No Rise Pizza Dough

Preheat oven to 500ºF. If you have a pizza stone, put it in the oven to heat up as well. If you don’t have a stone, an upside down cookie sheet works quite well instead.

In a large bowl, or the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the dough hook, mix together warm water, flour, yeast, olive oil, honey and salt. Pulse mixture (or stir with a wooden spoon if mixing by hand) until it comes together into a ball. Knead for 5 minutes by machine, 10 by hand until dough is smooth.

If dough is still looking dry and really shaggy after a couple minutes of kneading, add more water, a tablespoon at a time. If it is really sticky and not coming together into a smooth ball, add more flour, a tablespoon at a time.

Cover the bowl and let the dough rest for 5–10 minutes. Divide it into two pieces and roll each out into a 10-inch circle. Top with whatever toppings you like and then bake for 9–11 minutes or until the crust is lightly browned and the cheese is bubbling. I like to roll out the dough on a piece of parchment paper and then just slide the parchment paper with the ready to bake pizza onto the hot stone in the oven.