I don’t know about your family, but my family loves pizza. They would easily eat pizza every week if I’d let them. While we sometimes eat it out, most of the time we have it at home because the recipe I am about to share is THAT good. Before this recipe I used to fix a wheat pizza crust which was always okay (but a little dry). However, once we had this variation, Goose asks me to make it every time. Top that with a cheap homemade pizza sauce and we’ve got a yummy meal for pennies on the dollar. Add a salad and you’re set. Enjoy!
Homemade Pizza Sauce
8 oz. tomato sauce
1/8 tsp. salt
1 1/4 tsp. sugar
1/4 tsp. garlic powder
1/8 tsp. dried basil
1/4 tsp. dried oregano
dash of black pepper
Mix and use as you would store-bought pizza sauce.
Best Pizza Crust
2 c. flour
1 c. warm water
1 tbsp. instant dry yeast
2 tbsp. sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
Mix all ingredients. Form into a ball. Place in a glass bowl. Cover with a moist kitchen towel and let the dough rise in a warm area for about 30 minutes.
Place the dough onto a floured surface and knead with your hands about 5 to 10 times. Roll the dough to desired thickness. Place on pizza pan or stone. Top with sauce and desired pizza toppings. Bake for15-18 minutes at 375 degrees.
Hi! Welcome to Cornerstone Confessions. My name is Kathy Gossen and I'm a full time homemaker learning about what it means to be a godly woman in the everyday. On Cornerstone Confessions I share my adventures in organizing, homeschooling, cooking, parenting, and more as a means to encourage other women in their quest to becoming a Titus 2 model in their homes and beyond.
Just made this recipe. Thank you so much, Kathy! It is delicious! The kids LOVE it.
The only change I made was to use 1 Tbsp Honey instead of Sugar. (I’m on a sugar fast this month.) I also added a little EVOO so that it didn’t stick to the bowl to rise or the pan while cooking (probably about 1/2 Tbsp total.)
I know it isn’t the best practice environmentally, but I always use aluminum foil on my pizza pan for easy clean-up on Fridays. I wish I could figure out how to use cornmeal to do the job properly (like the fancy pizza places) but I never can get that trick to work right for me!
Wow! You are fast! Honey sounds like a great option. I sometimes cover my bowl with Pam too before putting it in the bowl to rise. Good thought. I usually use a pizza stone to cook my pizza but it was out of commission when I made this last…thus the ol’ cookie sheet in the picture. When I do that I don’t need to spray it or anything. I just sprinkle with corn meal and let ‘er go. Maybe it’s the stone that makes the difference. Who knows…. Glad you liked it!