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Pizza

Recipe - Homemade Pizza
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 14 minutes
Total Time 44 minutes
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1/4 Cup of Homemade Pizza Sauce - I used the recipe from the Kitchn it's easy and freezes well.
  • *What I did differently was that I used Tomato Puree and garlic powder instead. This saved a ton of time *
  • Pizza Dough you can make your own, but this is way easier It runs for about $6.00 at Whole Foods in the freezer section, so worth it.
  • 1 Cup of Whole Milk Mozzarella Cheese Cut into cubes or slices not too thick, not too thin
  • 1 Pizza Stone
  • 10 - 12 Pepperoni

Method
 

  1. *Preheat your oven to 520 F, make sure your pizza stone is already in the oven.
  2. Step 1 - Prepare the pizza dough. If you're using the brand I recommended it's fairly easy. You just allow it to thaw in the fridge, then coat it in olive oil in a big bowl. Once it's fully softened, cover it with some flour (think about a 1/8 cup) and then roll it out.
  3. Step 2- Once the dough is properly rolled out and thin, spoon the pizza sauce onto the dough. Use the back of the spoon to thin it out. You don't want too much sauce.
  4. Step 3- Put your cheese evenly around the pizza and then finish with your toppings of pepperoni.
  5. Step 4- Place the pizza on the pizza stone and bake for 10 to 12 minutes. *
  6. Step 5- Remove the pizza carefully from the oven and enjoy!
  7. This part is tricky if you don't have a pizza paddle (which I do not). I always prep the pizza on a sheet of wax paper so I can securely lift the pizza dough onto the stone. I keep the wax paper on while it bakes so when it's done I can easily remove the pizza from the stone. This has been the only way I have figured out that doesn't end up in a pizza disaster.