Homemade Pizza

Homemade Pizza from Scratch will be a constant on your weekly menu! It is quick and easy to make, the only hard part is waiting for the dough to rise!

Pizza is one of my kid’s favorites, they like to have it at least once every week. I have been on the lookout for a great homemade pizza recipe for a long time.

I have tried lots of recipes until I found the one that checks all the boxes. The recipe that I follow is based on this one from Jen, click here for her recipe. A big thank you to Jen for this fantastic recipe! 

What are the Ingredients for Homemade Pizza Dough?

The ingredients are very basic, all-purpose flour, yeast, sugar, salt, oil, and water. I used fast-acting yeast for this recipe. Though it does state in the original recipe that you can use any yeast. 

The temperature of the water should be warm and not hot. If it’s too hot it will kill the yeast and your dough will not rise. 

It is just a matter of mixing the dough and letting it rise for about an hour. You can use a stand mixer or mix it by hand. 

What are the different toppings you can use?

The toppings that you can use for a pizza are so many.., it’s difficult to actually list them all out but I will mention the really popular ones.

Vegetarian                                                   

Spinach

Bell Peppers

Broccoli

Zucchini

Tomatoes

Onions

Pineapple

Mushrooms

Paneer (Indian Cottage cheese)

Tofu

Non-vegetarian

Pepperoni

Ham

Chicken

Steak

Bacon

Turkey

Seafood ( I have eaten seafood Pizza at California Pizza Kitchen and it was really good!)

How do you make the Pizza Dough for your Homemade pizza?

If mixing by hand, add all the ingredients to a bowl and mix, once the dough comes together, knead it for about 5 minutes. Cover it and keep it in a warm place to rise. I made mine in the stand mixer as it is so convenient and was ready in about 10 minutes, I added about 1/4 cup more water than the recipe called for. Once it was done, I removed the dough and placed it in an oiled bowl, covered the bowl with a dishtowel, and kept it in my oven to rise.

 

After about an hour, once the dough has risen. Punch it down, divide it into 2 balls and roll out your pizzas. You can get 2 good-sized pizzas. I used a rolling pin to roll out the dough. As you can see I am not that great at making perfectly shaped pizzas! So let’s just call them rustic! 😉

Baking your Pizza:

Preheat oven to 450F.  Once you have a pizza base about 1/4 inch thick. You can use a pizza stone if you have one.

I used a sheet pan with a silicone liner. Brush a little bit of olive oil on the silicone liner, place the pizza base on it.

Brush a little olive oil on the pizza base, add some sauce, I use whatever store-bought pasta sauce I have on hand. Put your toppings on and lastly the cheese. I use Italian blend cheese or mozzarella cheese. 

Place the baking sheet in the oven. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes till cheese is melted and crust is golden brown. 

Take out the pizza from the oven and let it cool for a few minutes before cutting it with a pizza cutter. 

Enjoy your delicious homemade pizza!! 

Notes:

• The pizza dough can be refrigerated. I have kept half the dough in the fridge and used it the next day. So you can make the pizza dough in advance.
• Also, the pizza dough can be frozen, please visit the above-mentioned website to read about it.
• Once baked, you can top the pizza with Italian seasoning, Chilli flakes, dried parsley, etc.

 

If you like to make a pizza without yeast, you can make 2 Ingredient Naan as the base! It has no yeast and turns out quite delicious as a Naan Pizza!

Hope you enjoyed reading about this Homemade Pizza and will try it out sometime! Let me know if you do by leaving a comment down below.

Thank you as always for visiting and have a great day!!