOVE, BECAUSE I MAKE MY MEALS IN IT MOSTLY AND IT CLEANS UP REALLY NICE. ANYWAY, THE DIRECTIONS YOU HAVE TO BAKE IS BIG TIME WRONG. THERE IS NO WAY YOU CAN BAKE A PIZZA DOUGH IN 15 MINUTES. MAYBE SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD, BUT NOT HERE IN THE U.S. MINE WAS LIMP WHEN I TOOK IT OUT AND PROCEEDED TO BAKE IT LONGER, WHICH THE CRUST WAS A LITTLE BURNT, BUT THE PIZZA WAS AT LEAST DONE! BASICALLY, IT TOOK MORE LIKE 45 MINUTES. JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, 15 WAS WAY OFF!!!
