The Perfect Homemade Pizza

Weekends and pizza. They just go together perfectly, amiright? For almost as long as we’ve been married, John and I have been making homemade pizza. Sure, delivery is nice, but there’s something about making your pizza from scratch that is more rewarding.

Although our homemade pizzas were usually pretty delicious, there was just something about the crust that just wasn’t quite perfect. It took nearly five years for me to perfect our pizzas, but now that I figured it out, I’ll gladly make my own pizza from scratch. And I do. Nearly every weekend.

How to get the perfect homemade pizza:

• Thanks to Bobby Flay, I learned that you need a hot hot oven. I preheat mine to 500 degrees.
• A nice thin dough on the bottom with ensure that the crust cooks all the way through and can support all your toppings. I like to spread the dough in my cast iron skillet to get the perfect circle shape, nice thin bottom, and big puffy crusts.
• Through lots of trial and error, I realized that less sauce and less cheese will get you perfect results every time. About 1/4 cup of sauce and 3/4 cup of cheese are the perfect amount.

Another great thing about homemade pizza is that it can easily come together using ingredients that I always have around the house. The dough is so easy to make and for super cheap!

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Pizza Dough

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A super easy recipe for homemade pizza dough

Prep Time 1 hour 15 minutes

Cook Time 12 minutes

Total Time 1 hour 27 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 cup Warm Water
• 1 tablespoon Sugar
• 1 tablespoon Yeast
• 3 cups All-Purpose Flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon Olive Oil
• additional Olive Oil

Instructions

1. In a large mixing bowl, combine water, sugar, and yeast. Allow to sit until foamy, about 10 minutes.
2. Add flour, salt, and oil to your mixing bowl, and use a mixer with a dough hook attachment to combine all the ingredients until the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl.
3. Continue to kneed the dough on low or by hand for about three more minutes.
4. Remove the dough from the bowl and coat completely with olive oil. Return dough to bowl and place it in a warm place until it doubles in size (about an hour).
5. Once risen, briefly kneed your dough again before using.
6. When ready to use, divide the dough in half. Thinly spread one half of the dough through the inside of your skillet or on a non-stick pan of your choice.
7. Add about 1/4 cup of sauce and 3/4 cups of cheese, plus your preferred toppings.
8. Bake in an over heated to 500 degrees for approximately 12 minutes, or until cheesy is melted and bubbly.

Notes

Can be refrigerated for up to a week or frozen for a month. Allow to reach room temperature before using.

Will you be getting your pizza on this weekend? Give this recipe a shot and let me know how you like it!