What Should Pizza Dough Look Like? How To Tell When It’s Ready

What Should Pizza Dough Look Like? How To Tell When It’s Ready

Pizza dough is the cornerstone of any good pizza, and it might seem simple enough to make looking at a recipe. Water, flour, yeast and salt. But once you start mixing the ingredients together you might find yourself with more questions than answers, especially as you look at the mess of ingredients on your counter….

Why Is My Pizza Crust Too Hard? How To Make Pizza Crust Softer

Why Is My Pizza Crust Too Hard? How To Make Pizza Crust Softer

Making pizza at home isn’t as easy as it sounds. There are so many key differences between a home oven and a professional pizza oven that the end result often comes out completely different following the same recipe. The most common complaint I hear has to do with the pizza crust coming out hard and…

Why No-Knead Pizza Dough Is Best For Beginners

Why No-Knead Pizza Dough Is Best For Beginners

Making a good quality pizza dough is surprisingly difficult. Sure, it’s technically just flour, water, yeast and salt, but the secret to a delicious pizza is in how your incorporate, or knead, those ingredients together. This is why I recommend beginner pizza-makers to use a no-knead pizza dough instead of kneading by hand. When you’re…

Why Your Pizza Crust Is So Hard

Why Your Pizza Crust Is So Hard

2021 Update: I’ve written a much more in depth article on this topic. Check it out here instead of this one. If you’ve tried making pizza at home before, you’ve probably encountered this problem before. You’re expecting a light, puffy, slightly crispy crust, but instead your pizza crust ends up hard, dry and pale. So frustating! Read…

Top 10 Biggest Pizza Dough-Making Mistakes

Top 10 Biggest Pizza Dough-Making Mistakes

Do you struggle with making pizza dough? Does it never turn out the way you hope it will? If so, it’s probably because you’re making common, simple pizza dough making mistakes that are easy to fix. And you’re in luck, too, because I’ve complied a list of the most common dough making mistakes that beginners…