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Homemade Pizza

By Lorraine

Making homemade Pizza dough is easy, delicious and so economical. Just a few ingredients, a little time and you are ready to add your favorite pizza sauce and toppings. Bake in a hot oven until cheese is melted and crust is perfect.
Making homemade Pizza dough is easy, delicious and so economical. Just a few ingredients, a little time and you are ready to add your favorite pizza sauce and toppings. Bake in a hot oven until cheese is melted and crust is perfect.
I provide childcare for precious little Ella. She is bit finicky about food but would absolutely eat pizza every single day for her lunch.  She loves frozen pizza that I just warm in the oven but some days we make homemade pizza together. Making the pizza dough in the bread machine is the easiest part.
 
Making homemade Pizza dough is easy, delicious and so economical. Just a few ingredients, a little time and you are ready to add your favorite pizza sauce and toppings. Bake in a hot oven until cheese is melted and crust is perfect.After the dough is made, we roll and pat it into a circle on a cookie sheet that we sprinkled with cornmeal and a little flour.
 
 
Making homemade Pizza dough is easy, delicious and so economical. Just a few ingredients, a little time and you are ready to add your favorite pizza sauce and toppings. Bake in a hot oven until cheese is melted and crust is perfect.
Spread on the pizza sauce.
 
Making homemade Pizza dough is easy, delicious and so economical. Just a few ingredients, a little time and you are ready to add your favorite pizza sauce and toppings. Bake in a hot oven until cheese is melted and crust is perfect.
 
And top with Mozzarella Cheese.

Making homemade Pizza dough is easy, delicious and so economical. Just a few ingredients, a little time and you are ready to add your favorite pizza sauce and toppings. Bake in a hot oven until cheese is melted and crust is perfect.

For a nice crispy crust, I heat a pizza stone in the over to 420 degrees.  The trickiest part (for me) of making the pizza is transferring it from the cookie sheet onto the hot pizza stone.  Plenty of cornmeal on the bottom and a few hard shakes helps the dough slip off easily.

Be CAREFUL ~ the oven and stone are very HOT!
 
 
I recently tried substituting all-purpose flour for the bread flour. I found no difference in texture, rising or taste. I have also made the dough using my KitchenAid mixer and it bakes up just the same.
 
Making homemade Pizza dough is easy, delicious and so economical. Just a few ingredients, a little time and you are ready to add your favorite pizza sauce and toppings. Bake in a hot oven until cheese is melted and crust is perfect.
 
Making homemade Pizza dough is easy, delicious and so economical. Just a few ingredients, a little time and you are ready to add your favorite pizza sauce and toppings. Bake in a hot oven until cheese is melted and crust is perfect.
Personalize your pizza but adding different cheeses. Here is a pizza with both mozzarella and cheddar.
Making homemade Pizza dough is easy, delicious and so economical. Just a few ingredients, a little time and you are ready to add your favorite pizza sauce and toppings. Bake in a hot oven until cheese is melted and crust is perfect.

Here is my dough recipe that came with my first bread maker. We like it because it rises really nice and tastes great.

Pizza Dough

Dough directions for a 14-inch pizza
 
INGREDIENTS:
1 cup water
2 Tbs. olive oil
1 tsp. salt
3 cups bread flour
2 Tbs. sugar
2 tsp. bread machine yeast
 
DIRECTIONS:
  • Place dough ingredients in bread pan in order listed.
  • Set on basic dough and press start button.
  • When cycle is completed, remove dough from bread pan.
Preheat oven and pizza stone to 420 degrees.
 

Shaping directions:

  • Punch dough down.  Pat/roll dough on a cookie sheet (one with no sides) that has been sprinkled with cornmeal and a little flour, shaping edges to form a crust.

Spread on your favorite pizza sauce, herbs and toppings of choice.

CAREFULLY slide the pizza from the cookie sheet onto the stone (that is in the oven).

Bake for 15 minutes until done.

When done, use tongs and slide the pizza from the pizza stone onto a large wooden cutting board. Slice and serve

mm mm… your house will smell wonderful and your tummy will be happy!

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Comments

  2. Debbie Petras says

    Leave it to you Lorraine to have a wonderful pizza recipe. I love the idea of adding your own toppings. And it will definitely be hot instead of getting cold after delivery. I am pinning this one.

    Blessings and love,
    Debbie

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  5. Sue says

    You share the best recipes, with us, and they always turn out perfect. I will come back and copy this pizza dough recipe for my keeping. The best thing about this post is seeing your granddaughter Ella, making and enjoying these memories with you, what a treasure.
    Sue

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  6. Olga says

    Looks fantastic! And what an adorable little helper!
    Now I know what I'm going to make for dinner this week. Pizza!

    Reply

  7. American Home says

    Hi, The pizza looks wonderful and I am going to try your recipe with my bread machine. You site is very charming. I have enjoyed the reading.
    God Bless,
    Donna

    Reply

  8. Kathryn says

    I still have never tried making homemade pizza, and I'm so ashamed! I'm just like Ella, though- I would eat pizza for every meal if I could. Your looks extra delicious!

    Reply

  10. Personalized Sketches and Sentiments says

    I agree with your other commenters on what a pretty, cute, sweet, assistant/helper, adorable, darling little girl that Ella is! And my kids and hubby know that I love pizza and could probably eat some every day too :o)

    Thanks for sharing your recipe and your photos!

    Blessings & Aloha!

    Reply

  11. Kathleen says

    That looks fabulous, I love pizza.
    A wood peel makes getting the dough onto the stone easier. Keep your eyes open for one.
    I don't have a bread maker. What recipe do you use for your KA?

    Reply

  12. NanaDiana says

    Darn it-i lost my post-using hubby's laptop…ugh Anyway-Ella is just adorable-a darling little girl. I haven't made homemade pizza in years-maybe it's time to give it a go- Hugs-Diana

    Reply

  14. Ann says

    I'm with Ella, I'll have pizza any time, day or night 🙂 I think I would prefer some of your home made over the frozen ones though. That looks totally delicious.

    Loved all your flowers in your last post, they are just gorgeous

    Reply

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