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!
Pizza Sauce
Course: Sauces
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients
- 1 c. tomato sauce
- 1⁄8 tsp. salt
- 1 1⁄4 tsp. sugar
- 1⁄4 tsp. garlic powder
- 1⁄8 tsp. basil
- 1⁄4 tsp. oregano
- Dash black pepper
Directions
- Mix and use as store-bought pizza sauce.
Best Pizza Crust
Course: Breads
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients
- 4 cups baking flour or all purpose
- 2 cups warm water
- 2 tablespoons instant dry yeast
- 1⁄3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
Directions
- Mix all these ingredients into a bowl and stir them together until a sticky dough is formed. Cover the bowl with a moist kitchen towel and let the dough rise in a warm area for about 30 minutes.
- Turn the dough out onto a floured area and knead with your hands about 5 to 10 times. Roll the dough to about one half inch thick and top with sauce and your desired pizza toppings. You will want to bake this pizza crust for about 15 to 18 minutes. Set your oven to 375 degrees F.
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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!