Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Make Your Own Pizza (Re-post)

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This is a very frugal and fun meal, and it feeds all nine of us. The kids love it, too, because they get to make it themselves.

It really doesn't take any longer than ordering a pizza and waiting for it to be delivered, but it saves us about $20!

First, I make the pizza dough. (I double this for our family of nine.)

1/2 C warm water
1 Tbsp. yeast
1 tsp. sugar
2 C flour (I use 1 C whole wheat and 1 C white.)
1 Tbsp. veg. oil
1/2 tsp. salt

Combine 1/4 C water with yeast and sugar. Stir to dissolve and let stand until bubbly (about 5 min.) Put flour, oil, and salt into food processor and process 5 seconds with steel blade. Add yeast mixture and process about 10 seconds or until blended. Turn on processor and drizzle just enough of remaining water through feed tube so dough forms a ball. Process so ball turns around about 25 times. Put ball on greased pan and cover with a bowl. Let stand 10 minutes.


Here's the fun part!

I pinch off a hunk for each child and they pat it out on greased trays.

Then I set out these toppings in bowls for them to choose from:

marinara sauce* (You can used canned spaghetti sauce.)
cheese sauce
shredded cheddar
shredded mozzarella
pepperoni
pineapple chunks
bacon bits
olives
chopped bell peppers

Each child tops his own pizza. They have fun making smiley faces or flowers with the toppings. Some even do a stuffed crust. They absolutely love this!

Bake at 425 for 15 - 20 minutes until golden and bubbly.

*5 Minute Marinara Sauce
2 Tbsp. olive oil
4 cloves garlic, crushed and chopped
1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
2 Tbsp. parsley
1/2 tsp. oregano
1 28 oz. can crushed tomatoes
1 8 oz. can tomato sauce
salt and pepper

Heat oil and garlic. When garlic starts to sizzle, add herbs and crushed pepper. Stir in rest of ingredients. Bring to a bubble, reduce heat, and simmer.

**Want more "Make Your Own"? Check these out.
Make Your Own Funfetti Cake
Make Your Own Clorox Sanitizing Spray

14 comments:

It Feels Like Chaos said...

Thanks for sharing this! I have not yet found a pizza crust recipe I really like and is easy enough to make. I'm going to try yours!

Dave Roller said...

My wife makes fantastic thin crust pizza we hardly ever order pizza out because of it.

Kirsty said...

I will try this sometime this week, I will! Bookmarked :) Thank you.

Anonymous said...

I love homemade pizza!! I do it at LEAST once a month. I think I'm going to try your sauce recipe - thanks!

~*Michelle*~ said...

Awesome! My kids love making their own personal pizza with the toppings they like.

Gonna try your recipe now!

Courtney said...

We love homemade pizzas in the house, they taste so yummy and you can really get creative on them!

Bird Stalker Photography said...

my kids love my pizza better than dominos and so that makes me feel really good and it is fun to make all at the same time!

Heather said...

I haven't tried this pizza recipe before! I'll have to give it a shot.

Raising Olives said...

Terrific idea. We have had homemade pizza night regularly, but do it the boring way. Mommy makes several large pizzas with kids helping with toppings. They would really love to top their own individual pizza! Great idea Connie!

Thanks.

Blessings,
Kimberly

Bahama Shores Mama said...

we also love home made pizza. I'm bookmarking this for your sauce recipe as I'm still tweaking mine. thanks!

Erin @ Closing Time said...

I'm going to try this for sure! I usually make my pizza dough in the bread machine, but it takes 1.5 hours! This sounds great, and my girls would love helping out.

Frugal Sara said...

We love making our own pizzas!

The Pauls' Family said...

Yeah for pizza! It's one of our favorite meals.

inkelywinkely said...

Can you please email me? I have no doubt I will not be able to find this post again to check your answer..LOL

If you are using this dough to make regular sized pizzas, how many of those can you make out of the amount posted..or the amount YOU use?
And, do you possibly have any pictures of the finished pizza so that I can see how the crust does?

Inkelywinkely@gmail.com

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