Homemade Pizza Recipe
Easy homemade pizza crust and sauce recipe. Add toppings to make it your own.
Servings 2
Ingredients
- Dough:
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2 cups very warm water
- 1 packet instant dry yeast or 1 tablespoon instant dry yeast
- 6 cups flour
- optional: 4 teaspoons King Arthur Pizza Dough Flavor
- 4 cups shredded mozzarella cheese or more!
- Sauce:
- 1 large 28 ounce can tomato sauce or crushed tomatoes
- 1 1/2 teaspoons oregano
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 clove garlic
- 5 tablespoons vegetable or olive oil
- Topping suggestions:
- olives
- artichokes
- spinach
- mushrooms
- peppers
- onions
- Italian sausage
- pepperoni
- hamburger
- bacon
Instructions
- Dough:
- Mix sugar, salt, vegetable oil, warm water and instant yeast.
- Stir in six cups flour (and optional king Arthur Pizza Dough Flavor) until dough ball forms.
- Knead for 3-5 minutes on floured surface.
- Place dough in a large greased bowl, covered, in warm area 'til dough doubles in size, about an hour.
- Preheat oven to 475 degrees.
- Punch dough down and divide in half.
- Roll out into two 16" circles and place on 16" greased round pans.
- Sauce:
- Combine all sauce ingredients in saucepan on stovetop.
- Simmer, covered, for 10 - 15 minutes or longer.
- To make pizza:
- Spread sauce on top of prepared dough.
- Top with vegetables, cheese and meat toppings of your choice.
- Bake at 475 degrees on the lowest oven rack, begin checking at 8 minutes.
- Watch closely and remove from oven when it's just how you like it.
Notes
To create a warm (not hot!) place for the dough to rise, turn your oven on to the lowest setting for just a few minutes, 'til it's warm. Then TURN THE OVEN OFF and open the door, letting some of the heat out. Cover the dough in the greased bowl, shut the oven door, and let it rise inside the warm oven. (The trick is to remember to REMOVE the rising dough before preheating the oven to 475 degrees for baking.)