Mom's Veggie Pizza

Every Sunday is pizza night at our house.  I love a loaded pie and mine has to be eaten with a fork because the crust is thin and it's loaded with too much stuff to pick up.  I've been making this pizza crust in the bread machine for about 25 years at least.   It can be done with a mixer or hand kneaded.  We used to have a large garden and we would always top the pizza with peppers and tomatoes that were fresh picked. 

Mom’s Veggie Pizza

Printable Recipe

Ingredients:

⅔ cup warm water

1 ½ tablespoons olive oil

½ teaspoon salt

2 cups unbleached flour

1 package dry yeast

Pizza sauce of choice

1 pound shredded cheese

Toppings:  I used 1 yellow pepper, 1 green pepper, 

1 sweet onion, 1 bag spinach, 3 cans sliced black olives,

1 package sliced mushrooms, pickled jalepeño peppers

Add first 5 ingredients to a bread machine and set

on dough setting.  When dough is done, place in greased 

bowl cover with a cloth and allow to rise again.

Lightly oil a 14 inch pizza pan and sprinkle with 

Cornmeal.  Roll crust out to fit the pan.  Spread about ½ - 1 cup of tomato sauce over the crust and top with 1 pound

of shredded cheese.  If topping with vegetables, precook them.  I microwave mine for about 5 minutes then drain.

Cook at 450 degrees for 20 minutes.

Note:  If you don’t have a bread machine, mix ingredients in mixer or by hand, allow to rise 1 hour, punch down and allow to rise again as above.