A fun family night homemade pizza recipe to tailor to your exact tastes. Serve this for a weekend meal comfort food and get your children involved adding the toppings. It is a fun treat for sleepovers too!
Prep Time1 hourhr
Cook Time20 minutesmins
Total Time1 hourhr20 minutesmins
Course: Pizza
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Family Style Homemade Pizza
Servings: 6
Author: Laura Warnke
Ingredients
26.5 oz. BoxesJiffy Pizza Crust Mix
115 oz. can Contadina pizza sauce
1poundsweet Italian bulk sausage
1packageHormel Pepperoni(approx. 50 slices)
1/2diced green pepper
4ouncesthinly sliced fresh mushrooms
4cupsMozzarella cheese
Instructions
Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
In a frying pan, brown the Italian sausage until crisp. Drain excess fat and cool to room temperature.
Dice 1/2 of the green pepper and place in a separate bowl. Set aside.
Thinly slice the mushrooms and place in a separate bowl. Set aside.
In two separate medium sized bowls, prepare each package of pizza crust mix separately according to package directions.
Allow dough to stand 5 minutes after you have added the warm water to the mix.
On a floured board, knead dough until soft and pliable.
Spray two 10" x 15" non-stick baking sheets with vegetable oil cooking spray.
Press each dough ball evenly onto the baking sheet to the edges. Press just a bit (1/4") of dough up along the edges to form a side crust.
Pre-bake both pans side by side for 3 minutes.
Remove from oven and if there are any air bubbles in the crust, take a fork and poke a few holes in the crust to release the air.
Spoon 1/2 can of pizza sauce on each pizza.
Layer 1/2 Italian Sausage evenly on each pizza.
Layer the pepperoni evenly on each pizza.
On the one pizza add the diced green pepper and sliced mushrooms.
Top each pizza with 2 cups shredded Mozzarella cheese.
Bake for 16-20 minutes.
(For the pepperoni and sausage pizza 18 minutes was sufficient. Roughly figure an additional minute per topping. We baked the pizza with pepperoni, sausage, green pepper, and mushroom for 20 minutes.)
To cut the pizza, take a large flat rubber spatula and slide it underneath the pizza to make sure it is loosened. Slide the pizza onto a cutting board and cut with a pizza cutter.
Cut each pizza evenly into 8 or more pieces. Place each slice back into the pan to serve.
Notes
This homemade pizza recipe makes 2-10" x 15" rectangular pizzas. You can also use 12" or 14" round pizza pans for this recipe, but you may need to decrease the amounts of the toppings.