Homemade Pizza With Mild Tomato Sauce

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (7 g) package active dry yeast
• 1 cup very warm water (2/3 cold water, 1/3 boiled)
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce (or 1 can of canned tomatoes processed in a food processor)
• 2 teaspoons dried oregano leaves
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon instant minced garlic
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 1/4 cup cream
• 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
• mozzarella cheese (to your taste)
• chopped onions (optional) or pepperoni (optional) or mushroom, etc (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 425f degrees.
• 2 put flour in large bowl with yeast, sugar, salt; stir together.
• 3 stir in vegetable oil and mix well.
• 4 add water to the flour mixture and beat vigorously 20 strokes; let rest 5 minutes.
• 5 divide dough into 2 parts; toss or roll to shape and place on a pizza pan.
• 6 in a large saucepan combine tomato sauce, oregano, salt, garlic and pepper; bring to a low boil then simmer for about 10 minutes.
• 7 remove sauce from heat and stir in cream.
• 8 divide sauce between both pizzas to your own desired amounts.
• 9 sprinkle parmesan cheese over top and add other toppings but not mozzarella cheese.
• 10 bake pizza in hot 425f oven for about 15 minutes.
• 11 add mozzarella cheese and bake for 10 minutes longer.
• 12 to freeze: make pizza as the above directions including baking. once cooled wrap thickly in plastic wrap, then wrap in foil, seal tightly and i like to wrap once again in plastic wrap. will last for 3 months in the freezer. to reheat; totally unwrap frozen pizza and put on a pizza pan with holes in it or directly on the rack of the oven (if you use direct racks place foil underneath to prevent overspills). bake 425f for 10-15 minutes. if you have loads of toppings it could take another 5 minutes or so. watch it after the 10-15 minutes.