Crusty No-Knead Pizza Bread with Hot Honey Butter

Name: Crusty No-Knead Pizza Bread with Hot Honey Butter
Cook time: 15 min
Ingredients: 3.3333333333333335 cup 3 and 1/3 cups bread flour; 2 tsp instant or active dry yeast; 2 tsp coarse salt*; 1 tsp granulated sugar; 0.25 tsp crushed red pepper flakes; 1 cup 1 heaping cup chopped pepperoni; 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese; 1.5 cup 1 and 1/2 cups water; 3 each honey; 1 each confectioners&#8217; 0.125 tsp 1/8–1/4 teaspoon flaky sea salt or coarse salt; 0 each pinch of crushed red pepper flakes

Sally McKenney · sallysbakingaddiction.com · 2025 · Original

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Baker's percentages

Every ingredient as a percentage of the flour weight (flour = 100%) — the way bakers compare doughs across batch sizes.

Flour

440g

Water

356g

Hydration

80.8%

Salt

2.9%

Yeast

1.36%

Oil

30.7%

Sauce

—

Cheese

113g

Dough weight

1017g

Process

Bake temp

450°F / 232°C

Bake time

10-15 min

Oven

home standard

Surface

stone

Bulk

Ingredients (12)

flour3 and 1/3 cups bread flour3.3333333333333335 cup · 440g
yeastinstant or active dry yeast2 tsp · 6g
saltcoarse salt*2 tsp · 12g
sugargranulated sugar1 tsp · 4.2g
sauce tomatocrushed red pepper flakes0.25 tsp
oil1 heaping cup chopped pepperoni1 cup · 135g
cheese mozzarellashredded mozzarella cheese1 cup · 113g
water1 and 1/2 cups water1.5 cup · 355.5g
sugarhoney63g
sugarconfectioners&#8217—
salt1/8–1/4 teaspoon flaky sea salt or coarse salt0.125 tsp · 0.8g
sauce tomatopinch of crushed red pepper flakes—

Toppings (4)

Position matters: under the cheese steams, over the cheese roasts, post-bake stays fresh.

over cheesedried oregano2 tsp · 1g
over cheesedried basil1 tsp · 0.5g
over cheese1 and 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder1.5 tsp · 6.3g
over cheeseunsalted butter0.5 cup · 113g

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Ingredients (12)

Toppings (4)