Homemade Pizza

I like to use my bread maker to make the dough for my pizza. It's a simple and easy process, and I can put all the ingredients in the maker in the morning and have it ready for me when I'm ready to make the pizza. Whether you use a bread maker, electric mixer, once the dough is done, get ready to use your hands. Forget the rolling pin and trying to make it look perfectly round. Spray your baking sheet with oil, put a little flour on your hands, and place the dough in the middle of your baking sheet. With your fingers start pressing out the dough, like you would with a rolling pin. Start from the middle of the dough and press out to the edges, making it any shape you want. If you like thick pizza, use the dough recipe for one pizza, or split the dough in half, and make two thin pizzas. Get creative on what kinds of pans you use, how you want to shape the dough, and even the flavors you put in the dough.

Once the dough is pressed into the shape you want, pour on some sauce and smooth it around the dough, leaving a little room on the edges. Then add the toppings you like. Pepperoni, sausage, olives, onions, anything and everything you like. Plus, don't forget the cheese. And you don't have to just use mozzarella cheese, experiment and find the cheese that you like the most. We've used cheddar cheese, colby jack, parmesan, asiago and many other types of cheese. We've even made pizza without cheese. We've topped it with baked chicken and tons of vegetables. The skies the limit when you make your own dough.

So check out the easy pizza dough and pizza sauce recipes below and start having fun making your own pizza today.