We love homemade pizza here in our house and the kids love to help us make it! We will make it for birthdays, friends, movie night or anything else we can find an excuse to make it for. This dough recipe is the best I have found. There is no waiting for the dough to rise. Just make it, roll it, top it and bake it! Here is what you need… (p.s. this is the same dough recipe I used to make the Heart Shaped Calzones)
Ingredients Needed:
(Dough)
- 1 pkg. active yeast (about 2.5 tsp.)
- 1 c. warm water
- 1 tsp. sugar
- 1 tsp. salt
- 2 T. oil
- 2.5 c. flour
- 1 pizza pan or Jelly Roll pan – pre-greased
*Note: I will make 1.5x this recipe for 1 Jelly Roll pan/cookie sheet size pizza
(Pizza Toppings)
- Pizza Sauce (I use Hunt’s Mushrooms or Garlic and Herb canned spaghetti sauce – 1 26.5 oz can will make 2 to 3 Jelly Roll pan/cookie sheet size pizzas)
- Any favorite toppings: sausage, pepperoni, peppers and tomatoes are our favorites
- Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
Directions for Making the Pizza
**I am participating in the SITS Girls Back to Blogging Event. I re-posted this post because it was a title that I remember being very proud of coming up with at the time. Because of the topic nature of my blog the post titles are usually pretty self explanatory. This title was something more than “Homemade Pizza.”
This is really similar to my crust recipe, except mine doesn't have the salt and oil…I'll have to try it out, because yours sure does look yummy! Do you ever use any wheat flour when you make it?
I have tried it with store bought wheat flour (I didn't grind it myself), so it was more like flour since I'm pretty sure it was enriched. I thought it tasted almost the same. The crust turns out a bit different, it doesn't brown as much. But other than that I liked it. My husband says he prefers the crust with no wheat flour, so I just don't tell him it is in it! =D
I totally agree with you. Making your own pizza is the best! Now that we make it (or should I say the hubby makes it, since he is the baker) I cannot imagine ever paying for pizza again.