Basic Pizza Dough Recipe (made in food processor) - Home Cooking Memories (2024)

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My favorite way to use my food processor is to make pizza dough. Ever since buying my Cuisinart, I’ve been making this basic pizza dough recipe.It’s really easy and it doesn’t require kneading or rising.


When I received my Cuisinart food processor for my birthday in 2010, I was so excited about it that I did something I’ve hardly ever done with a kitchen appliance: I read the manual. And, I read the little cookbook of food processor recipes. I even watched the DVD that came with it. I wanted to know everything about my new Cuisinart and, well…I wanted to make sure I didn’t break it.

Over a year later, I use it almost daily and it’s still my favorite thing in my kitchen.

While I do so much with my Cuisinart, one of the things I do the most is make pizza dough in it. In the recipe booklet, I saw a recipe for making it and now this is usually how I make it.

The first step is to stir yeast and sugar into warm water. The actual recipe calls for a package of yeast, but I buy my yeast in bulk so I measure 2 1/2 teaspoons, instead of the package. In the food processor, with the metal blade inserted, you’ll briefly pulse together 3 1/3 cups all-purpose flour and 1 1/4 teaspoons of salt. Just enough to combine them.

The yeast stands for about 10 minutes until it’s all foamy.

Turn on the machine and then pour the year mixture into the feed tube. The mixture will stream slowly into your flour.

After about 45 seconds or so, the dough will form a ball and pull away from the sides of the bowl. At this point, I turn it off and get my olive oil ready. Turn the power back on and immediately pour the oil into the feed tube and process for another minute. If you don’t have olive oil, you can use another oil, but I prefer olive oil. If you’d like, you can also use flavored olive oils – I’ve used a garlic olive oil and a basil olive oil and both made the crust very flavorful.

Very carefully remove your dough from the bowl (watch out for that blade!). The result is a nice, soft pizza dough. This is enough to make two 14″ pizza crusts. It’s bit less than 2 lbs of dough.

If I am making the 14″ round pizzas, I cut the dough in two and I begin stretching one of the portions. The Cuisinart recipe booklet recommends rolling it out on a floured surface, but I never do that. I hold the dough up and begin stretching it evenly, allowing gravity to help pull it. I don’t try to get it large enough to cover the pizza pan, just stretched a bit. Then, I lay it in the center of the greased pizza pan and work the dough out to the edges with the fingertips. See…no rolling pin needed!

At this point, you have two choices. You can pre-bake your pizza crust and then add the toppings, or you can add your toppings directly on top of the uncooked pizza crust. If you like a crispier crust, or if you dough is thick, I would recommend pre-baking. If yours is not very thick, and you like a softer crust (like I do), you don’t have to pre-bake it.

In this image below, I pre-baked the crust at 425 degrees F for about 6 minutes. You’ll also notice that I poked the crust with a fork a few times before baking. This helps it from bubbling up.

This pre-baked crust is the crust you see in the finished pepperoni pizza. After baking the crust, I stopped it with pizza sausage, Mozzarella cheese, and pepperoni. It returned to the 425 degree F oven for about 10-15 minutes.

In this pesto artichoke pizza below, I didn’t pre-bake the crust. I pressed out the dough on my pizza pan and topped it with a little jar of Trader Joe’s pesto. This was topped with shredded Mozzarella cheese, Trader Joe’s artichoke hearts (quartered), fresh broccoli florets, and sliced onions. I baked it at 425 degrees F for about 15-20 minutes.

Both methods work great; it just depends on what you like best. As you can see, it’s really easy to make your own basic pizza dough in a food processor. I should mention thatI haven’t made this recipe in other processors. If yours doesn’t have a strong motor, you might not be able to do this, but in the Cuisinart, and I’m sure other quality food processors, you should have no problem.

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Basic Pizza Dough (made in food processor)

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  • Author: Brandie Valenzuela
  • Yield: 2 - 14-inch pizza crusts OR 4 - 9-inch pizza crusts OR 1 very large baking sheet pizza crust 1x
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My favorite way to use my food processor is to make pizza dough. Ever since buying my Cuisinart, I’ve been making this basic pizza dough recipe.It’s really easy and it doesn’t require kneading or rising.

Ingredients

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  • 1 package active dry yeast (or 2 1/4 teaspoons)
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1 1/3 cups warm water
  • 3 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
  • 3 teaspoons oil

Instructions

  1. Grease pizza pan(s). Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
  2. Stir yeast and sugar into the warm water and let stand until foamy, about 10 minutes. Insert metal blade into Cuisinart food processor, and add flour and salt to bowl. Pulse briefly to combine flour and salt.
  3. Turn machine on and pour yeast mixture into feed tube. Process about 45 seconds, until all liquid has streamed into the flour and the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl. Turn off machine.
  4. With oil ready to be added, turn on machine again and add the oil to the feed tube and process for another minute. If dough is sticking to sides of bowl, you can add another tablespoon of flour, one at a time, until it does leave bowl.
  5. Remove dough very carefully from bowl. If making two 14″ round pizzas, divide the dough in half. Can also be divided into small pizza pans or left intact if making pizza on a a very large baking sheet. Working with the dough for one of the pizzas, lift the dough and begin stretching and pulling, rotating the dough, working all edges. When dough is stretched, but not tearing, lay it in the center of one of the pizza pans. With fingertips, press and work dough out t the edges of the pan. If dough resists, let it rest for a few minutes, and then retry. Poke bottom of pizza crust a few times with the tines of a fork.
  6. If you wish to pre-bake your crust, place it in the over and bake for about 6 minutes. Remove from oven and add toppings as desired. Return to over and continue baking for another 10-15 minutes or until hot and bubbly and crust is browned.
  7. If you don’t wish to pre-bake your crust, add toppings as desired on uncooked pizza dough. Bake in oven for 15-20 minutes, or until hot and bubbly and crust is browned.
  • Category: Pizza
  • Cuisine: Italian

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FAQs

Can you knead pizza dough in a food processor? ›

The rapid action of a food processor's blade can turn dough elastic in just minutes with almost no effort. We've found that dough is properly kneaded when the dough forms a rough, elastic ball that begin to clear the sides of the bowl, which takes only 30 seconds to 1 minute.

Is a food processor better than a stand mixer for pizza dough? ›

KNEADING DOUGH: WHO GETS THE EDGE? Both types of appliances offer powerful help with bread. If speed is your thing, using a food processor for kneading dough edges out the stand mixer ever so slightly because of its lightning-quick speed. If you're making pizza dough for dinner, the food processor is a great go-to.

What is the best food processor for pizza dough? ›

Best for dough

The large working bowl, wide feed chute, powerful motor, and high-quality blades can handle everything from slicing and mincing to grating and even pureeing. The Cuisinart 14-Cup Food Processor (model DFP-14BCNY) was the best at mixing smooth and uniform pizza dough in our tests.

Can you knead dough in a Cuisinart food processor? ›

A food processor kneads dough faster

Compare, for instance, the 720-watt motor on the Cuisinart 14-cup food processor (my preferred machine) to the 275 watts of a standard Kitchen Aid tilt-head stand mixer.

Which food processor attachment for dough? ›

Dough Blade

You can use it to make fresh breads, pastry crust and pizza dough. To install for use, place the dough blade on the drive adapter of your food processor and rotate the blade so it falls to the base of the adapter.

Do you need a special blade to make dough in a food processor? ›

Most food processors come with two blades-- metal and plastic. Most manufacturers recommend using the plastic blade for making bread doughs. By accident and a little trial and error, I found out that the metal blade can be also used and less time is needed to accomplish the kneading.

What is the best food processor for making dough? ›

The motors on our picks can handle tough ingredients (like carrots) and demanding tasks (such as kneading dough) without stalling.
  • Our pick. Cuisinart Custom 14-Cup Food Processor. The best food processor. ...
  • Runner-up. Cuisinart Core Custom 13-Cup Food Processor. ...
  • Also great. Cuisinart Core Custom 4-Cup Mini Chopper.
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What yeast is best for pizza dough? ›

No matter the form it's in, any yeast can work well for making pizza dough. It all depends on how much time you want to spend making it, and what kind of flavor you want. For example, sourdough starter will produce a much different-tasking crust than other yeast types.

Is active or instant yeast better for pizza dough? ›

If you're going to be making the dough today and using it in 2–3 days, then use active dry. I'd go with instant yeast, simply because I use instant yeast in all my breads (sourdoughs excepted). I like instant because there's no need to proof it — just measure, mix, and go.

Is pizza dough better with yeast or baking powder? ›

If you don't have access to yeast (or don't want to wait for it), you can substitute baking powder or soda instead – just remember that these ingredients will only give your crust a temporary rise rather than one that lasts over time like with yeast!

What does a dough blade look like for a food processor? ›

Many food processors come with dough blades, which typically feature short, blunt arms that gently pull and tear dough to knead it. But because the short arms don't extend to the outside rim of the work bowl, they're limited in their ability to pick up flour when small amounts are processed.

Is a food processor better than a blender for dough? ›

You can make different types of dough in both a food processor and a blender, but will likely get more evenly kneaded results in a food processor. Chopping meat is best in a food processor as well. It'll turn out much more even with less crevices to get stuck in and clean out.

Is the Ninja food processor good for dough? ›

"Powerful and professional” The one-touch intelligence panel is very simple to use and the power of the food processor is great. I make the best dough using this processor!

Can I use a food processor instead of a mixer? ›

It depends on what you want to mix. If you are making a cake, that needs regular mixing because the point is to beat air into the product. If using to make bread dough, or combine cookie dough, you can use it very judiciously. The problems with a food processor is the strength of it.

Is it better to knead pizza dough by hand or machine? ›

It totally doesn't matter. If you have a stand mixer, use it. If not, knead your dough by hand. A stand mixer will get the job done in 5–6 minutes and doing it by hand will take about 10 minutes.

What is the difference between a food processor and a dough mixer? ›

Differences Between Food Processors and Mixers

A stand mixer uses various beaters to mix, knead, whip and mash ingredients. A food processor uses blades and discs to cut food which allows you to chop, puree, slice, shred and sometimes more.

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