Oven Baked Pizza Dough (Woodfired Style)
If you love woodfired pizza but don’t have a pizza oven at home, this oven baked pizza dough recipe is the next best thing.
It creates a soft, chewy homemade pizza base with beautifully crisp edges, just like your favourite takeaway-style pizza.
Using simple pantry ingredients, this easy pizza dough comes together in one bowl and is perfect for family pizza night, weekend dinners or make-your-own pizza parties.
This homemade pizza dough recipe makes 3 dinner-plate sized pizzas or 4 smaller pizzas and bakes quickly on a preheated pizza stone in a very hot oven.
It’s an affordable, family-friendly recipe that gives you that authentic woodfired-style pizza flavour at home – without the expensive equipment.
Add your favourite toppings, keep it simple and enjoy fresh, hot homemade pizza in minutes.
Oven Baked Pizza Dough (Woodfired-Style at Home)
Easy homemade oven baked pizza dough that delivers woodfired-style flavour at home without a pizza oven. Perfect for family dinners, pizza nights and make-your-own toppings.
Ingredients
- 500g pizza flour (or 00 flour / strong bread flour)
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp instant yeast
- 300ml warm water
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- Extra flour, for dusting
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine flour, yeast and salt.
- Add the olive oil to the warm water and gradually pour in the flour mixture, mixing until a sticky dough forms.
- Turn dough onto a lightly floured bench and knead for 8-10 minutes until smooth and elastic (or use a stand mixer with dough hook for 5-6 minutes).
- Place dough into a lightly oiled bowl, cover and rest in a warm spot for 1-2 hours until doubled in size.
- Preheat oven to 250°C (or highest setting) with pizza stone inside for at least 1 hour.
- Punch dough down, divide into 3-4 balls and roll into smooth rounds.
- Stretch dough into 10-inch bases on baking paper.
- Add sauce, cheese and toppings (keep toppings light).
- Slide onto hot pizza stone and bake 5-10 minutes until golden and bubbly.
- Rest for 1-2 minutes, slice and serve hot.
- NB: This dough makes 3 x dinner plate sized pizzas or 4 smaller pizzas
Notes
Top Tips:
- Hot oven: Preheat your oven and pizza stone for 1 full hour for the best crispy base.
- Light toppings: Too many toppings = soggy pizza. Less is more!
- Extra crisp base: Dust pizza peel with semolina or flour before sliding onto the stone.
- Chewy crust: Don’t overwork the dough when shaping – gentle stretching gives better texture.
- Make ahead: Dough can be refrigerated overnight for extra flavour.
Nutrition Facts
Calories
679Fat
16 gSat. Fat
5 gCarbs
118 gFiber
4 gNet carbs
115 gSugar
5 gProtein
14 gSodium
2049 mgCholesterol
0 mgThe nutritional information provided is computer generated and is only an estimate. This data is provided as a courtesy for informational purposes only.
