“I developed this one myself–trial and error.”

2 cups warm water
2 T dry yeast
1/8 cup sugar
1/4 cup melted butter
1/2 to 1 tsp salt
4 1/2 to 5 cups flour

Mix water, yeast and sugar. Let dissolve and froth. Add butter, salt and flour as needed to get a soft but not sticky dough. Let rise 20-30 minutes in a warm area. Punch down and divide into 3 balls. Each ball with make a 14″ pizza.  Grease the pan and lightly sprinkle cornmeal on it (if desired.) Pat and stretch the dough into a big circle without tearing it. Put onto pan and finish pushing and stretching as needed. Top as desired.

“I cover my pans in foil and grease generously, so that I can make multiple pizza on one pan if I need to.”

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“A favorite of people from Sicily to the Basin.”

2 cups flour
1 cup lukewarm water
1 pkg yeast
1/8 tsp salt
2 T oil

Dissolve yeast in water.  Combine flour and salt.  Add yeast and oil and mix well.  Sprinkle with flour and knead lightly.  Place dough on well-greased pizza pan and work to edges with greased finger tips.  Spread with pizza sauce and add desired toppings.  Bake at 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes.

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Dough:
3 1/2 cups flour
2 tsp sugar
1 tsp salt
1 pkg active dry yeast
2 T oil
1 cup warm water

Sauce:
16 oz tomato sauce
16 oz can tomatoes, drained
1 T Italian seasoning
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp oregano
1/4 tsp black pepper
1/8 tsp salt
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper

Topping:
1/4 lb. mozzarella cheese, grated
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese

Insides:
3/4 lb. mozzarella cheese, grated
1/3 lb monterey jack cheese, grated
1 lb sausage
3 med onions, diced
1 large green pepper, diced
1/2 lb mushrooms, chopped

Thoroughly stir flour, salt and sugar.  Dissolve yeast in lukewarm water and add to the flour mix.  Add oil until dough forms ball.  Knead for 8-10 minutes.  Preheat oven to 200 degrees for 5-10 minutes.  Turn off and place bowl of dough inside.  Allow to rise for 20 minutes.  Punch down.  Let rise another 20 minutes.

Combine sauce ingredients.  Heat to boiling and reduce heat and allow to simmer.  Grate mozzarella cheese, putting aside for topping.  Fry sausage, onions, green pepper and mushrooms.  Drain and cool.  Mix with cheeses for the insides.

When ready, split the dough into 2 balls.  Roll out into circles slightly larger than an 8-9″ round cake pan or deep dish pizza pan.  Place dough in pan with it overlapping the edges of pan.

Put insides on the dough.  Top with the second circle of dough.  Crimp the edges.  Spread the sauce over the entire layer of dough.  Mix the topping cheese and sprinkle evenly over the top of pizza.  Preheat oven to 500 degrees.  Place pizza on middle rack and bake for 25 minutes or until brown.  Let cool slightly before eating.

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