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
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.
{if you have a guilty pleasure let me know and it could be featured next!}
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