Yummy Pizza!!

So my husband and I met when I was in the 8th grade and started dating about a year later. One of the things we LOVED to do when we were dating was to cook together. We made all kinds of things, however, our favorite (to this day) is our "Homemade Pizza." It is super simple to make and is less homemade than just thrown together. Non the less, our families still call us and ask us to make them one of our pizzas :D Whether you just want to try for yourself or are looking for something new to do with your special someone, it is super fun either way! So here is how we do it....

So we use Mama Mary's crust and all of the above ingredients will make 2 Pizzas, with the exception of the cheese, to make 2 you would need 4 cups of pizza cheese (2 cups per pizza). Then pizza sauce, we have always used Great Value, but I am sure any kind would taste great, Hormel Pepperoni (original), and we use sliced olives and bell pepper. We have also added Roma tomatoes before but this time I didn't use them. You could add anything you want, pineapple, onion, whatever you like!

First I preheat the oven to 350 degrees and place the pizza stone in the oven. (If you do not have a pizza stone skip this step) then use the pizza pan to make your pizza. If you are not going to make to pizzas at this time you will want to put your extra crust in the provided plastic bag and store it in the fridge until ready to use.

Like So...

Next, you will need some veggie oil, or olive oil your choice. Enough to cover the entire pizza lightly.

Use a brush to lightly glaze the crust, this helps make it crispier and helps the sauce too.

Now using the same brush pour about half of the jar of sauce onto the crust and spread it around, avoiding the outer "crust" area of course.

It does not have to be perfect :D

Now spread your cheese around on the sauce like so...

Don't worry when it melts it will fill any gaps.

Now for your toppings...

Pepperoni

The next few pictures are of how I slice the bell pepper, you can do it however is easiest for you, I like doing it this way because I have almost cut myself too many times! (I only use one half of the bell pepper per pizza).

Starting at the top of the pepper and cut straight down the center. Now take your thumb and finger and pull down on the white center part like above. This will pull out the pulp and some seeds without having to cut the pepper and loosing most of it. You can pop/tap the pepper in your hand lightly a few times to get the remaining seeds out.

The Clean center and you still have the top in tact.

Now cut 3-4 small slices (see the 2 slices on the bottom of mine in the picture) in the top and bottom side of your pepper and take your palm and flatten the pepper. Now you are ready to slice!  Just slice slim strips until your pepper is all cut.

Now I take the slim slices and cut them right in the middle to make them a little shorter.

Now open your olives and drain(use about half a can per pizza) place them around your pizza as well as the pepper, and any other topping you would like!

Also USING OVEN MITTS take your stone out of the oven and CAREFULLY place your pizza onto the stone, be aware that because of the oil we put on the pizza earlier it is most likely going to sizzle and pop on the hot stone so be careful not to get popped or burned on the stone.

Bake your pizza 10-15 minutes at 350 until desired crispiness is achieved. I like crispy crust so I do 15 minutes!

Yummy Pizza!

Hope you enjoy! We buy groceries once every 2 weeks so this pizza is great! It is super simple to make when you get home late from work and we can make it once a week for 2 weeks! The ingredients we get for it generally cost us about $12 so $6 for 2 days is not bad. We also usually have 2 slices left over- one for each of our lunches the next day! *To make the pizza go further we have also made garlic bread, parmesean bread, or our favorite with this pizza is the Bisquick garlic cheese biscuits (you can get the mix in the flour isle at Wal-Mart)

~Kimberly