Homemade Pizza

This is what I have been doing for pizza.

3 1/2 cups flour
1 cup warm water (between 95° and 115° F.)
2 T yeast (2 tablespoons, I like my dough a little yeasty. You can use less)
2 T honey
1/4 cup olive oil
1/2 tsp. salt


after you roll the dough out, I usually stab it with a fork a few times. the sauce gets in to the holes, and the crust doesn't bubble up.

I have done two variations with this.

Rather than pizza sauce, I have used pesto. Amazing. If you do this, don't put any olive oil on your crust once you have rolled it out.
I have also done a tomato sauce with stewed tomatoes (there are directions for this in my chili recipe) and a can of tomato paste. add some oil, honey, and some spices... perfection

as far as the toppings go, i have done broccoli and spinach and soy feta with the pesto. And I have done bell peppers and mushrooms with the tomato sauce.

This recipe is so basic. You can sway from it as you please.

*** Save your left over pizza sauce. I added a little heavy cream to it the next day and tossed it over some pasta. Yummy.