Easy Homemade Pizza That Is Easy On The Budget
An easy homemade pizza that uses simple pantry ingredients. Ingredients that you can find at your local grocery store or even at the Dollar General. This whole foods recipe tastes amazing and will help you to save money as well!
( No, I am not sponsored by the Dollar General. I just wanted to mention this as they seem to be very readily available in most areas.)
Why I Love This Easy Homemade Pizza
I really do love to cook but there are nights that I just Do Not Want to think about cooking. On those nights, I usually pop in a frozen pizza or order one from the local pizza place. The cost of pizza is obnoxious these days! Unfortunately, the prices on pizza seem to have doubled. It usually ends up costing my family between $40-$50 for 2 medium size restaurant pizzas, if I want any toppings. For the frozen variety that is larger and tastes good, it is now around $10 for a pizza, and my family of 6 needs at least 2!
When you are living off of 1 income and are on a budget, even the $10 dollar pizza is too expensive for a single family meal. So, what is a struggling and stressed mother to do? For me, the answer is having a quick and inexpensive meal, such as this Easy Homemade Pizza, on hand.
The truth is that this simple meal is healthier than anything that you are getting from the frozen food section. Additionally, the pizza is bigger and tastes better.
We do not believe in small meals in our household. Fortunately for us, this pizza is ample enough to feed 3 hungry adults and 3 kids in our home. If you want to stretch it, you can pair the pizza with a Caesar salad ( from the bag for ease) and together you will have a complete meal.
Supplies Needed for Easy Homemade Pizza
- A pizza pan or Cookie sheet
- Tin Foil
- Pizza Cutter
- Mixing bowl
- measuring cups and spoons
Ingredients for Easy Homemade Pizza
- Yeast- Active Dry Yeast works great but you will need to proof it first. If you go with Instant Yeast the recipe will come together even quicker. I buy a jar in bulk from Sam’s Club and keep in my freezer.
- Flour- All-purpose or bread flour works great. Just FYI, a 5 lb bag of flour will make around 6 large pizzas!!
- Salt
- Sugar- Granulated
- Olive oil
- Pizza Sauce- You can make your own easily or just buy a jar from the store.
- Cheese- We use Mozzarella most of the time but sometimes we just use what is in the fridge.
- Garlic Salt
- Italian seasoning
- Additional toppings that you love
Step By Step Instructions for Easy Homemade Pizza
Step 1: Pizza Dough
*If you have Instant Dry Yeast skip this step. Go to Step 2.*
Proof the Active Dry Yeast:
Add sugar to the yeast.
Then add warm water *NOT HOT WATER. Hot water will kill the yeast. Wait until the yeast bubbles and looks creamy before moving to step 2.
Step 2: Pizza Dough
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.
Step 3: Pizza Dough
Put the flour in the mixing bowl, add salt, and mix together. * If you are using Instant Yeast mix it in now.
Create a well in the flour mixture.
Step 4: Pizza Dough
Pour wet ingredients into the well. Be sure to add in the olive oil at this time. Mix together with a spoon and hands.
Step 5: Pizza Dough
Shape the dough into a ball. The dough may seem a little dry at this point. Do not worry it will begin to become wetter as it sits.
Cover the dough with plastic wrap and let it rise. This will take about 20-30 minutes. If you want to, you can let it continue to rise for up to 2 hours.
Step 6: Pizza Dough
When the dough is done rising, knead the dough and shape it into a ball.
Step 7: Pizza Dough
Get out the pizza pan or cookie sheet. I like to cover mine with tin foil for easy clean-up. Dust the pizza pan with flour to prevent the dough from sticking to the pan.
Place pizza dough ball on pizza pan. Press down on the ball and begin to flatten out and shape the pizza into a circle. Little hands love to help with this part.
Create edges around the circle once the pizza is in the shape you want it to be in.
Step 8: Pizza Dough
Sprinkle Garlic salt and Italian seasoning on the pizza.
Step 9: Pizza Base
At this time, I like to put my pizza base in the oven for about 5 minutes to pre-cook the crust. It prevents it from becoming soggy.
Step 10: Pizza
Get the pizza base out of the oven and thinly spread the pizza sauce evenly over the pizza base. Make sure that there is less sauce on the center of the dough or you will have a soupy soggy pizza.
Cover the pizza base with a generous amount of cheese. Then add your other toppings on top of the cheese.
Step 11: Pizza
Place Pizza in the oven for 25-30 minutes. You will know the pizza is done when the crust begins to brown.
Step 12: Easy Homemade Pizza
Cut up that pizza and EAT!!!!
Super Easy!!! Just try it. You will not regret it!
We love cheese and veggie pizza on our Easy Homemade Pizza. What is your favorite way to eat pizza? Let me know and leave a comment below.
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Easy Homemade PIzza
An easy homemade pizza that uses simple pantry ingredients. Ingredients that you can find at your local grocery store or even at the Dollar General. This whole foods recipe tastes amazing and will help you to save money as well!
Ingredients
- 1 Tablespoon of Active dry yeast or instant yeast
- 1 Teaspoon of granulated sugar
- 1 1/4 cups of warm water
- 2 Tablespoons Olive oil
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- 3 Cups of Flour- All purpose or bread flour
- 14 oz jar of Pizza Sauce
- 8 oz of Cheese
- Garlic Salt to taste
- Italian seasoning to taste
- Additional toppings that you love
Instructions
Step 1: *If you have Instant Dry Yeast skip this step. Go to Step 2.*
Proof the Active Dry Yeast: Add sugar to the yeast.
Then add warm water. Wait until the yeast bubbles and looks creamy before moving on to step 2.
Step 2: Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.
Step 3:Put the flour in the mixing bowl, add salt, and mix together.
Create a well in the flour mixture.* If you are using Instant Yeast mix it in now
Step 4: Pour wet ingredients into the well. Be sure to add in the olive oil at this time. Mix together with a spoon and hands.
Step 5: Shape the dough into a ball. Cover dough with plastic wrap and let it rise. This will take about 20-30 minutes.
Step 6: When the dough is done rising, knead the dough and shape it into a ball.
Step 7: Dust pizza pan with flour to prevent the dough from sticking to the pan. Place pizza dough ball on pizza pan. Press down on the ball and begin to flatten out and shape the pizza into a circle.
Once the pizza is in the shape that you want it to be in, create edges around the circle.
Step 8: Sprinkle Garlic salt and Italian seasoning on the pizza.
Step 9: Put the pizza base in the oven for about 5 minute to pre cook the crust.
Step 10:Get the pizza base out of the oven and thinly spread the pizza sauce evenly over pizza base. Cover the pizza base with with a generous amount of cheese. Then add your other toppings on top of the cheese.
Step 11: Place Pizza in the oven for 25-30 minutes. You will know the pizza is done when the crust begins to brown.
