Two 12-Inch Good and Easy Pepperoni Pizzas
photo by breezermom
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Yields:
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2 12 inch pizzas
- Serves:
- 16
ingredients
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Dough
- 7.08 g active dry yeast (1 package is approximately 2 1/4 teaspoons)
- 236.59 ml warm water (105-115 degrees)
- 4.92 ml sugar
- 4.92 ml salt
- 29.58 ml olive oil
- 591.47 ml flour (stir to remove any lumps)
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Sauce
- 118.29 ml chopped onion
- 226.79 g can tomato sauce
- 28.34 g parmesan cheese, grated (equals 1/4 cup)
- 9.85 ml dried oregano
- 1.23 ml salt
- 1.23-2.46 ml minced garlic
- 0.61 ml pepper
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Topping
- 113.39 g pepperoni, sliced (equals 1 cup ~ use 70% less fat turkey pepperoni for less fat puddles!)
- 226.79 g mozzarella cheese, shredded (equals 2 cups)
directions
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Dough directions:
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees (400 degrees if using Pyrex pizza pans).
- Dissolve yeast in warm water. Stir in remaining dough ingredients: beat vigorously, about 20 strokes.
- Allow dough to rest about 5 minutes while preparing sauce.
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Sauce:
- Mix sauce ingredients; set aside.
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Assembly:
- Divide dough in half. On lightly greased baking pans, pat/press each half into 12 inch circles. Use floured finger tips when pressing dough into circles.
- Spread sauce on each circle. Arrange pepperoni on top and sprinkle with mozzarella cheese. Or, for crispy pepperoni, put it on top of the mozzarella!
- Bake for 18-20 minutes or until crust is brown and topping is hot and bubbly. Makes 2 pizzas.
- To freeze and bake later: double wrap and freeze assembled pizza (without baking) on the pizza pan ~ bake frozen pizza at 400 degrees for 25 minutes.
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Reviews
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The first time I made this, I let it get too brown on top....my oven really cooks hot. So I really watched the second time around and it turned out perfectly. I stayed true to the recipe, although I longed to add some olives and mushrooms.....but just perfect the way it is posted. I halved the recipe with no problems. Thanks for sharing! Made for Photo Tag!
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This is the pizza recipe I grew up with. My mom has had to rewrite the recipe several times over the years on index cards because of ingredient splatters. This is the only fail-safe pizza recipe I know. This is the one recipe my sister and I insisted on when we got married! Thanks for posting it on Zaar so that it will be here, safe for generations.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
KerfuffleUponWincle
Marietta, Georgia