4-Step Easy Homemade Cheese Pizza Recipe

This 4-step homemade cheese pizza has a crispy, chewy crust and perfectly melted mozzarella. Once you make it at home, delivery will never quite cut it again.

Course pizza

Cuisine American, Italian

Diet Vegetarian

Prep Time 1

Cook Time 15

Servings

Calories 611kcal

Author Kylie Mazon-Chambers

Equipment

Ingredients

1 pound prepared pizza dough
Cornmeal, as needed for pizza peel (optional)
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
6 tablespoons pizza sauce, divided
¼ cup basil leaves, roughly chopped or torn, divided
1⅓ cups shredded low-moisture whole milk mozzarella cheese, divided

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Instructions

Place pizza stone on a grill or in the oven and heat to 500ºF (260ºC).
Divide the dough in half. Lightly flour a work surface with semolina flour, working one half at a time, press out each half of the dough into a 10” (25cm) circle. The dough should be fairly thin.
Generously spread cornmeal over the pizza peel, then add the dough on top. You can also place it on a piece of parchment paper or add additional flour to the pizza peel, so it slides easily off onto the pizza stone.
Work one half of the dough at a time. Use a pizza peel to slide the dough onto the pizza stone. Rub half the olive oil over the dough and cook until the crust is a pale brown and bubbly, about 6 minutes.
Spread 3 tablespoons of the pizza sauce evenly over the pizza, leaving about 1” (2.5cm) around the edges for the crust. Top with basil leaves and ⅔ cup of the cheese.
Continue to cook until the crust is golden brown and the Parmesan has melted, about an additional 6 minutes.

Notes

To reheat leftover pizza, I recommend microwaving slices for 20 seconds, then adding them to a pre-heated dry cast-iron skillet over medium heat until the bottom of the slice is crisp, about 2 minutes.

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