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Pizza Dough and Sauce
photo by CandyTX
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
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16
ingredients
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Pizza Dough
- 3⁄4 tablespoon yeast
- 1 1⁄2 cups warm water
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons salt
- 3 tablespoons oil
- 4 cups flour (we prefer half white, half wheat)
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Pizza Sauce
- 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
- 1⁄2 cup red wine or 1/2 cup water
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil or 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 -2 tablespoon parmesan cheese
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.
Reviews
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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
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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.
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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.
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Tweaks
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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.
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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.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Marg (CaymanDesigns)
United States
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