Homemade pepperoni pizza is the perfect pizza night dinner! Homemade pizza crust, with homemade pizza sauce topped with mozzarella cheese and pepperoni. Then baked to perfection and you have an amazing homemade pizza with pepperoni!
Homemade Pepperoni Pizza
Are you wondering how to make an amazing homemade pizza? It is really quite simple, and this homemade pepperoni pizza is a family favorite! Made with homemade pizza dough, this makes not only for a tasty dinner but family fun while everyone gets involved making homemade pizza.
This homemade pepperoni pizza is perfect for pizza night! We use the best homemade pizza crust, however there is a secret to making amazing pizza at home! That is how you cook it! You can make this homemade pizza recipe in the oven or on a grill.
Of course you also need to have an amazing pizza crust, which is why when we make pizza at home we make our pizza crust from scratch.
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Tips for Baking the Best Homemade Pizza
The best way to cook homemade pizza is on a pizza stone or on a Big Green Egg Grill. My husband loves to cook this pizza right on our big green egg grill so it gets a nice crispy pizza crust.
If you don’t have a grill with a pizza stone there are a lot of different ones, that will work on different grills on Amazon. You can also use a pan like this one as well and bake this homemade pizza in the oven. Both of these will give you a crispy crust, but we prefer to cook our pizza on the grill.
If you do not have a pizza stone you can bake this pizza on a metal baking sheet or pizza pan.
How to Cook Pizza on the Grill
To cook your pizza on the grill you are going to need a pizza stone. Turn on your grill and then close the lid and heat the grill until it reaches 425 degrees. Then bake pizza on the grill on top of the pizza stone until your pizza is done cooking.
What to Serve with Homemade pizza
There are lots of things that go well as side dishes to pizza, check out some of our favorites.
- Cajun Wings
- Garlic Parmesan wings
- Koren BBQ Wings
- Avocado BLT Salad
- Strawberry Spinach Salad
- Italian Pasta Salad
- Easy Fruit Salad
If you are looking for a super tasty dessert for pizza night, this smores cookie pizza is one of our favorites! We also like to make our cookie pizza with fruit.
How to reheat pizza
If you have any left overs, store them in the fridge wrapped in tin foil. To reheat them you can bake them at 350 on a metal baking sheet.
Homemade Pepperoni Pizza Ingredients
Pizza Crust Ingredients
- warm water
- active dry yeast
- salt
- olive oil
- all-purpose flour
Pizza Sauce Ingredients
- tomato paste
- water
- olive oil
- kosher salt
- garlic powder
- onion powder
- Italian Seasoning
- red peppeer flakes (optional)
Pepperoni Pizza Topping Ingredients
- pizza sauce
- mozzarella cheese
- pepperoni slices
- fresh basil
How to Make Homemade Pepperoni Pizza
This pepperoni Pizza recipe will make 2 homemade pizzas.
Make your pizza crust.
Make homemade pizza sauce.
Do a prebake of the pizza crust.
Put sauce, cheese and pepperoni on top of pizza.
Bake in the oven or on the grill.
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Homemade Pepperoni Pizza
Ingredients
Pizza Crust Ingredients
- 9 ounces warm water
- 2 teaspoons active dry yeast
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
Pizza Sauce Ingredients
- 12 ounces tomato paste
- 1 cup water
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 2 teaspoon Italian Seasoning
- 1/4 teaspoon red peppeer flakes optional
Pepperoni Pizza Topping Ingredients
- 2 cups pizza sauce
- 4 cups mozzarella cheese
- 1 cup pepperoni slices
- 1/4 fresh basil
Instructions
How to Make homemade pizza crust
- Pour the water into the bowl of your mixer. Sprinkle the yeast on top of the water and let it bloom for 5 minutes.
- Add in the remainder of the ingredients. Place it on your mixer with a dough hook. Mix on low speed until the dough starts to form. Gradually turn the speed to medium until a ball forms.
- If the dough is to sticky you can add a pinch more flour. If the dough is to dry you can add a little bit more water. Knead in the mixer for 10 minutes on medium speed.
- Remove the dough from the mixer and divide it in half.
- Place on a flour surface. Cover with a damp towel or your mixing bowl and let it rise for an hour.
- Separate the dough into 2 balls of dough.
How to Make Homemade Pizza Sauce
- In a bowl mix the tomato paste, water, olive oil, salt, garlic powder, onion powder, Italian seasoning and red pepper flakes is using them.
- Mix all ingredients with a whisk until they are all mixd well. Set aside until pizza crust is done.
How to Make homemade pepperoni pizza
- Preheat the oven to 500F and then Roll the dough out to the desired thickness and form a circle with the pizza crust.
- Sprinkle a small amount of cornmeal onto your pizza stone or pan. Prebake the pizza crust in a 500 degree oven for 2 minutes.
- Flip the dough over and top with pizza sauce, then mozzarella cheese, followed by the pepperoni.
- bake for 8 – 12 minutes until cheese is melted and crust is golden.
- Sprinkle each pizza with the basil and serve.
Approximately 6 Weight Watchers SmartPoints per serving on the Freestyle Program
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