Dominos Pizza Dough Recipe (Copycat)

This easy copycat Dominos pizza dough recipe yields a soft, homemade and delicious pizza crust. When you try this recipe, you will skip the pizza delivery and start making your own. The pizza dough uses 6 main ingredients and two optional ingredients.

If this is your first time making pizza dough, it might seem difficult at first, but this homemade pizza dough is straightforward to make. The dough comes together in about 10 minutes, and you need only about 1 – 2 hours to proof. This made-from-scratch pizza crust has a delicious and perfect texture, and it is the same recipe I used to make this domino pizza recipe.

 Dominos Pizza dough ingredients

Every pizza dough starts with the same basic ingredients that is flour, yeast, salt, water, and olive oil. This Dominos copycat recipe is no different. These are the dominos pizza crust ingredients used in the recipe:

Oil: adds richness to the dough and helps it crisp up in the oven. Olive oil adds flavor to the dough as well.

Salts: A little dose of salt is added for flavor — this is important, as pizza dough can be bland.

Cornmeal: this is not in the dough, but it is used to dust the baking sheet. It keeps the dough from sticking as it bakes. Cornmeal gives the crust flavor and is used by most commercial pizza makers.

Yeast: makes the dough rise. I use instant yeast, also known as rapid rise or quick rise yeast. Active dry yeast can also be used, which will require you to hydrate the yeast with warm water and sugar.

Water: I use warm water to reduce the rising time of the dough. The temperature of the water should be about 100 – 110 0F. If you are going to leave the dough to proof or rise in the refrigerator, then use cold water.

Sugar: the sugar used feeds the yeast to increase the yeast’s activity.

Flavor boosters: dry or powdered milk and garlic powder were added to enhance the dough’s flavor and texture. These ingredients are optional to use.

How to Make Domino Pizza Crust Recipe

This is an overview with step-by-step instructions on how to make homemade pizza dough. You can find detailed instructions in the recipe card below.

To start, combine the flour, yeast, salt, sugar, garlic powder, and dry milk in a bowl of a stand mixer or a large bowl.

Mix everything, and then add the water and oil to the dry ingredients.

Stir until the dough comes together into a shaggy mass. Take the bowl to the mixer, attach the dough hook, and knead on medium-low speed until smooth and elastic. The dough is ready is when the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl. If the dough is sticky and sticks to the sides of the bowl, add more flour, 1 tablespoon at a time, until the dough leaves the side of the bowl. This will take about 5- 7 minutes. You can Knead the dough by hand, which will take about 7 – 10 minutes.

Transfer the dough to a lightly oiled bowl and cover the bowl with plastic wrap. Allow the dough to rise in a warm place for about 1- 2 hours or until it doubles in size. You can leave the dough to rise in the refrigerator overnight.

After the dough has risen, punch it down divide the dough into 2, and roll each dough into a ball. If you are not ready to use the pizza dough, coat it with olive oil and place it in the freezer bag. Refrigerate for up to 2 days.

When ready to shape the dough. Roll the dough on a floured board into any shape by rotating and turning often so the dough does not stick to the board. If the dough resists rolling, let it rest for a few minutes and try rolling again.

How to Bake Pizza

Preheat your oven to 425 0 F. and place the rack in the lower part of the oven. Dust a pizza pan with cornmeal and place the stretched pizza dough onto the pizza pan. Press the dough into place. Spread your tomato sauce over the top, leaving a 1-inch border for the crust. Top with your favorite toppings or make a specialty pizza.

Bake on the bottom rack of a 425°F oven for 10-12 minutes or until the crust is golden brown and the cheese is melted and bubbling. Slice into 8 slices and serve.

 Domino’s Pizza Dough Secret

According to Domino’s website, all their pizza doughs are refrigerated until it is ready to bake. This means that the dough is made ahead of time and fermented in the refrigerator. The slow rise or fermentation helps the pizza dough develop the best flavor.

 To make the dough overnight, use cold water to mix the dry mixture. After making the dough, divide the dough into 2 balls. Then, place them into a lightly greased bowl/tray. Cover with plastic wrap and keep in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.

Dominos Pizza Dough Video Tutorial

How to Freeze Homemade Pizza Dough

This recipe yields two pizza doughs. If you’re not using the other half of the dough immediately, coat the dough with olive oil after the first rise. Then, place the dough into the individual freezer bag and seal tightly, squeezing out all the air. Freeze for up to 3 months.

How to Thaw Frozen Pizza Dough

When ready to use the dough, place the frozen pizza dough in the refrigerator for about 8 hours or overnight. When ready to make pizza, let the dough rest on the countertop at room temperature for 30 minutes. Now, the dough is ready to use for the pizza recipe.

Tips for the Best Domino Pizza Dough

1.     Brush the top of the pizza crust with olive oil to prevent the crust from becoming soggy.

2. For flavorful pizza results, You can make the pizza dough two days before.

3.     Use cool water for slow fermentation. Otherwise, you will activate the yeast, and it will rise.

4.     for thin-crust pizza, stretch or roll the dough thin before adding the toppings.

5. Dominos-style pizza toppings include mozzarella cheese, pizza sauce with Italian seasoning, and pepperoni.

6. Preheat the oven or pizza stone when using before baking the pizza.

7. Use a thin layer of pizza sauce to prevent a soggy crust and precook most of the toppings that must be fully cooked.

What Kind of Pizza Crust Does Domino’s Have?

Domino’s pizza restaurants have five crusts to choose from.

Handmade Pan Pizza Crust: Handmade Pan pizzas are made from fresh, never-frozen dough that’s hand—pressed into a pizza pan to create a nice, thick crust.

Hand-Tossed Pizza Crust: The hand-tossed pizza crust is thinner than the Handmade Pan but thicker than the Crunchy Thin. Hand-tossed crust dough is stretched to your preferred size. Once the pizza is baked, this crust is brushed with a garlic—oil season blend.

Domino’s Crunchy Thin Pizza Crust: thin-crust pizza is the thinnest of crusts and can hold all your favorite toppings.

Brooklyn Style Pizza Crust: If you’ve got a big crowd or appetite, then the Brooklyn Style will be just right. Each Brooklyn-style pizza is cut into six big triangles, so you can fold each slice and eat it like a true New Yorker.

Domino’s Gluten-Free Pizza Crust: The gluten-free crust is made without wheat flour, but it still has all the ingredients necessary to be delicious. The gluten-free pizza dough is made with rice flour and starch, potato flour and starch, and tapioca starch.

Types of cheese used for making Domino’s pizza.

Domino Pizza usually has 7 different types of cheese available to choose from, and these are:

• American Cheese
• Asiago cheese
• Cheddar cheese
• Provolone cheese
• Parmesan cheese
• Mozzarella cheese

What type of flour is used for making Pizza dough?

Pizza flour: Most pizza dough is made with 00 or Double zero flour, also known as doppio zero flour. It is a finely ground Italian flour commonly used to make pasta and pizza dough.

All-purpose flour: this flour produces a thin and crispy pizza crust. The flour gives the dough a light and airy texture due to its lower gluten content and high protein.

Bread flour contains gluten and high protein, producing a more structured and slightly denser pizza crust.

Gluten-free flour is a blend of rice flour, tapioca, potato starch, and sometimes xanthan gum. This combination gives the dough the right amount of elasticity and produces a crispy, thin crust.

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