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The Only Pizza Night Recipes Recipe You’ll Need (2025)

Plan your perfect pizza night with this easy-to-follow recipe, designed for busy families. Make pizza night a special, stress-free occasion that brings everyone together.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Resting Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 35 minutes
Servings: 1 pizza
Course: Dinner, Pizza
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

For the Dough
  • 1 cup sourdough starter, unfed/discard stir in any liquid on top
  • 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons to 3/4 cup water, lukewarm 141g to 170g
  • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 300g
  • 1 teaspoon table salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon instant yeast or active dry yeast
  • 4 teaspoons pizza dough flavor optional

Equipment

  • Large mixing bowl
  • Stand mixer
  • Measuring Cups
  • Measuring Spoons
  • Kitchen scale

Method
 

  1. Stir any liquid on top of your refrigerated starter back into it before measuring 1 cup (227g) into a large mixing bowl.
  2. To make the dough: Weigh your flour; or measure it by gently spooning it into a cup, then sweeping off any excess. In your large mixing bowl or bowl of your stand mixer, combine the lesser amount of water, the flour, salt, yeast, and pizza dough flavor with the sourdough starter.

Notes

This recipe is a base for your pizza night. Feel free to add your favorite toppings and experiment with different flavor combinations. Remember to feed your starter after using it for this recipe.

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