Homemade Pizza

My sister is the ultimate pizza maker and I can't even compete with her fabulous pizza, but I like mine too. She makes a white flour thick fluffy crust and I make a thinner half white / half wheat crust. 

This is my recipe for 1 pizza dough, but I never made just one crust:

Pizza Dough

In your grain mill:

1 cup of wheat

In your Kitchen Aid mixer or Bosch,

Ground wheat flour

1 Level Tbls. Saf instant yeast

1 C warm water (105 degrees F)

2 T honey

2 T olive oil

Stir and let sponge until it doubles in size, about 20 minutes.

Add 1 C high gluten unbleached white flour mixed with

1 tsp salt (sea salt)

1 T Vital Wheat Gluten

Beat for about 1-2 minutes until thoroughly mix.  Pour out into an oiled bowl and cover with wet thin cloth or oiled plastic wrap.

Let raise until it doubles in size, about 20 minutes.

Preheat oven to 425 degrees with baking stone in it.

If you are using a Pampered Chef stone, preheating it may break it.

Roll out onto counter to desired size and thickness, a little smaller than your stone.  Transfer dough onto a sheet of parchment paper a little bigger than  your stone. Coat dough thinly with olive oil and let it rise.

Put desired sauce and toppings on.  Slide onto cookie sheet (or directly on Pampered Chef baking stone) and slide it onto your preheated baking stone.

Bake for 8-12minutes.  Check after 8 minutes and continue for addition 2 minutes at a time if needed.  Should be golden brown on the bottom and sides.

Pull it out onto cookie sheet and let cool for a couple of mins. before cutting.

Pizza Options  (toppings are listed in order to go on pizza round)

BBQ Beef or pork

6-8 fl oz of your favorite BBQ sauce (I prefer Bill Johnson’s original)

1 pound of cooked and shredded roast beef (or pork roast)

½ onion and ½ bell pepper, sliced and sautéed in a cast iron pan

½ lb mozzarella cheese or more to taste

Chicken Alfredo

About ½ a jar of Alfred sauce (preferably Bertollis) or Ranch salad dressing

Baby spinach leaves

1 zucchini sliced thinly

About 4 oz sliced mushrooms, lightly sautéed

1 chicken breast diced and sautéed in bacon grease

1 onion diced and sautéed

1 tomato seeded and diced

½ lb shrimp fillet sliced or baby shrimp, cooked (optional)

½ lb mozzarella cheese or more to taste

About 6 slices of bacon cooked and chopped

Hawaiian

1 can of tomato sauce mixed with pizza seasoning according to pkg directions

4-5 slices of ham diced or Canadian bacon slices

1 can of pineapple tidbits or sliced and cut them smaller yourself

1 onion sliced and sautéed

About 4 oz mushrooms sliced and sautéed

½ mozzarella cheese or more to taste

Pepperoni

1 can of tomato sauce with pizza seasonings or pizza sauce

Pepperoni slices (desired amount)

½ lb mozzarella cheese or more to taste

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.  Roll out pizza dough to desired thickness and diameter on parchment paper.  Brush with olive oil and let rise for about 5-10 minutes.  Put desired toppings on the crust.  Once pizza is prepared, bake in oven on a pizza stone for 8-12 minutes.  Check after 8 minutes and every two minutes thereafter until the bottom of the crust is golden brown or desired doneness.