Hallee’s Heavenly Homemade Pizza
Homemade Pizza
My kids love homemade pizza. They do not enjoy typical takeout or deli pizzas at all. This crust is just right and makes the pizza as good as it is.
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CRUST:
1 pkg active dry yeast
1 cup warm water (105° degrees F)
2 ½ to 3 ½ cups flour (I use bread flour in the pictures and have since switched exclusively to whole wheat flour)
½ tsp salt
2 tsp extra virgin olive oil
PIZZA:
pizza sauce (I will post a recipe then link here, or you can use canned sauce or leftover spaghetti sauce – anything works.)
8-12 ounces mozzerella cheese
4 ounces parmesean cheese
your favorite pizza toppings
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stand mixer (if you have one – or you can mix the dough by hand)
Measuring cups/spoons
Good sharp knife
Clean vegetable cutting board
Clean meat cutting board
pizza pans
pizza cutter
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Once you have the dough rising, you’re going to want to:
Slice vegetables
Being careful to keep the 3-year-old out of the olives:
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To make dough:
Dissolve yeast in 1 cup of warm water (it’s best if you warm your bowl – fill it with hot tap water then empty it) for 5 minutes.
Add 2 cups of flour
the olive oil and salt
Mix (or stir) until blended.
Add flour half a cup at a time until the dough is formed but still a little bit sticky. Kneed for about 5 minutes, adding just a touch of flour to keep it from being too sticky to handle. If you’re using a stand mixer, mix for about 2 minutes on speed 2.
Put dough in a bowl you’ve greased with olive oil. Turn it so that it’s coated in olive oil.
Cover and let rise for 1 hour.
This is what it looks like an hour later:
Oil your pans. I have only one pizza pan, so I use that and a cookie sheet.
Divide the dough in two.
Pick up the dough and let it stretch out.
Turn a half-turn and let it stretch.
Turn a half turn and let it stretch some more.
Keep working it until you get to about the size and shape of your pan.
Put it in the pan and then carefully stretch and pat the dough until it covers the pan.
Put your sauce on the dough, carefully spreading it until you’ve lightly covered it.
Add your toppings. I start with meat and go to veggies.
Top with favorite cheese. I use mozerella and then sprinkle a small amount of parmesean on top:
Bake at 450° degrees F for 15-20 minutes on the lowest rack in the oven.
Loosen it in the pan then slide it out onto a cutting board.
Cut with a pizza cutter.
To be dubbed “best mom in the world” and other such achievable titles, serve on pizza plates. That way, your kids can do the “it’s pizza night dance” and sing “pizza plate, pizza plate, it’s pizza night on the pizza plate” as they march around the kitchen.
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2 pizzas
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| (based on cheese pizza; additional toppings will add or subtract nutritional value) High in calcium Low in sugar |
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You can use any sauce, any topping, any cheese you want. Make your family’s favorite and enjoy. :)
I would love to hear any feedback about this recipe. Did you make it? Did you enjoy it? Did you make any adjustments to it?
Hallee
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11 thoughts on “Hallee’s Heavenly Homemade Pizza”
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Homemade pizza is the absolute BEST! We make our own at least 2-3x per month and I think our dough recipe is about the same except mine calls for a bit of sugar. I usually use half all purpose flour and half whole wheat…YUM!
I have a really good whole wheat and oatmeal crust. I’m going to post it when I make it again. I’m waiting for Gregg to be home in January – he really likes it.
the oatmeal ww crust sounds yummy! the last time i made pizza i used chedder and it was DELISH! it gets crispy in the oven.
i also need to work on rolling the dough out…i guess im just not patient enough! but i did just get a new rolling “thing” (its not really a pin) and a pastry mat from pampered chef so i think that will help!
I am making this crust recipe tomorrow night. Scott had a pizza years ago that he loved so I am going to attempt to make it for him. The place used breakfast sausage instead of italian sausage and shredded cheddar cheese. I will let you know how it comes out.
I would love the oatmeal ww recipe as well!!
I made the crust today and used it to make mini calzones. I doubled the recipe and it doubled very well. I will let you know how the calzones turn out. They are still in the oven!
Hallee would you believe me if I told you I was walking out of work today thinking about spaghetti…and I said I wonder if I can find a homemade sauce recipe I will like. And then I thought well heck maybe I could find a good pizza sauce one. And I said to myself I should ask Hallee if she knows of a good pizza sauce and spaghetti sauce recipe. And then bam you post this saying the sauce recipe will follow.
How crazy is that!?!?
Angel
Here’s an awesome spaghetti sauce:
http://www.halleethehomemaker.com/2009/09/italian-turkey-sausage-spaghetti-sauce/
I never did put up a pizza sauce. You can thicken that above up with tomato paste to use as pizza sauce, or even use the sauce in the spinach lasagna recipe, only without the added water.
http://www.halleethehomemaker.com/2010/03/spinach-lasagna/
In the meantime, I’ll get a recipe typed up.
oh yeah – and, of course I believe you. God is good…all the time. :)
Hi Hallee, I love your blog. and your books. I want you to know this recipe has become my standby for potlucks. I usually make a breakfast pizza from it, with cooked bacon, scrambled eggs, and cheese. If I think I can get away with it, I’ll sneak some kale in under all those luscious toppings. I’ve moved to a high altitude this year (5000 ft) and worked for months to adjust the recipe accordingly. The yeast takes longer to bloom here, but with a Tbsp of honey and a longer wait, it works just fine! Bonus: my husband who is particular about his pizza, likes the crust with a touch of sweetness and crunch from a little oil and organic cornmeal in the pan. Our pastor and his wife (and their picky boys) all love the breakfast pizza and I’m looking forward to making it for them when their baby girl arrives next week. So thank you!
That is awesome – thank you!
What do you use for a sauce for breakfast pizza? Just a standard sauce?
I either use jarred salsa or nothing at all. I guess that without a sauce makes it more of a “flatbread”…the salsa, I will say, is scrumptious in combination. :)