KitchenAid Pizza Dough Recipe (2024)

FAQs

Is the KitchenAid mixer good for pizza dough? ›

Your KitchenAid^® stand mixer can help you experiment with new recipes and elevate traditional favorites. With the help of stand mixer attachments like the Dough Hook or the Sifter + Scale Attachment, you can create handmade-quality pizza dough, bread or pastries, calzones or stromboli.

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.

As the name suggests, dough hook attachments are best for kneading together bread doughs and pizza doughs, but they can also be used to mix pasta dough.

Attach your flat beater, add your ingredients to the stand mixer bowl and mix to combine the ingredients whilst kneading on speed 1. Remove your flat beater and attached your dough hook, and knead the dough for 5 minutes on low speed (1 & 2). Always ensure that you knead on low speed so as not to overheat the motor.

For any type of homemade bread, pizza or pasta dough that requires kneading, the Dough Hook accessory provides quick and even kneading. Explore the world of breads from easy homemade Focaccia to pita bread and parmesan herb bagels.

For best results when using prepared pizza dough, let the dough rest at room temperature in the bag or covered, until it has risen a little, and then try to stretch it out.

Turn the mixer to speed 2 and knead for 8 minutes. The dough should be smooth and spongy. Transfer the dough onto a floured surface.

Avoid over-kneading, which can make the dough tough. Over-kneaded dough feels tight and difficult to work with. The type of flour, amount of water, and any added ingredients can all impact kneading time. Type of Flour: Different recipes call for different types of flour.

One of the tests bakers swear by is the windowpane test. To do this, break off a small piece of dough, pinch it between your fingers and gently stretch it. If it stretches into a paper-thin film without breaking, your dough is done and it's ready to be rolled out and put into the oven.

Why is my pizza dough sticking to the bottom of the mixer? ›

Let the machine mix for a minute or two, and then come back and see if it the dough is too dry or too wet. It should have formed a ball and clear the sides of the bowl. If it hasn't, and seems like a batter or is constantly sticking to the bowl, start the mixer again and add more flour. Do this a teaspoon at a time.

For Crispy and Chewy Pizza Crust, Use 00 Flour

00 flour is finely ground Italian flour that contains about 12% protein, or 12% gluten. It's the traditional flour used to make Neapolitan-style pizza. Since its gluten content is similar to bread flour, it also produces a pizza crust with chew.

For best results, you should only use speed 2. Using a lower speed won't provide enough momentum to knead the dough properly, and a higher speed may quickly overwork the dough.

Kneading with a KitchenAid^® dough hook is easy. Pre-mix your ingredients, install the dough hook, turn your mixer on and watch your machine work. KitchenAid^® stand mixers use a spiral hook or a C-shaped hook, while hand mixers use C-hooks. If you need to purchase one, make sure it's compatible with your mixer.

Professional 600. In my opinion, The KitchenAid Professional 600 Series is the best stand mixer for folks who bake pizzas several times a week – and for good reasons.

While the stand mixer heats the dough a little bit, it doesn't get nearly as warm as a dough kneaded in a food processor, so you can knead for a much longer time without any fear of overheating the yeast. It's also unlikely that you'll overknead a dough with a stand mixer.

Stand Mixer for Kneading Dough. Certain doughs require kneading in order to incorporate air and develop gluten, the protein that helps give some bread and pizza doughs structure. Food processors and stand mixers help minimize the mess and speed up the kneading process.

Making Bread in KitchenAid Stand Mixer. The mixer's planetary action gives it a much faster mixing and kneading action than by hand or with mixers made by other manufacturers. Because of this, the kneading time can be significantly reduced in most bread recipes.