Homemade Pizza Dough

This is a classic version of a Homemade Pizza Dough! 

Who doesn’t love pizza!?

My personal favorite is Pizza Hut’s Supreme Pizza, with it’s fluffy crust, loads of toppings, melting cheese…it’s a party in my mouth!

{photo from Pizza Hut}

But just one slice of this pan pizza and you’re gobbling down over 400 calories, and 18 grams of fat!
And who can really stop at just one slice?! {put your hand down, we all know you’re lying!}

I thought it would be fun to make my own Pizza Supreme, and be able to feel good well at least not so bad} afterwards! So that brings us to this weeks

“Lighter Side of Guilty Pleasures!”To start off let’s make the dough! (this recipe will make two {2} 12 inch pizza crusts)

You’ll need:
1 1/2 cups warm (105-115* F) water
1 tbsp sugar
1 package active dry yeast
1 tbsp olive oil
4 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp salt

In a large bowl combine the water and sugar, sprinkle in the yeast and let stand until foamy, about 5 minutes.

Stir in the oil, flour, and salt until the dough starts to gather around the spoon. Turn the dough onto a lightly floured surface; kneed until the dough is smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes.

Spray a large bowl with nonstick spray; put the dough in the bowl. Cover bowl lightly with plastic wrap and let dough rise in a warm spot until it doubles in size, about an hour.

Go grab your favorite magazine and a cool beverage. Enjoy that hour.

Punch down the dough, then cut in half. You can refrigerate the other half of dough or freeze it in a floured zip-close bag.

Now–on to our pizza!

Roll out your dough into a 12 inch circle. Mine didn’t really make a circle… it’s harder than you think!

Next, put on a little sauce…enough to cover the dough (I used 1 cup of marinara sauce).

Pile on approximately 1 cup part skim Mozzarella Cheese, and load it with yummy toppings.

I used: turkey pepperoni, sliced black olives, roasted red peppers, baby spinach leaves, and then I topped it off with a small shower of shredded Parmesan cheese.

Bake at 500*F for 12-15 minutes (till crust is golden brown and cheese is melted) on the bottom rack in your oven.

This was the only picture I got of the pizza before it was devoured by everyone in my house.

Oh yeah, it was that good…

For 1/6th of this pizza {fyi- that’s a HUGE  slice} it’s a measly 270 calories!

Now go make your own!

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Homemade Pizza Dough

The BEST homemade pizza dough!

Prep Time1 hr 10 mins

Cook Time15 mins

Total Time1 hr 25 mins

Course: Dinner

Cuisine: Italian

Servings: 8

Author: Shawn

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups warm, 105-115* F water
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 package active dry yeast
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 4 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 tsp salt

Instructions

• In a large bowl combine the water and sugar, sprinkle in the yeast and let stand until foamy, about 5 minutes.
• Stir in the oil, flour, and salt until the dough starts to gather around the spoon. Turn the dough onto a lightly floured surface; kneed until the dough is smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes.
• Spray a large bowl with nonstick spray; put the dough in the bowl. Cover bowl lightly with plastic wrap and let dough rise in a warm spot until it doubles in size, about an hour.
• Punch down the dough, then cut in half. You can refrigerate the other half of dough or freeze it in a floured zip-close bag.
• Roll out your dough into a 12 inch circle.
• Next, put on a little sauce…enough to cover the dough (I used 1 cup of marinara sauce).
• Pile on approximately 1 cup part skim Mozzarella Cheese, and load it with yummy toppings.
• I used: turkey pepperoni, sliced black olives, roasted red peppers, baby spinach leaves, and then I topped it off with a small shower of shredded Parmesan cheese.
• Bake at 500 degrees F for 12-15 minutes (till crust is golden brown and cheese is melted) on the bottom rack in your oven.

Keywords: Homemade, pizza dough

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