Homemade pizzas
12 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | pack | Active dry yeast -- 1/4 oz |
| 1 | teaspoon | Sugar |
| 1¼ | cup | Warm water |
| ¼ | cup | Vegetable oil |
| 1 | teaspoon | Salt |
| 3½ | cup | All-purpose flour |
| ½ | pounds | Ground beef, extra lean |
| 1 | small | Onion -- chopped |
| 1 | can | Tomato sauce -- 15 oz. |
| 1 | tablespoon | Dried oregano |
| 1 | teaspoon | Dried basil |
| 1 | medium | Green pepper -- diced |
| 2 | cups | Mozzarella cheese -- |
| Shredded | ||
Directions
In a large bowl, dissolve yeast and sugar in water; let stand for 5 min. Add oil and salt. Stir in flour, a cup at a time, to form soft dough. Turn onto floured board; knead until smooth and elastic about 2 to 3 min. Place in greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled about 45 min. Meanwhile brown beef and onion; drain. Punch dough down; divide in half. Press each into a greased 12 inch pizza pan. Combine the tomato sauce, oregano and basil; spread over each crust. Top with beef mixture, green pepper and cheese. Bake at 400 deg. for 25-30 min. or until crust is lightly browned. Yield: 2 pizzas ( 6 servings).
Recipe By : Taste Of Home