You know how much people spend on take out pizza or even worse those frozen things you bring home from the supermarket and they have to remind you to throw the cardboard away because they’re afraid you won’t be able to distinguish it from the pizza! Now save money and make better tasting pizza with exactly the toppings you want! You can even have fun and let the kids put their own toppings on! They’ll really think you’re groovy!
1 cup warm water
1 tsp active dry yeast
2 1/4 cups unbleached flour (or wheat flour is good as well)
6 ounces tomato sauce
Oregano
Garlic powder
4 ounces shredded cheese (mozzarella or a blend of mozzarella & cheddar, which I personally like)
Toppings, veggies, pepperoni, whatever you like
Pre heat oven to 500 degrees and place rack on lowest level
Generously grease or spray with cooking spray one pizza pan.
1 cup warm to hot water (I use tap water hot for temp) (not too hot or you kill the yeast) in mixing bowl.
Add 1 teaspoon active dry yeast (this is the equivalent of one of those packets, which you can also use) and mix thoroughly
(If you want a flavored crust add garlic now)
Add flour and mix till you have a dough ball, if still tacky sprinkle flour until it can be handled without sticking to your fingers.
Place dough ball in middle of pan, If you like a thicker crust let sit 15-20 minutes for thinner crust use immediately
Begin spreading evenly towards the edges of the pan (lightly dip fingers into flour to help it keep from sticking)
Once spread to edges, press down just in from the edge all the way around to form a crust.
pour on tomato sauce and spread to edges of crust and sprinkle oregano liberally, add garlic powder to taste.
Spread cheese on top, and add favorite toppings
Bake for 10-12 minutes until cheese is melted and crust is lightly brown on bottom
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