Making homemade pizza is so much better than that frozen cardboard junkity junk. Plus, it’s really not that tough once you get the crust down to a science. Below is the recipe I’ve been using for years. I love it because it’s pretty simple plus it tastes totally awesome. I found it on Allrecipes.com and only tweaked it a tiny bit.
The beauty is, once you figure out how to make the crust, you can experiment with all sorts of toppings and sauces and even baking methods. You can pretty much go crazy with your pizza!
Ingredients
1 {.25 ounce} package active dry yeast or 2.5 teaspoons if you are using bulk yeast
1 cup warm water
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
Cornmeal
Directions
Preheat oven to 425F. In a large mixing bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Add the oil, sugar, salt and 1-1/2 cups flour. Mix until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a firm dough. Turn onto a floured surface; cover and let rest for 10 minutes.
Roll into a 13 inch circle {or rectangle depending on the type of pan you will be using}. Brush a 12 inch pizza pan with olive oil and sprinkle with cornmeal. Transfer dough to prepared pan, building up edges slightly. Do not let rise. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until browned. Add desired sauce and toppings and bake about 10 minutes longer.
Here is one of my favorite pizza recipe books if you are in need of some inspiration:
Pizza: More than 60 Recipes for Delicious Homemade Pizza
Kathy says
Fleishman’s has a pizza dough only yeast that I’ve fallen in love with.
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Lisa Millar says
This recipe is almost identical to the one I use…
I don’t bake the dough first like you said above… will have to try that to see the difference.
Once I started making my own pizza’s there was no way we could return to the expensive and not as good bought pizza’s.
I also started using our home-made relishes as the base. My cousins spicy tomato relish is the best for this!
Mavis says
Homemade relish? I’m going to have to try that as a base. Sounds delish!
Robin in SoCal says
Thanks for this recipe. I’ve been making pizzas on the grill on my pizza stone. I love this one as well
http://www.thewednesdaychef.com/the_wednesday_chef/2014/07/salties-focaccia.html
and topping with my roasted tomatoes, pesto, roasted garlic so delicious.
Dayna says
I think this is the same recipe I use. We have been making deep dish pizza in a cast iron skillet and baking it on a char coal grill. We haven’t quite perfected our technique yet but it has been fun trying.
Mavis says
Grilled pizza. YUM!
Carla says
Hello Mavis! I add honey to the dough. It’s wonderful! about a tablespoon does it.
Carla
hj says
I love making pizza! If you make the pizza on an UPSIDE DOWN baking sheet it will be much EASIER to get the pizza out of when it’s done!! Have you ever tried that? It works way better. 🙂
Cher says
What a great idea hj! I will do this at the weekend, thank you!
Carolyn Kaare says
I made this for supper tonight. Got a thumbs up from my husband. I will definitely make it again. How do you transfer the rolled out crust to the prepared pan without it falling apart?