Stuffed-Crust Pizza from Scratch

Making a homemade pizza from a home-prepared dough is just as quick and easy as making your homemade pandesal. It only takes a few minutes to the prep time to add your fave toppings to your dough.

For the dough, you need these basic ingredients:

2 cups warm water

2 tsps active dry yeast

1/3 cup white sugar

1/4 cup vegetable oil

1 1/2 tsp salt

Bread crumbs

To make the dough:

Add the yeast and a teaspoon of white sugar in the warm water. Let it stand until foamy, about 10 minutes.

In a large bowl combine the rest of the sugar with the oil (you may use canola, corn oil, olive oil, or any vegetable oil at that) mix until smooth. Add the salt, a cup of flour, and the yeast mixture. Add the remaining flours and knead until smooth and elastic.

Lightly oil a large bowl and put the kneaded dough in and cover with dump cloth or a cling wrap. Leave it in a warm dry place for atleast an hour, or until it doubles the size.

Once done, cut the dough in halves or depending on the size of pizza you like. Mine was cut in halves, and then the other half was cut in halves again to make one large and two double size stuffed crust pizza.

You may opt to toss your pizza in the air or just mold it straight on your pan.

Sprinkle bread crumbs or corn meal on your pan before molding your pizza in it. Be generous with the bread crumbs or cornmeal you spread on your pan, it will keep the crust from clinging while baking.

Stuff the crust with mozzarella or any cheese you prefer. Fold the dough inward and press against the base to hold.

Stuff the crust with cheese or sausage, it's up to you
Stuff the crust with cheese or sausage, it’s up to you

There is one basic rule in deciding on the kinds of toppings you put on your homemade pizza… As for me, choose only the ones you love!

If you are a veggie lover like I am, ingredients such as onions, green Italian pepper, pineapples, and basil are a must, note that they cook quickly in the oven.

Add tomato sauce
Add tomato sauce

Fresh Basil Leaves
Fresh Basil Leaves

Add fresh tomatoes
Add fresh tomatoes

Onions
Onions

Add Green Italian Pepper and Pineapples
Add Green Italian Pepper and Pineapples

Shiitake mushrooms, bacon, pepperoni or sausage however needs some more cooking time, so allow it to cook separately ahead of time.

Fresh greens like arugula or basil, may be sprinkled over the pizza right when it comes out of the oven. The remaining heat from the pizza will wilt the greens just slightly and bring out their flavor.

An important key: Do not overload your pizza! It’s best to keep your homemade pizza toppings to just a handful at most. Loading it down with lots of toppings, may take too long for the crust to cook well or make the crust soggy.

Whether you pile on the mozzarella cheese or put on veggies for a healthier meal, it’s all up to you. Play around with this basic recipe and make it your own.
Be sure you have pre-heat your oven. Set your baking time to a minimum of 20 minutes (depending on how thick it is) at 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

Fill entirely with mozzarella... or not.. it all up to you!
Fill entirely with mozzarella… or not.. it all up to you!

Lastly, for the finishing touch… I sprinkled dried basil for extra flavor and aroma and added some Parmesan cheese too.
Sprinkle with Basil and Parmesan Cheese!
Sprinkle with Basil and Parmesan Cheese!
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Mozzarella Overload.....Yumm!
Mozzarella Overload…..Yumm!

And there you have it your homemade pizza fresh from the oven!

16 Responses

  1. Oh they all look sooo yummy! I remember we used to make bread and pie dough all from scratch. Sayang our oven doesn’t work very well anymore.

  2. This looks yum! I don’t have the guts to make my own dough yet since the first time was a failure. Hehehe. I’ll definitely try this out very soon. Thanks for sharing 🙂

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