The Best Ooni Pizza Dough
I’ve been making pizza for years and this is the BEST pizza dough to use in your Ooni pizza oven. It’s a thin, chewy crust that creates a delicious Neapolitan-style pizza.

We’ve had our pizza oven for years and we love making pizza at home. One of the first things we had to figure out was a good dough recipe that would work well in the Ooni. We’ve tried premade dough with limited success and after many attempts of homemade dough, this recipe has quickly become our favorite.
The Best Type of Dough for an Ooni Pizza Oven.
Since the Ooni pizza oven gets extremely hot, Neapolitan-style pizzas are the best type of pizza to make in this oven. These pizzas cook quickly giving you crispy edges with a thin, chewy center. While there are plenty of different types of pizza you can make in your Ooni, this Neapolitan pizza seems to be the most popular and this is our favorite kind of dough to make!
Pizza Dough Ingredients
This recipe does require specific ingredients to achieve the right texture.
- 00 Flour– This type of flour is very finely ground. Combined with all-purpose flour, it creates the perfect texture! You can read more about this type of flour here. I can typically find it at Whole Foods or specialty grocery stores. You can also order it on Amazon.
- All-Purpose Flour– I like the King Arthur Flour brand the best, but you can use any type of all-purpose flour.
- Salt– I use fine sea salt or table salt.
- Olive Oil– Any mild olive oil will do.
- Yeast– You need active dry yeast. Be sure it’s not “rapid rise” yeast. (If you want a pizza dough recipe with rapid-rise yeast, try this one!)
- Water– You’ll need warm water to dissolve the yeast.
Substitution Ideas
You can substitute all-purpose flour for 00 flour if you can’t find 00 flour in your area. (But I do think it’s worth looking for!) You can even order 00 flour on Amazon. Do not substitute self-rising flour or whole wheat flour.
How to Measure Ingredients
In most cases, the most accurate way to measure ingredients is by using a kitchen scale. But I’ve found that it can be hard to find a scale that is accurate enough to detect very small measurements, such as yeast. For this recipe, I measure the flour and water by weight. The salt, yeast, and olive oil I measure with teaspoons. But if you don’t have a kitchen scale, I’ve given you the cup measurements. When measuring flour, be sure not to compress the flour in your measuring cup.
How to Make Pizza Dough
In a large mixing bowl, combine the flours and salt. Mix to distribute the salt.
In a separate bowl, add the warm water, olive oil, and yeast. Stir until the yeast is dissolved.
Add the yeast mixture to the flour.
Using a stand mixer with a dough hook, mix for 3 minutes on the lowest setting.
Let the dough rest for 15 minutes, then mix for an additional 3 minutes.
Separate the dough into two balls. Place on a floured cutting board. Sprinkle flour on top of the dough.
Cover with a damp cloth. I typically use the flour sack cloths from Ikea. This prevents the dough from drying out,.
Let rise for 4-6 hours. The dough will double in size. Don’t worry if the dough runs together. It’ll be easy to separate.
Flour your work surface and roll out into your desired thickness. For the Ooni, we typically roll them very thin, since the pizzas bake quickly.
Pizza Topping Ideas
This dough is meant to create thin, Neapolitan-style pizzas, which means you should keep your toppings light. The dough is thin and isn’t sturdy enough for thick layers of toppings. But you can still get creative! Here are some of our favorites things to add to our pizza:
- Fresh mozzarella
- Ricotta cheese
- Burrata (wait until the pizza is nearly done cooking, then add the burrata on top)
- Goat cheese
- Caramelized onions (again, wait until the pizza is cooked, then add just before finishing)
- Fresh tomatoes
The Best Ooni Pizza Dough
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Rise Time: 4 hours
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 4 hours 25 minutes
- Yield: 2 10″ pizza crusts 1x
- Category: Pizza Dough
- Method: Mixed
- Cuisine: Italian
- Diet: Vegetarian
Description
This is the best pizza dough for the Ooni pizza oven. It makes a chewy Neapolitan-style crust.
Ingredients
- 153g (1 cup plus 1 tablespoon) 00 flour
- 153g (1 cup plus 2 tablespoons) all purpose flour
- 8g (1 teaspoon) salt
- 3g (1 teaspoon) active dry yeast
- 4g (1 teaspoon) olive oil
- 200g (a little less than 1 cup) of very warm water
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the flours and salt. Mix to distribute the salt.
- In a separate bowl, add the warm water, olive oil, and yeast. Stir until the yeast is dissolved.
- Add the yeast mixture to the flour.
- Using a stand mixer with a dough hook, mix for 3 minutes on the lowest setting.
- Let the dough rest for 15 minutes, then mix for an additional 3 minutes.
- Separate the dough into two balls. Place on a floured cutting board and cover with a damp cloth. Let rise for 4-6 hours.
Notes
This recipe was adapted from Roberta’s Pizza dough from the NYT.
If you give this recipe a try, let me know what you add to your pizza! I love hearing about your creations. And if you’re curious about our pizza oven, check out this post to learn about the Ooni oven!
Super sticky. Followed the directions to the T, didn’t work well for me.
This recipe is perfect. I have been trying dough after dough recipe searching for that crispy texture and this has been by far the best, not to mention one of the easier/quicker doughs. I never leave reviews but I felt compelled to thank you for ending my search for the perfect easy dough 🙂
Thank you, Emma!!
DO NOT cover dough with a damp cloth, it will stick and make a mess of your towel. I used a damp flour sack cloth and it was a disaster peeling off the dough, Recipe is ok but not great.
Never use a wet cloth to cover the dough… of course it’ll stick! A dry flour sack or lightly oiled plastic wrap is your best bet.
I would not recommend doubling the recipe. The measurements did not transfer and the dough was really sticky. I had to add way more flour. The flavor was good, but it was too sticky to get off of my peel…even with flour and cornmeal on the bottom.
Doubling this recipe works just fine! There’s no reason why doubling this wouldn’t work. I’ve tried it and it works wonderfully. You need to use visual cues with doughs and also consider the environment in which you live and the current temperature and humidity levels in your area. I think it was user error, sorry!
You may need to hold back some water or add more depending on the season you’re baking and where you live. Use visual cues! It’s not a flawed recipe not even close!!!
When you multiply the recipe the measurements in parentheses do not change. I’m glad I double checked bc I saw the salt and yeast as (1 teaspoon) even after I multiplied x3…. So yes the recipe might be incorrect
I tried this recipe twice and throw itout both times because it was an overly wet mess. Not sure what I’m missing here…
Worked perfectly for me… maybe you didn’t use a scale
Are you scaling properly? Are you letting the dough rest? Are you letting the dough rise enough? Do you make other yeast doughs with success? I’ve made it at least 2 dozen times and it’s an easy 5/5
USER ERROR. It’s not the recipe. The recipe is tested and perfect.
I am excited to try this recipe! I was wondering what the measurements in parenthesis are for…
For example, ” 2/3c (1 cup plus 1 tablespoons) ” — is it 2/3 cup or 1 cup and 1 tbsp or is it both?
Thank you in advance!
I’m not sure where you’re seeing that. In the recipe card, I’ve included grams as well as cups in case people don’t have a food scale. So it’s 153g, which is equal to 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons of all purpose flour.
Did you ever get an answer to this? It shows that on my screen too.
I’m guessing you’re seeing the US measurements try changing it to M
Yes, if you change the measurements to US, it’s wrong. Just leave it on M, as the author has listed both grams and US measurements in the recipe card under the M selection. I assume this is also the issue with doubling the recipe.
do you know if this works with the Ooni Volt pizza oven? Thanks!
it was covering all what we need to know about ooni pizza dough
can this dough be refrigerated? Before or after it rises? And how long ahead do I take out if this is an option?