Homemade Pepperoni Pizza
Homemade pepperoni pizza is the perfect pizza night dinner! Homemade pizza crust, with homemade pizza sauce topped with mozzarella cheese and pepperoni. Then baked to perfection and you have an amazing homemade pizza with pepperoni!
Servings 8
Calories 605kcal
Ingredients
Pizza Crust Ingredients
- 9 ounces warm water
- 2 teaspoons active dry yeast
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
Pizza Sauce Ingredients
- 12 ounces tomato paste
- 1 cup water
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 2 teaspoon Italian Seasoning
- 1/4 teaspoon red peppeer flakes optional
Pepperoni Pizza Topping Ingredients
- 2 cups pizza sauce
- 4 cups mozzarella cheese
- 1 cup pepperoni slices
- 1/4 fresh basil
Instructions
How to Make homemade pizza crust
- Pour the water into the bowl of your mixer. Sprinkle the yeast on top of the water and let it bloom for 5 minutes.
- Add in the remainder of the ingredients. Place it on your mixer with a dough hook. Mix on low speed until the dough starts to form. Gradually turn the speed to medium until a ball forms.
- If the dough is to sticky you can add a pinch more flour. If the dough is to dry you can add a little bit more water. Knead in the mixer for 10 minutes on medium speed.
- Remove the dough from the mixer and divide it in half.
- Place on a flour surface. Cover with a damp towel or your mixing bowl and let it rise for an hour.
- Separate the dough into 2 balls of dough.
How to Make Homemade Pizza Sauce
- In a bowl mix the tomato paste, water, olive oil, salt, garlic powder, onion powder, Italian seasoning and red pepper flakes is using them.
- Mix all ingredients with a whisk until they are all mixd well. Set aside until pizza crust is done.
How to Make homemade pepperoni pizza
- Preheat the oven to 500F and then Roll the dough out to the desired thickness and form a circle with the pizza crust.
- Sprinkle a small amount of cornmeal onto your pizza stone or pan. Prebake the pizza crust in a 500 degree oven for 2 minutes.
- Flip the dough over and top with pizza sauce, then mozzarella cheese, followed by the pepperoni.
- bake for 8 - 12 minutes until cheese is melted and crust is golden.
- Sprinkle each pizza with the basil and serve.
Nutrition
Serving: 2slices | Calories: 605kcal | Carbohydrates: 62g | Protein: 26g | Fat: 29g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Cholesterol: 59mg | Sodium: 1772mg | Potassium: 818mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 1301IU | Vitamin C: 14mg | Calcium: 327mg | Iron: 6mg