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32 Easy Pizza Recipes (Better Than Delivery!)

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Here are my favorite pizza recipes, with my top-rated pizza dough, easy sauces, and delicious topping ideas. It’s better than delivery, every time!

Pizza Recipes

My honeymoon to Italy changed the way I thought about pizza. My husband Alex and I realized that delicious artisan-style pizza recipes can actually be simple to make at home. All you need is a great pizza sauce, minimal toppings, and a few pizza tools. Most importantly, you need a great pizza dough.

After all these years, I can guarantee: all my research has results in some of the best pizza recipes you’ll find on the internet! Here are all my tips, pizza gear, and the top pizza recipes to make at home.

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My Top Pizza Recipes

My Master Recipes For Homemade Pizza

A great pizza needs a stellar pizza dough and a tangy, tomato-centric pizza sauce. We’ve got you covered with both. Here are our master recipes:

Pizza Gear Worth Owning

In order to become a true pizza master, you’ll need a few tools! Here are our recommendations:

What To Serve With Pizza

When Alex and I ate our way through Italy, pizza usually showed up with a simple salad and something to drink. My perfect arugula salad, a classic Caesar salad, or a lemony kale salad all work well here.

For more ideas, see my full list of 25 Best Sides to Go with Pizza. Hosting? Here’s how to throw a pizza party.

Frequently Asked Questions

Are you a pizza beginner? Head to Homemade Pizza for Beginners.

What’s your favorite metal pizza peel?

This aluminum one is great. Our favorite pizza peel is this conveyor pizza peel, which makes it super easy to transfer to the pizza to a pizza stone. It’s a little more expensive but worth it if you’re into homemade pizza.

What is the best pizza stone?

Glad you asked! We’ve broken quite a few stones in our day. Here’s the best pizza stone we’ve found, and a little more about how to care for a pizza stone so that it doesn’t break.

What is Margherita Pizza?

Oh man. It might be our favorite homemade pizza recipe. Margherita pizza showcases the colors of the Italian flag: red from the tomato sauce, white from the mozzarella, and green from the basil. It’s allegedly named after Queen Margherita, an Italian queen in the 1800’s.

What is the best pizza oven?

The best pizza oven we’ve found for homemade pizza recipes is the Uuni pizza oven (also called Ooni). It’s an outdoor pizza oven that uses wood pellets as fuel. The Uuni heats up to 900 degrees in just 10 to 15 minutes! This is huge because most wood fired ovens take hours to preheat. It’s also portable and inexpensive. 

Do I need a pizza oven?

Nope, there’s no need for a pizza oven! We have one because we are obsessed with making the best homemade pizza. But you can make really, really great pizza in your home oven using a pizza stone.

How to make pizza sauce?

We have a great pizza sauce that we use for lots of our homemade pizza recipes. Here it is: 5 Minute Easy Pizza Sauce

What should I do with extra pizza dough?

Easy. Make calzones!

Can I make pizza dough in a stand mixer?

Yes, you can! Here’s How to Make Pizza Dough, with instructions for using a stand mixer.

Can I make pizza dough in a food processor?

Yes! Here’s our recipe for Quick Pizza Dough in a Food Processor.

What if I want pizza but I don’t have time?

Great question! When we don’t have time to make pizza, we make pizza using naan bread, flatbread, or pita bread! Here are some of our favorite recipes:
Naan Pizza
Flatbread Pizza
Pita Pizza

How long to cook pizza? 

A homemade pizza recipe cooks very quickly: just 5 to 7 minutes in the oven or 1 minute in a pizza oven!

What temperature to cook pizza?

Cook pizza at the highest temperature you can. That’s 500°F to 550°F in a standard oven and about 900°F in a pizza oven.

How to clean a pizza stone?

You shouldn’t need to clean your pizza stone: a seasoned stone is a good thing! If you do want to clean it, use a blunt object like a spatula or plastic scraper to scrape off any burned pieces of food. If necessary, wipe it down with a damp cloth. Let your stone dry completely before using it again. Never use soap or oil or submerge it in water: this can cause it to crack.

For more: How to Clean a Pizza Stone

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Recipes by Alex & Sonja

We're Alex & Sonja Overhiser: cookbook authors, busy parents, and a real life couple who cooks together. Since 2010 we've shared simple, seasonal recipes from our home kitchen, every one tested on our family and photographed by us.

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3 Comments

  1. Travis Emory says:

    Good and Crazy Pizza: Pizza dough topped with marinara sauce, honey, egg, 5 cheeses of choice, pepperoni, salami, sausage, smoked sausage, hamburger, celery, bell peppers of choice, mixture sauce containing cream, Thousand Island Dressing, horseradish, duck sauce, cream cheese, ricotta cheese, cottage cheese, sour cream, BBQ Sauce.

  2. Anonymous says:

    ymc hold ur pizza

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