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Homemade Pizza

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Ingredients
  

Ingredients for Pizza Dough

  • 1 1/2 cups warm water
  • 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
  • 1 tablespoon active dry yeast
  • 4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil

Ingredients for Pizza Sauce

  • 1 ( 28 oz.) can crushed tomatoes
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1 teaspoon dried basil
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
  • 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper

Ingredients for Pizza

  • 4 cups shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
  • 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese, divided
  • small pepperoni slices
  • 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning, divided

Instructions
 

  • For the pizza dough, in a large measuring cup, whisk mix sugar and yeast into the warm water. Let sit for 10 minutes.
  • In a large bowl, combine flour and salt. Add in yeast mixture and olive oil and mix until a dough forms. Knead dough on a floured surface until smooth. Place dough into a large greased bowl. Cover and let rise in a warm place for 1-2 hours, or until doubled in size.
  • For the pizza sauce mix the crushed tomatoes with the seasonings. Preheat oven to 425 F. Grease two 13-inch pizza pans with non stick cooking spray and dust with cornmeal. Deflate the pizza dough and divide it in half.
  • Press each pizza dough into the pizza pans. Spread each pizza with 3/4 cup each of the pizza sauce. Top each with shredded mozzarella cheese and grated parmesan cheese. Top each pizza with 1/2 teaspoon each of Italian seasoning. Bake for 13-15 minutes.