August 13, 2026 · dough

Same-Day Emergency Pizza Dough (Ready in 2 Hours)

Name: Same-Day Emergency Pizza Dough (Ready in 2 Hours)
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 2 h 15 min
Yield: 2 dough balls (280 g each)
Cuisine: New England
Ingredients: 500 g bread flour; 325 g warm water, about 100°F; 10 g fine sea salt; 7 g instant yeast (a full packet); 10 g olive oil; 5 g sugar (feeds the yeast for the fast rise)

Decided at 3pm that tonight is pizza night? This 2-hour dough gets you a legitimately good pie without planning ahead.

Prep: 15m
Cook: 0m
Total: 2h 15m
Rest / Ferment: 2h
Servings: 2 dough balls (280 g each)

The master dough is better — no argument. But better never fed anyone on a Tuesday when the plan came together at school pickup. This dough exists for real life: two hours, one bowl, and a pizza that will still beat anything from the freezer aisle.

Ingredients

500 g bread flour
325 g warm water, about 100°F
10 g fine sea salt
7 g instant yeast (a full packet)
10 g olive oil
5 g sugar (feeds the yeast for the fast rise)

Instructions

Mix and knead

Combine everything and knead 8 minutes until smooth and elastic. With a fast dough you have to do the gluten work yourself.
Warm rise

Cover and rise somewhere warm (an oven with just the light on works) for 90 minutes to 2 hours, until doubled.
Ball and rest

Divide into two balls and rest 15 minutes before stretching. Straight to the oven from here.

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