Homemade Pizza: Easy Family Pizza Night Recipe

Homemade pizza has always been one of our favorite family meals because it's quick, inexpensive, and easy to customize with whatever toppings we have on hand. This simple recipe comes together in about 30 minutes and tastes far better than many frozen pizzas. It's also a fun meal to make together as a family, letting everyone choose their favorite toppings.

Tips for Better Homemade Pizza

A few simple tricks can make homemade pizza even better:

• Pre-baking the crust for a couple of minutes helps prevent a soggy center.
• Don't overload the pizza with sauce or toppings, which can make the crust soft.
• Freshly grated mozzarella melts more smoothly than pre-shredded cheese.
• Let the pizza rest for about five minutes before slicing so the cheese has time to set.

Easy Pizza Topping Ideas

One of the best things about homemade pizza is that every pizza can be different. Some of our favorite toppings include:

• Mushrooms
• Bell peppers
• Onions
• Black olives
• Italian sausage
• Canadian bacon
• Jalapeños
• Fresh basil
• Bacon
• Pineapple (if you're on Team Pineapple!)

Here's a recipe for quick homemade pizza - Approximately 30 minutes to prepare and cook.


You'll need:

Pizza crust mix
Grated Mozzarella cheese
Pepperoni
Spaghetti sauce
Grated Parmesan cheese
Ground beef

** The packages/ingredients shown will yield approximately 2 large 12" pizzas - add or subtract toppings of your choice.

Mixing the pizza dough.

Cook the ground beef and then drain 

This is for your basic meat and cheese pizza. Cook about 2 cups of ground beef and drain. While meat is frying, preheat oven to 450.
Pour mix into bowl, add hot water (as pkg specifies) and mix, adding a little flour if sticky - knead, let rise for 5 min. While waiting on crust, check ground beef, drain if finished and grease 12" pizza pan.

Spread dough evenly to the sides, working from the middle.

Prick dough with fork and place in oven for about 2 min.

While dough is heating, you can repeat process for 2nd pizza.

Adding sauce and toppings.

Pull dough from oven and spread your favorite spaghetti sauce or pizza sauce evenly over the crust.  Sprinkle Parmesan cheese.

Topped with pepperoni and ground beef

Spread ground beef, pepperoni, and Mazzarella cheese evenly.

Fresh homemade pizza before baking.

Place in oven and cook for approx. 10 min or when cheese is lightly browned.

Finish process for 2nd pizza while cooking the first.

Golden brown and ready to serve.

 Cool for about 5 min, slice and serve!

Pantry-Friendly Pizza

Keeping pizza crust mix, canned spaghetti or pizza sauce, shredded cheese in the freezer, and a few pantry staples makes it easy to put together a homemade meal without ordering takeout. It's one of those recipes that's easy to adapt based on what you already have available.

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