Description
Delightful sheet pan pizza brings rustic Italian flavors straight to your kitchen with crispy edges and perfectly melted cheese. Bold ingredients and simple technique create a memorable meal you’ll crave again and again.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 1 pound pizza dough
- 2 cups mozzarella cheese
- 5 ounces (140 grams) pepperoni
Pizza Base and Sauce:
- 2/3 cup pizza sauce
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
Cheese and Seasoning:
- 1/4 cup parmesan cheese
Homemade Pizza Dough (Optional):
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon instant yeast
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 cup warm water (around 110-115°F)
Instructions
- Activate the oven to a scorching 475°F, preparing a perfectly heated cooking environment.
- Create the foundational pizza dough by combining dry ingredients in a spacious mixing vessel, ensuring even distribution of flour, sugar, yeast, and salt.
- Incorporate olive oil and warm water into the dry mixture, stirring until a cohesive dough emerges.
- Transfer the dough to a flour-dusted surface, kneading vigorously for 5-7 minutes until achieving a silky, elastic texture.
- Allow the dough to rest and relax for 10 minutes, enabling gluten development and improved elasticity.
- Stretch and manipulate the dough to cover the entire surface of a generously greased sheet pan, creating an even, thin foundation.
- Delicately brush olive oil across the dough’s surface to enhance flavor and promote crispy edges.
- Spread a luscious layer of pizza sauce, ensuring complete and uniform coverage.
- Generously distribute mozzarella cheese, creating a molten blanket across the pizza base.
- Artfully arrange pepperoni slices, maximizing flavor potential and visual appeal.
- Dust the pizza with a final sprinkle of parmesan cheese for an extra flavor dimension.
- Slide the sheet pan into the preheated oven, baking for 15-20 minutes until the crust transforms to a golden hue and cheese becomes irresistibly bubbly.
Notes
- Customize the pizza with various toppings like vegetables, different meats, or vegetarian options to suit personal preferences and dietary needs.
- Use a kitchen scale for precise flour measurement to ensure consistent dough texture and prevent a dry or overly sticky crust.
- Let the dough rest at room temperature for better rising and more developed flavor, which creates a lighter, more airy pizza base.
- Experiment with different cheese blends or alternative cheese options like vegan cheese for those with dairy restrictions to maintain delicious taste and texture.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Lunch, Dinner, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 8
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 2 g
- Sodium: 600 mg
- Fat: 18 g
- Saturated Fat: 8 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 9 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 35 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 15 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg