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Ingredients
- 1 pound pizza dough, store-bought or homemade
- 1/2 to 1 cup sauce: tomato sauce or other spread
- 2 to 3 cups other toppings: sautéed onions, sautéed mushrooms, pepperoni, cooked sausage, cooked bacon, diced peppers, leftover veggies, or any other favorite toppings
- 1 to 2 cups (8-16 ounces) cheese, shredded or sliced: mozzarella, monterey jack, provolone, fontina, or any other favorite
- Equipment
- Parchment paper
- Rolling pin
- Baking stone (or baking sheet)
- Plastic wrap
- Aluminum foil
Preparation
Step 1
Pre-heat the oven to 450°F.
Place a pizza stone or baking sheet on a middle rack in the oven as it heats.
Divide the pizza dough in half to make two individual pizzas, if desired. Place the ball of dough in the middle of a piece of parchment paper. Roll it out to your preferred thinness. If the dough starts to shrink back and crinkle the paper, let it rest for a few minutes and then try rolling it out again. If making two individual pizzas, repeat with the second round of dough.
When cool, top the rounds as you would if you were going to bake them right away: spread some sauce on the pizzas, add toppings, and sprinkle cheese over the top.
Place the pizzas on a baking sheet and freeze, uncovered, until solid, about 3 hours.
When ready to eat eat the pizzas, preheat the oven to 550°F (or the temperature at which you normally cook your pizzas). If you have a baking stone, place it in the oven as it heats; frozen pizzas can also be baked on the foil used to wrap them. When the oven has heated, unwrap the pizzas and slide into the oven. Bake for 8-10 minutes, until the crust is dark brown and the cheese in the center of the pizza is bubbly. Eat immediately.