January 30, 2008 Superbowl Special: Day 4 Thick Crust Pizza

Easy Tastebud Delights

01.30.08 Edition (January 30, 2008)

Easy Recipes

45 minutes+

Hi Everyone! The month is almost over. Where did it go?

Today's recipe is for pizza. For over a year, we set aside Thursday as pizza and wing night and made our own pizza instead of ordering it. Most of the prep can be done in advance then it just needs to be assembled and baked. Enjoy!

Thick Crust Pizza

1 bag store-bought pizza dough or homemade
flour

Sauce

store-bought pizza sauce
spinach
oregano
worchestershire sauce
hot sauce
parmesan cheese
finely chopped onion
fresh cracked black pepper

Topping Suggestions

We use:
drained stems and pieces mushrooms
pepperoni
grated mozzarella cheese
green olives
spinach
any other toppings you may enjoy, (we've stayed away from bacon and sausage because it makes the pizza greasy)

Set pizza dough out to warm up to room temperature. Spread wax paper or plastic placemats out for spreading the dough. Sprinkle a little flour down and spread dough from center outwards, adding flour as required. Transfer to pizza pan forming dough out to the edges. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Spread mixed pizza sauce on dough then add a small amount of mozzarella cheese as "glue". Top with a layer of pepperoni, sprinkle of olives, mushrooms, spinach then mozzarella. Bake for 30 minutes. Remove to cooling rack and let sit for 20 minutes or until cooled enough to eat.

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