How To Freeze Pizza Dough Cooking Lessons from The Kitchn

Lightly spray each dough ball with spray oil, or wipe with olive oil.

So, you've whipped up a batch of homemade pizza dough, and you've made a couple of spectacularly good homemade pizza. But your household is small, and you don't want to eat pizza tomorrow. What can you do with all that leftover dough? Freeze it, of course! It's simple as 1-2-3, and then you can have pizza on the spur of the moment next week. Here's how to freeze pizza dough...

Do you ever freeze pizza dough? You can also freeze topped pizzas for homemade frozen pizza — here's a little more on that.

How To Freeze Pizza Dough

What You Need

Ingredients
1 batch pizza dough
Spray oil or olive oil

Equipment
Plastic freezer bags

Instructions

1. Form the dough into individual balls, the size you would use to make one pizza.

2. Lightly spray each dough ball with spray oil, or wipe with olive oil.

3. Turn the dough over so it is lightly coated in the oil.

4. Slide the dough ball into a freezer bag and seal, squeezing out all the air.

5. Place in the freezer and freeze for up to 3 months.

6. When ready to use, put in the fridge overnight or for about 12 hours.

7. Before making the pizza, bring the dough out on the countertop and let warm up and rest for about 30 minutes before stretching out the pizza.

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(Images: Faith Durand)

Comments (4)

eh wha?

Wrap in plastic wrap, wrap in aluminum foil, insert in freezer. Done

Faith, if I forget to defrost in my refrigerator for about 12 hours before using it, can I microwave it for a minute or two? Would it work?

@Diane - I'm afraid you'd end up actually cooking the dough in the microwave...though maybe a few bursts at a really low power would be ok? I'm not super microwave savvy! If you have a little time to spare, warm your oven for a minute or two, turn off the oven, and let the frozen dough thaw in there (in a bowl or on a baking sheet) until it's pliable enough to shape. Once you can shape it, it should fine to make your pizza even if the dough is still cold.

I'm with blpeders; I've been freezing my pizza dough that way for years and I've never had a problem.