The most commonly used flour for making pizza dough is 00 bread flour. Bread flour is higher in gluten and protein content compared to regular all-purpose flour and is known for giving Italian pizza the elastic, chewy texture we know and love. In order to make this pizza dough recipe as accessible to every home cook as possible, we opted to develop a recipe using all-purpose flour. If you happen to have bread flour on hand, feel free to swap it in!