Learn how to make pizza at home with this easy and delicious homemade pizza recipe. Use homemade pizza dough and pizza sauce to make the best pizza in 30 minutes - flat!
pepperoni, sausage, olives, vegetables, pineapple, etc.
Instructions
Make the Pizza Dough (or use store bought).
Proof the yeast in water with sugar.
Then add the wet ingredients and stir to combine.
Next add the dry ingredients
Add flour slowly until the mixture forms a slightly tacky ball.
Then knead until it's smooth.
If desired, let it rise before rolling if you prefer - this results in a fluffier crust (rising is not required with this dough recipe
Make the Pizza Sauce (or use store bought).
Combine all the sauce ingredients in the recipe linked in a medium bowl.
Preheat the Pizza Stone
Before assembling the pizza, you need to preheat the oven and warm the pizza stone. Put the stone in the oven as it preheats, and let it warm at 500 degrees F for at least 10 minutes before cooking the pizza.
Assemble the Pizza
Roll out the pizza dough into your desired shape. We have a round pizza stone, so we form a round circle of dough.
Then, transfer the dough to a piece of parchment paper.
Spread a thick layer of sauce over the pizza dough, leaving about a ½ inch border around the pizza (or more if you like more crust).
Sprinkle a layer of cheese evenly over the sauce.
If you are going to include toppings, sprinkle a base layer of cheese, then add the toppings, then add the rest of the cheese over the toppings.
Bake, Cool & Serve
Use a pizza peel or flat cookie sheet to transfer the assembled pizza from the counter to the pizza stone in the oven. Gently lift up one side of the parchment paper and slide the peel under the paper.
Bake in the preheated oven for 12-15 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown and the cheese is completely melted.
Once the pizza has finished cooking, use a pizza peel or flat cookie sheet to remove it from the oven and transfer it to a wire rack to cool for at least 10 minutes.