Pizza Dough and Sauce

"I make the dough with 1/2 white and 1/2 wheat flour. It gives the crust more substance and a better flavor. Even my kids and their cousins prefer it this way. I like using olive oil in both the crust and the sauce. Since we only eat one pizza for a meal, I have included two methods for freezing the second one, or you can freeze both for OAMC. NOTE: prep time does NOT include rise time."
 
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Ready In:
40mins
Ingredients:
12
Serves:
16
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ingredients

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directions

  • In a large bowl, sprinkle yeast over warm water (I add a pinch of sugar) and allow to set until it begins to foam, about 5 minutes.
  • Stir in salt, oil and half of flour. Gradually add remaining flour, mixing well.
  • Knead 8-10 minutes or until smooth and elastic. Place in greased bowl and let rise until double (1/2-1 hour) Punch down and let rise again until double. Punch down and divide. Pat out on two pizza pans.
  • Top with pizza sauce & toppings. Bake at 400 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
  • Pizza Sauce: Mix all ingredients together, blending well. (You can also add a few sprinkles of garlic powder if you want).
  • Makes enough for two 12- or14-inch pizzas or one thick 16-inch pizza.
  • Top with meats, cheese and other toppings.
  • To freeze, prepared pizza method: double wrap and freeze the prepared pizza (without baking it) on the pizza pan. Unwrap and bake the frozen pizza at 400°F for about 22 minutes.
  • Alternative freezing method: after first punch down of dough, divide dough and place in a zip-loc bag and place in the freezer. To prepare, remove from freezer and place in a greased bowl. The dough will take about 8-10 hours to thaw and raise slightly. Pat out on grease pizza pan and proceed as directed above. I also freeze half the sauce in a small container for future use.

Questions & Replies

  1. What type of oil
     
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Reviews

  1. I have made this numerous times and we all love it. I also use the half white/half wheat combo; it is perfect. It is so much better than buying nasty frozen pizzas to feed your kids and it doesn't take that much effort to make your own dough. Who knew?!!? We love this and I thank you for posting. So no one else will have to do the math: 3/4 tbsp=2 1/4 tsp
     
  2. I have used this recipe for over a year and haven't reviewed it till now. It is wonderful! I have changed the cooking time a bit: 475 degree oven (my old oven is always kind of like, "Seriously?") for 8-12 minutes. Like other reviewers, I cook the dough without the toppings for 5 minutes to help with sogginess. Great recipe! This is one of my stand-bys.
     
  3. I am ONLY reviewing the SAUCE, I followed the recipe exactly. I used it for pizzas and the thick red canned tomato PASTE was all we could taste, we couldn't taste any of the seasoning. Sorry, I just can't give it more stars.
     
  4. I love this crust. I made it with 1/2 wheat flour and 1/2 white flour and the texture was better than any I have had out. It was crisp not soggy. I had to make double the batch of sauce because I simmered mine for a while and we kept finding things to dip into it before time to add to the crust. I added a little basil, garlic powder and onion powder to the sauce and it was to die for. I also placed the crust in the oven for about 5 or 6 minutes before adding the sauce. Thanks so much Marg for posting. This was my first home made pizza but it will not be my last.
     
  5. Good deal! Making your own pizza is so much better than ordering, gotta say. This recipe is pretty spot on; I use a bread machine for the dough, and I tend to make my own pizza sauce recipe as well.
     
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Tweaks

  1. Pizza is one of those foods that everyone has their favorite type. Unfortunately, this one was not ours. If you like a thick hearty crust, this will be right up your ally. For the sauce I used splenda for the sugar. Instead of using red wine OR water, I used a combination of both. I used up what I had left of the red wine and it wasn't quite enough so I added the water to get the needed amount. This reminded both myself and DH of the type of pizza my in laws would like, but it's not our favorite.
     
  2. This is so delicious. I especially love the very easy but scrumptious pizza sauce. No more store bought sauce for me. I didn't have red wine but I replace a few tablespoons of the water with balsamic or red wine vinegar and it is incredible that way! The dough is very easy. I mix it in my bread machine and it works very well.
     

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