Homemade Pizza Recipe

Homemade pizza is a great meal to get the whole family involved. Everyone can make their own to taste so there shouldn’t be any complaints!

Bake with me! Follow along with me in my video as I make pizza:

Without further ado, here is my homemade pizza recipe.

Ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 1 packet of yeast (2 1/4 tsp)
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp oil
• 1 cup lukewarm water (100°-115° F)
• cornmeal for dusting pan (optional)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 450°-500° F
2. Add sugar to water that is 100°-115° F
3. Add yeast, stir gently
4. Let sit for 10 minutes
5. Add the rest of ingredients and mix
6. Knead until smooth (about 5 minutes)
7. Let rest in fridge in a greased bowl until ready to use
8. Roll into desired pizza shape.
9. Transfer dough to prepared pan: pan with a light dusting of cornmeal
10. Add toppings
11. Bake on 450°-500° F for 8-12 minutes

Notes:

The amount of pizzas you can get from this dough recipe depends on the size. We can get 2 full sized pan pizzas.

It’s best to make this homemade pizza dough recipe ahead and let it rest in the fridge for about 8 hours but if you don’t have time, it’s perfectly okay. Most times I don’t think ahead and just let it rest on the counter before rolling it out while preparing the toppings.

I’ve been using this homemade pizza recipe ever since I inherited it from my mother in law 5 years ago. It makes a great stromboli, as well. If I’m feeling fancy I’ll let it rise in a warm, draft-less area. You can’t really go wrong. The only times it doesn’t work out is when I stretch the dough too thin. Then it starts to resemble phyllo dough.

Toppings

Now on to the fun part!

While the dough is resting on the counter, prepare the fillings. The options are endless. Our 2 favorite pizzas to make are Meat lovers and Basil Pesto Pizza.

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Meat Lovers

• tomato sauce
• seasonings: garlic powder, Italian seasoning, crushed red pepper, oregano
• onions
• pepperoni
• jalapeno
• sausage
• chicken
• olives
• cheese

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Basil Pesto

• basil pesto
• onions
• chicken
• tomatoes
• cheese
• basil

Deep Dish Pizza

For the first time I attempted a deep dish pizza! We recently got a cast iron skillet so I had to try it out. And it turned out surprisingly well! (Watch the video.)

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I followed the same recipe and instructions, only I stretched the dough up the side of skillet. I was planning on pre-baking the crust but I forgot. Instead I baked it at 425° F for 30 minutes.

It baked through all the way!

I will definitely be making deep dish again.

Now, very important question. Do you cut your pizza in squares or triangles? When it comes to homemade pizza, we are squares. But for deep dish, we are triangles.

I hope you enjoy this homemade pizza recipe!

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