Easy Kitchenaid Mixer Pizza Dough Recipes

KITCHENAID CRUSTY PIZZA DOUGH

Steps:

• Dissolve yeast in warm water in warmed bowl.
• Add salt, olive oil, and 2 1/2 cup flour.
• Attach bowl and dough hook, turn to speed 2 and mix 1 minute.
• Continuing on speed 2, add remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time, until dough clings to dough hook and cleans sides of bowl. Knead on speed 2 for 2 minutes.
• Place in greased bowl, turning to grease top.
• Cover, let rise in warm place until doubled in bulk (about 1 hour).
• Punch dough down.
• Brush 14 inch pizza pan with oil.
• Press dough across bottom of pan forming collar around edge to hold filling Top with fillings and bake at 450°F for 15 to 20 minutes.

EASY KITCHENAID MIXER PIZZA DOUGH

Steps:

• Put water in mixer bowl and sprinkle yeast over water to dissolve.
• Mix water and yeast with whisk attachment until foamy.
• Add Olive Oil, Salt, Oregano and Honey and whisk together until well blended.
• Add 1 Cup of Flour and mix together.
• Remove whisk attachment scraping dough mixture into bowl and attach bread hook to mixer.
• Add another Cup of Flour and mix on low speed until well incorporated and dough is not "sticky". If dough is too sticky, add the additonal 1/4 cup (or more) of flour until it resembles bread dough.
• Mix dough on medium speed for 5-7 minutes until it is elastic and smooth.
• Remove dough ball from mixer and place in an oiled bowl large enough for the dough to double in size.Cover bowl with a damp cloth and allow dough to rise in a warm place, away from drafts.
• When dough is doubled in size (15-20 minutes), remove from bowl and punch down dough, roll out to desired thickness and shape.
• Drizzle Olive Oil on rolled out dough, sprinkle with additonal Dried Oregano and Kosher Salt, and top as desired.
• Bake on a perforated pizza pan in a very hot (500 degree) oven. Start pizza on bottom rack for 5 minutes. Using a pizza peal, slide the peal underneath the pan and move the pizza to the oven's top rack. Continue baking until crust is browned, and toppings are heated (5-7 minutes more).
• Using the pizza peal, remove the pizza pan from the oven carefully. Place pan on a heat proof surface, then use the pizza peal to remove the pizza from the pan. Allow pizza to cool for 2 minutes on the peal, then slice as desired using a pizza cutter.