Name: Pizza dough in a mixer
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 2 min
Ingredients: 370 ml lukewarm water; 3.5 g dried active yeast (half a packet usually); 610 g “00” flour; 15 g salt; Plus Extra “00” flour for dusting

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We love a family dinner, and making it as fun as possible. Lately we’ve been having pizza nights, using our Ooni pizza oven.

I just don’t have the dexterity to be making pizza dough by hand often these days, so I’ve been using my Kitchenaid stand mixer to do all the work, and this stand mixer pizza dough is cheap, easy to make and really works great in the oven or a pizza oven.

There is something so satisfying about making your own pizza, and the fact that it cooks in around 45 - 60 seconds is another win for us with hungry little ones waiting to tuck in.

When you factor in that at home pizza is about 15% of the price of takeaway pizza these days, even accounting for the gas used to cook the pizzas, it’s a no brainer for us to make one weekday evening a pizza night - at least during the Spring and Summer at least.

If you’re looking to make a simple pizza dough in a mixer, that doesn’t require tons of different ingredients, then this is the one for you.

It takes just a few minutes, and a little bit of effort, and then you’ll have fantastic pizza dough that comfortably makes 4 pizzas, ideal to fit in the 12 inch Ooni Koda.

Ingredients for making pizza dough in a mixer:

This pizza dough recipe makes 4 x 250g dough balls

370ml lukewarm water
3.5g dried active yeast (half a packet usually)
610g “00” flour
15g salt
Plus Extra “00” flour for dusting

Method for making pizza dough in a Kitchenaid mixer:

Add the lukewarm water and dry yeast to your mixer bowl.

Let it sit for a couple of minutes before you add the other ingredients.

Add the flour, and salt.

Turn your mixer on to the lowest setting, with a dough hook, and let it mix for 3-4 minutes.

Once the dough is combined, and nice and smooth, transfer it to a suitable dish for proving. I like to cover my dough with a tea towel and let it sit for 2 hours. Sometimes I put a spritz of olive oil in the bowl, but if I'm using a glass bowl to proof the dough then I don't bother.

The dough is then ready to divide into balls, and give a small knead until the dough balls are smooth.

I place them on a baking tray, with loose clingfilm or a tea towel over the top, and then leave for another 45 minutes.

From here it's really easy to shape the balls into round pizza bases. I like to press down on the circle, using my fingers to gently push it down, and this way it retains the circular shape easily.

You’re then ready to use the pizza dough, top it with pizza toppings of your choice, and then get cooking it.

I use this dough in my Ooni pizza oven, and it just takes 45-60 seconds to cook, and I use a peel to turn the pizza a couple of times to avoid burning the edges.

Ninja Foodi diced potatoes in a metal dish.

Cooking up a pizza is always a hit in our family, and I love how easy the mixer makes it to prepare pizza dough. Just toss the ingredients in, let it work the dough into a nice ball, give it a couple of hours to rest, divide it into 4 balls, and you’re good to go!

Easy, simple, delicious pizza dough that takes just minutes to prepare and is really easy to work with.

When we have a family pizza night my little girls will help make nice accompaniments, such as air fryer sides, or a homemade roasted tomato pizza sauce. This is a great way to save a little more money, and we also have used leftover pizza sauce for things like air fryer pizza bagels.

Serving up a nice big crispy, green salad, air fryer chips, air fryer wedges, or an air fryer garlic bread, is a great way to make this meal more a family style meal, where everyone serves themselves, and this encourages our youngest child to try new foods too.

A cooked pizza, made in the air fryer, topped with nduja sausage, peppers and chilli

I’m based in the UK, so keep that in mind when trying this recipe. If you’re in an area with different humidity levels then you may want to adjust the ingredients in the dough accordingly. I’m not overly knowledgeable on this, but I have spotted people talking about this on social media!

When we make this pizza dough in our Kitchenaid we have enough dough for 4 x 250g balls. This is a great size per person, without overdoing it.

Alternatively you could use the dough to make two large stuffed crust pizzas.

If you don’t have a mixer, but have a bread maker, then check out this pizza dough in a bread maker recipe! I use a Panasonic bread maker for it, on setting 22. This takes 45 minutes.

Obviously my method here, pizza dough mixed in a Kitchenaid, is a lot faster, but whatever works is worth the effort, right?!

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Whichever kitchen gadget you use, just use the dough setting, and a dough hook, as applicable. This will give the best results, and help ensure that your pizza dough is evenly mixed.

If you don’t have a mixer then you can still use this dough recipe, but you’ll want to knead the dough for 5-10 minutes until it reaches a smooth consistency. You’ll know when it’s right if you can knead it into a ball shape, with a smooth edge, and it hold it’s shape.

Favourite pizza toppings in our home are just whatever we have in to use up. Sometimes it’ll be things like leftover slow cooker bolognese, or air fryer cajun chicken.

Other times we will buy toppings in specifically for pizza night including chorizo, pepperoni, sausages, chicken, or sun dried tomatoes, and we always use fresh herbs from our garden. Basil mostly, but also I’ll make a nice garlic butter and add fresh parsley from the garden too.

You can use anything you want to top a pizza and we've made use of leftovers including air fryer mac and cheese to sandwich fillers like chicken and bacon with peri peri mayo. It all goes great on a pizza, as long as you’ve got a nice sauce and a lovely cheese blend.

Air fryer tortilla pizza on baking paper

What to serve with pizza?

The sky is the limit sides wise. Almost any side goes great with pizza, especially if you want something healthy like a nice salad.

I love to make a garlic and herb dipping sauce, garlic dough balls, or some nice air fryer sweet potato fries. Coleslaw goes great with it too, as does potato salad.

How long does it take to make pizza dough in a mixer?

5 minutes max. It's so easy! The mixer does almost all of the work. All you have to do is measure out ingredients and then let the mixer take over. The dough hook does the work for you, and leaves you with a smooth ball of pizza dough that is ideal for making pizzas with.

I always use the lowest setting on my mixer, as this is what is recommended for dough in the manual. It can be tempting to turn the speed up, but you risk your mixer flying off the worktop!

Nacho cheese sauce in a mushroom and white coloured bowl with a bowl of tortilla chips just in view.

Why use "00" flour for pizza dough?

Personally I find 00 flour great for pizza dough because it is nice and fine, which gives you a soft and elastic dough that is really easy to work with. I do get any tearing when I use this dough, and the crust is nice and airy too.

If you're cooking pizzas on a high-heat, and want them to cook fast, then 00 flour will give you fantastic results.

Is 2 hours enough for pizza dough to rise?

Absolutely! I do like to let this rise for one hour, and then pop it in the fridge for a day, as I'm something of a prepper and like getting things ready in advance.

2 hours is great for the initial rise, then I divide into 4 balls, pop on a baking tray covered with cling film, and then I use it about 45 minutes later. I've done 2 hours, and even less before, and it's worked great.