I usually make my own pizza dough because I don't like the stuff you buy in the store. It looks so stale and crusty and yuck! The bake-your-own stuff is $3 in these parts, for that I could probably make 10 crusts of my own. This is the recipe I follow, It costs me pennies because I usually have all of these things in anyway. 

1/2 Cup Warm Water
2 Tablespoons Dry Yeast
5 Cups Bread Flour (Its best to use Bread Flour but if I don't have it in, I use regular and it's just fine)
1 1/2 cups cool water
2 Teaspoons of Salt
1/4 cup Olive Oil
2 Tablespoons of Honey

In a large bowl, stir the yeast into into the warm water until dissolved. Let it stand for about ten minutes. It should get a little foamy top like beer.

Add the flour, the cool water, salt, olive oil and honey into the yeast mixture. Knead with a dough hook for about 5 minutes or by hand for 7.


Place the dough in a large greased bowl, cover with a damp (but not dripping wet) tea towel or i've found paper towel works ok too... just wet it a little.


Allow it to rise for 30-45 minutes or until just about doubled in size. I usually put my oven on 175 then switch it off. The temperature in the oven stays warm but not too warm.

Take out your dough and punch down, divide into 2 portions for 2 cookie sheet size pizzas. If you want to freeze some, coat each ball of dough in olive oil, wrap in plastic/place in zippy and freeze. Just let it defrost for a day and then then let rise, punch down and make your pizza.