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27-minute Pizza from scratch!

Whaaaa . . . it only takes 27 minutes to make an excellent pizza, from start to finish? Then why are we buying the frozen tasteless disks from the grocery store? I DON'T KNOW.
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

  • 2 to 2 1/4 cups bread or all-purpose flour
  • 1 Tb sugar
  • 1 Tb yeast
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 cup very warm water
  • mozzarella cheese, shredded
  • Parmesan cheese
  • your choices of toppings
  • olive oil
  • garlic cloves
  • red pepper flakes
  • corn meal
  • your favorite pizza sauce

Instructions
 

  • Preheat your oven to 500 degrees F, and place a pizza stone into the oven.
  • Assemble all your ingredients.
  • Stir together the flour, salt, warm water, yeast and sugar and set aside to rest.
  • Now chop your onions, brown your meat, smash and dice your garlic, etc.
  • Knead your dough for a couple minutes until it is satiny and smooth. Roll it out to your desired thickness, and move onto a pizza peel which has been dusted liberally with cornmeal.
  • Slather olive oil onto your pizza, then add sauce and toppings. Finish with liberal amounts of mozzarella cheese and a dusting of parmesan cheese. Voila!
  • Slide quickly onto a pizza stone that has been pre-heating in your oven.
  • Your pizza ought to be done in approximately 10 to 12 minutes, or when the crust is beginning to brown on the edges. Watch closely! It is perilously easy to burn at this high temperature!
  • Slice in wedges and enjoy! (Be careful to let cool for a few minutes so you don't burn the top of your mouth!) (You can call me Grandma; it's okay.)