Check out My go-to Pizza Dough Recipe or use store bought pizza dough if you don’t have the time to make your own. If using my recipe, be sure to make the dough the night before you need it. It makes a really tasty, crispy, airy crust. Really yummy.
Delicious pizza you can make at home
Double bake homemade pizza. So delicious.
Ingredients
Pizza Dough My go-to Pizza Dough Recipe or store bought
1/4 cup flour for working the dough
small amount of Semolina flour for dusting the pizza peel if you have it, all-purpose flour if not.
1/4 cup of The olive oil baste you’ll want to use on everything or store bought olive oil
2 TBS Everything Bagel seasoning (optional)
1 cup jarred pizza sauce or my homemade pizza sauce – Your New Favorite Pizza Sauce Recipe room temperature
2 cups shredded cheese – combination of mozarella, provolone and Monterey Jack
Pepperoni slices (20 -30, depending on your preference)
1/8 cup Grated Parmesan Cheese
Directions
- If dough was refrigerated, bring to room temperature in bowl with lid. (1-2 hours)
- Place pizza stone in oven. Preheat oven to 475 degrees Fahrenheit.
- While your oven is preheating, place your dough on a lightly floured surface.
- Flatten dough gently and spread out the dough, using your fingertips. Push gently from the middle with a poking, pushing motion, all the way out to the sides. Flip over and do the same to the other side. Repeat this 3 more times. If dough is sticky, use a small amount of flour on your hands. If you’re feeling particularly brave, a few tosses in the air will do it some good.
- Cover dough with a clean kitchen towel for about 10 minutes. Then repeat step four.
- In the meantime, gather your other ingredients.
- When oven is done preheating, sprinkle your pizza peel with semolina flour. Carefully place dough on peel. Stretch and shape the dough to desired size. Dough should be able to slide easily on peel. If it sticks anywhere, use more flour.
- Take your pizza stone out of the oven carefully. It will be very hot. With one quick jerking motion, slide dough from peel onto stone. This takes practice. Pull at sides of dough for final shaping.
- Brush olive oil lightly over entire top of dough. Sprinkle Everything Bagel Seasoning if desired.
- Place pizza back in oven. Let dough bake for 5 minutes. This will be your first bake.
- After it has baked for 5 minutes, take pizza out of oven. You are now ready to apply the toppings.
- Spoon pizza sauce over top being sure to go almost to the edges. Next, sprinkle on the cheeses. Then spread out the pepperoni on top. Brush the edges of the dough with olive oil and back in the oven it goes.
- This will be your second bake. Bake for 10-15 more minutes, keeping a careful eye on it. The pizza is done when the dough is golden, and the cheese is bubbling. Immediately after taking it out of the oven, brush the edges one more time with olive oil and then lightly sprinkle grated parmesan cheese on top of entire pizza.
- Let cool for a few minutes and then slice it up and enjoy!