Easy Home Made Pizza

 

This is one of the easiest pizza's to make!  The crust does not require any kneading and rise time is only 15 minutes. Instead of buying pizza sauce, we will often pour a pint of homemade pizza sauce over the top of our pizza.  

The best thing about making your own pizza is, you can put whatever you want on the top. Sometimes we will add 1/2 to 1 tablespoon garlic powder to the pizza dough, or add several cloves of diced garlic. We also sprinkle some pepper over the top of the crust after it has been pressed out into the pan.

Ingredients

1 pkg. active dry yeast or 2 1/4 tsp. bulk dry yeast
1 tsp. sugar
1 c. warm water
1/3 c. dry milk powder
2 1/2 c. flour
1 tsp. salt
2 Tbs. vegetable oil or olive oil
1 can (8 oz. ) pizza sauce
1 lb. ground beef
1 onion, diced
1 1/2 c. shredded cheddar cheese
1 1/2 c. shredded mozzarella cheese
2 c. pepperoni
1/3 c. Parmesan cheese
Olives (Optional)
Sweet Peppers (Optional)
Jalapenos (Optional)

Directions

Preheat oven to 375°. Grease or oil a 15x10x1-inch baking pan.

In a heavy cast iron skillet, brown the ground beef and onion together until browned.  Drain and set aside.

In a large bowl, dissolve yeast and sugar in warm water. Allow to stand for 5 to 8 minutes so the yeast can bloom.  Add milk powder, flour, salt and oil.  Beat vigorously for about 20 strokes. Cover the bowl and place in a warm location to rest approximately 15 minutes.

Turn out the dough out onto the prepared pan. Put some butter or oil on your fingers and then pat the crust out into the pan.  Build up the edges to keep the sauce in the pan, and not in your oven.

Pour the pizza sauce over the top and spread it out. Place the ground beef, onion, cheddar cheese, mozzarella cheese, pepperoni, olives, sweet peppers and jalapenos on top.  Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until crust and cheese are lightly browned.