Pizza Dough Recipes
Three pizza dough methods for different timings: quick, poolish, and advanced. Start with the method that fits your day, then use the calculator and guides if you want to understand the dough more deeply.
Start with the poolish method. It is the closest to what we teach at Flour Will Fly and gives a lovely balance of flavour, structure, and practicality at home.
Choose your dough method
Quick Pizza Dough
A straightforward dough for when you want pizza today. It is simple, reliable, and a good place to start.
Best for: quick home pizza.
Poolish Pizza Dough
A pre-ferment method that gives better flavour, a lighter dough, and a crust with more character.
Best for: flavour without overnight fermentation.
Advanced Pizza Dough
A slower method using less yeast and more time. Best when you want a lighter dough and deeper flavour.
Best for: the lightest result.
Useful pizza dough resources
Pizza Dough Calculator
Scale the dough for your pizza size, number of pizzas, method, timing, and kitchen temperature.
Troubleshooting
Dense pizza, sticky dough, shrinking dough, pale crusts, and soft bases — what is happening and what to do.
Hydration Guide
A simple guide to understanding water, flour, dough texture, and why hydration changes how pizza behaves.