Homemade Pizza -- updated 28 Jan 2018

More love for my bread machine...once again, for the dough making cycle.  I've made this a few times now and will surely make it many more, too, as it's easy and I nearly always have the ingredients needed on hand.  Assemble the ingredients, pop in the machine, wait an hour and a half, and voilà, pizza dough ready to go!

I follow the recipe exactly as it is written in the user manual that came with my Oster bread machine:

New notes: recently, I tried the "2 pound" version in the manual and find that it cooks up better (original posting was for the "1.5 pound" version)!  I have changed the ingredient amounts below to the 2 pound version, as I no longer use the 1.5.  Enjoy!

Ingredients (makes 2 pizzas (12")):

--dough--

1 3/8 c. water (70-80°F)

3 T. olive oil

4 c. all-purpose flour

3/4 tsp. salt

2 tsp. active dry yeast

--pizza--

1 jar Prego Pizzaria style pizza sauce

1 package mozzarella shredded cheese

toppings as desired

Instructions:

1. Add ingredients to bread machine hopper as listed in order.

2. Lock hopper into place and set machine for dough cycle.

3. Preheat oven to 400°F.

4. When dough is ready, divide in half.  Spray pizza baking sheets/pans with non-stick spray.  Spread dough out onto each prepared pizza baking sheet.

5. Prick with fork all over to prevent bubbling up while baking.

6. Add 1/2 of sauce jar to each pizza and spread out to edges.

7. Add toppings and cover with half of package of cheese.

8. Bake for 20-30 min (depending on toppings--23 is perfect for when I make half mushroom, half just cheese).

9. Cut into slices and enjoy!