I LOVE pizza. We usually just go out and pick one up. But last week we saw this great deal on a HUGE brick of mozzerella cheese. So I decided to use some of my fresh cheese up by making some pizzas.
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| Homemade Pizza on a Pizza stone… |
Pizza crust is really easy to mix up if you have a mixmaster. I just dump the ingredients in and the machine does all the work mixing and kneading it a bit. For a better crust, sprinkle cornmeal on the prepared pizza pan. To prevent soggy crusts, use sauce kind of sparingly.
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| Homemade pizza dough… |
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| My old pizza stone has seen better days….. |
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| But it always makes a great pizza! |
My family loves PREGO spaghetti sauce. I never use up the huge 64 ounce jugs we get at Costco with one family spaghetti dinner . So this is a great way to use up any leftover marinara sauce or spaghetti sauce you have in the fridge.
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| My favorite pizza sauce…. |
Now my son and daughter-in-law got me these cute Skookie cast iron cookie pans awhile back and I hadn’t had a chance to use them yet. But what about little individual deep dish pizzas? Now doesn’t that sound SUPER fun?
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| Snookie makes a cool pizza pie pan! |
Here’s the box they came in. And guess what I found when I opened it up? Each one has a little hot pad fajita type handle cover. SO bleeping CUTE!
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| Aren’t the little hot pads just the cutest little things? It came with a cute pair and his and hers SKOOKIE pans! |
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| Adding oil to my Skookie Pans for homemade Hawaiian and Supreme Pizza! |
Anyway, here’s my pizza dough and fixin’s …….
Ingredients for Pizza Dough
1 package active dry yeast
1 cup warm water (not hot, you’ll kill the yeast)
1 Tablespoon sugar Combine yeast, water and then add sugar. Set aside.
Then mix
2 1/2 cups bread flour (or all purpose) plus 1/4 cup extra when rolling out
2 Tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon salt
Then add in the yeast mixture. Mix with dough hook in mixer for a few minutes. Roll out on pizza stone. ( I usually have enough for 2 mediums.
Add sauce and toppings. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes on 425.
Baking Directions
- Bake at 375 degrees C (190 degrees C) for 20 + minutes. Allow pizza to cool for 5 minutes before slicing.
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| Spread the pizza dough in the Skookie Pans….these will be cute pizzas! |
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| Sauce those pizzas up! |
My favorite is Canadian Bacon or real bacon and pineapple. It’s yummy!
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| Ham and Pineapple pizza (actually bacon and pineapple) |
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| John’s on the left, mine on the right….his and hers….hehe |
John’s favorite is supreme. I use sausage, olives, peppers and onions to his. I was out of sausage in this pic so he is stuck with bacon on his.
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| Finished homemade Hawaiian Pizza and Supreme Pizza. |
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| Homemade Pizza in a cast iron fry pan….so cute! |
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| I love how these pizzas turn out…it looks like a fajita pan these individual pizzas are sooooo cute! |
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| Kids love to make their own individual pizzas in these cast iron pans too. |
My daughter’s favorite is barbequed chicken. Just add barbeque sauce to some chicken sliced 1/4 inch strips. Add cheese and mushrooms slightly sauteed in butter and garlic.
I used to love Taco Pizza. Just use leftover taco meat, cheese, tomato and some Doritos crushed. These are unusual and winners when you are having a tailgate or sports party at your house. Mmmmhmmm……everybody loves a pizza pie.
