5 Tips for Making Perfect Pizza Dough

Join our very own Martin Philip and learn how to make your best pizza dough ever, with five easy tips! Martin shares instructions for stretching, pressing, pulling, resting, and rolling out pizza dough by hand. Using the recipe for Neapolitan-Style Pizza, he also schools you on why King Arthur's '00' Pizza Flour is the absolute best for baking amazing pizza.

[rogerscottjackson]

I'm an old guy, been baking for fifty years. At least four loaves of bread a week. All kinds. I learn something new and useful every time I watch one of Martin's videos. What a great teacher. Bravo.

[danielroy]

Martin, I’m so glad you are making videos again. You are a great teacher!

[ropro]

Martin's great! I'm binge watching his entire back catalog now. I hope he continues to make more baking videos! ❤

[holg]

I made my pizza dough with Martins help. I used the 00 flour. I made an Hawaiian pizza in a paella pan and it turned out so delicious. This was my first ever pizza and I knocked it out of the park. Thank you, King Arthur, baking!

[kathleenpovey]

I am so happy I can get the 00 flour in my grocery store now. I use the recipe on the bag, and I follow these tips for shaping and that has really helped me up my pizza making game. Thanks KAF!

[johnrudy]

Excellent! Pizza shop owner years ago, then school degree in unrelated field. All your tips Martin, on target.

[JosephTerlingo]

I was really impressed with this flour. I usually make my own neo style flour but this was really nice to work with and tested excellent. Just one tip for following their instructions- when you go to add yeast, mix it separate with the same water you measured and then add it to the mixture.

[stanzo]

I decided to try the King Arthur 00 flour and what a huge difference it made for stretching and shaping the dough. I didn't need my rolling pin! and the doughs texture and flavor were great. I'm a believer in 00 flour.

[IsinMoon]

I hope you start to upload more regular content! This video is great.

[ldaley]

Thank you so much for this great video! This improved my pizza skills immensely!

[KingArthurBakingCompany]

You didn't miss the video! We just have the recipe for the Neapolitan-Style Pizza that has photos and short video clips of the process. If you do have more questions call our bakers on the hotline, [phone], they are here to help! -👩‍🍳Betsy

[katydidiy]

Made the Artisan No Knead Pizza Dough by KA's Julia Reed. Your tips on shaping was a game changer for me as well. Best pizza I've ever made!❤

[Princess-jknm]

I'll definitely be trying these tips this weekend. Thank you!

[maryanneeastman]

Omg…..I’ve tried em all…….think I will just stick with Martin 🤗 I’m exhausted and he is relaxing and fun?

[Gutslinger]

Funny coincidence. Randomly came across this video 2 hours after it was posted, and I already mixed a small batch of pizza dough 1½ hours ago.

I never got to try King Arthur Flour, but I've heard Kent Rollins talk about it and use it several times in his videos.

[lindaedwards]

Hardest thing I do is shaping pizza. But the end result is so worth the effort and time .

[blissfulhumanoid]

Thanks again for all of your help! What is the most commonly used yeast brand? How many packets will I need for 1-2 flours King Arthur bread bags? What is the shelf life? Can I travel overseas with yeast?

Doe’s it need to be refrigerated? I am interested in using an active dry yeast. The top brands I’ve come across so far were: Fleischmann’s, SAF, and Red Star. Do each of these have an enormous impact of the flavor/taste?

Will the dough be sweeter or more sour? I’m am sort of leaning more towards Fleischmann’s. Sorry for having so many questions. Thanks!

[robertsterner]

I'll try to use these next time I make pizza dough. I always have a bear of a time shaping/stretching it and I end never get a great crumb in my crust because I end up deflating it despite my best efforts (I always do naturally leavened pizza though, so maybe that's part of it).

[josemardasilvamariano]

Vídeo maravilhoso, tô curtindo assistir.

[leapintothewild]

Great reminders, thanks!! Though they’re not in a logical order LOL…. (1) 00 Flour (2) flip & flour (3) press don’t pull (4) slow is smooth (5) stick to the bench.