I frequently make homemade pizza for my family, however, depending on the preparation time I have, I use various crusts. The quickest is a loaf of French bread, cut in half. Next quickest is prepared bread dough, like Rhodes Dough, but the recipes I use most frequently are the regular, white bread dough I make in my bread maker or this one, which I also make in my bread maker.

Pizza Dough—adapted for use in a bread maker
1 cup + 5 T. water
3 T + 1 tsp. shortening
1/3 c. + 1 T. powdered milk
1 1/8 tsp salt
3 1/2 c. flour
2 1/4 tsp yeast

Roll out on greased pizza (or cookie) pan and bake entire pizza at 450 degrees for 10 minutes or until crust is golden brown on the bottom.

Serves approximately 2 large pizzas.


I believe the biggest secret behind a good pizza recipe is the sauce. My family likes this one so well, I use it for all pizza-like recipes.

Sauce
15 oz. can tomato sauce
6 oz. can, Italian seasoned tomato paste
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp. onion powder
1 1/2 tsp. Italian Seasoning

Stir together until smooth. Spread over pizza dough, add your favorite toppings, and bake.

Note: A regular bread dough recipe or French bread crust will require a lower baking temperature. I usually use 425 degrees.