Ingredients
Method
Dough
- Dissolve the yeast in 1 cup of warm water for 5 minutes. It's best if you warm your bowl first: fill it with hot tap water, then empty it.
- Add 2 cups of flour, the olive oil, and the salt. Mix (or stir) until blended.
- Add flour half a cup at a time until the dough is formed but still a little bit sticky. Knead for about 5 minutes, adding just a touch of flour to keep it from being too sticky to handle. If you're using a stand mixer, mix for about 2 minutes on speed 2.
- Put the dough in a bowl you've greased with olive oil. Turn it so that it's coated in olive oil.
- Cover and let rise for 1 hour.
Toppings
- While the dough is rising, grate the cheeses and slice the vegetables.
Assembly
- Oil your pans. I have only one pizza pan, so I use that and a cookie sheet.
- Divide the dough in two.
- Pick up the dough and let it stretch out. Turn a half turn and let it stretch. Turn a half turn and let it stretch some more. Keep working it until you get to about the size and shape of your pan.
- Put it in the pan and then carefully stretch and pat the dough until it covers the pan.
- Put your sauce on the dough, carefully spreading it until you've lightly covered it.
- Add your toppings. I start with meat and go to veggies.
- Top with your favorite cheese. I use mozzarella and then sprinkle a small amount of parmesan on top.
- Bake at 450°F for 15-20 minutes on the lowest rack in the oven.
- Loosen it in the pan, then slide it out onto a cutting board.
- Cut with a pizza cutter.
- To be dubbed "best mom in the world," serve on pizza plates. That way, your kids can do the "it's pizza night dance" and sing "pizza plate, pizza plate, it's pizza night on the pizza plate" as they march around the kitchen.
Nutrition
Notes
You can use any sauce, any topping, any cheese you want. Make your family's favorite and enjoy.
You can mix the dough by hand or with a stand mixer. Cheese pizza is high in calcium and low in sugar; additional toppings will change the nutritional value.