Grandma-Style Pizza Recipe
This easy grandma pizza recipe delivers a crispy and chewy crust topped with a robust tomato sauce and melty cheese!
Prep Time: 40 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 3 hours
Makes: 12 x12" pizza
Ingredients
Pizza Dough
- 300 g warm water, between 90-100ºF (about 1 1/4 cups)
- 2 teaspoons active dry yeast
- 300 g all-purpose flour* (about 2 packed cups)
- 150 g bread flour (about 1 packed cup)
- 1 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 2 tablespoons olive oil, plus more for the pizza pan
Toppings
- 4 oz whole milk mozzarella cheese, shredded
- 4 oz fontina cheese, shredded
- Fresh basil leaves
- 1 recipe homemade pizza sauce
Instructions
- Make the dough. Combine the warm water and yeast in the bowl of a stand mixer and wait 5 minutes for the yeast to get foamy. Add the flour, salt, and olive oil, and mix on medium-low with the dough hook until the dough is smooth and starts to pull away from the bowl, about 10 minutes.
- First rise. Transfer the dough to a lightly greased bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Allow the dough to rise until doubled in size, about 1-2 hours depending on the temperature of your kitchen.
- Stretch the dough. Drizzle 3 tablespoons of olive oil into a 12x12" grandma-style pizza pan. Transfer the dough to the pan and gently stretch the dough to the edges of the pan. If the dough springs back, lightly cover the dough for 10 minutes before stretching again.
- Second rise. Lightly cover with plastic wrap and let the dough proof for about an hour, until puffy and bubbly.
- Make the sauce. Heat the olive oil over medium heat in a saucepan. Add the garlic and cook for 2 minutes, stirring often, until fragrant. Add the oregano and crushed red pepper and cook for 1 minute. Once fragrant, add the hand-crushed tomatoes and reduce the heat to low. Simmer for 20-25 minutes, until thickened. Season to taste with salt and pepper and cool to room temperature.
- Bake. Preheat an oven to 500ºF. Dot the dough with the tomato sauce and top with the shredded cheese to the edges of the pan. Dot with more tomato sauce. Bake for 18-20 minutes, until the top is lightly browned and the cheese is bubbly. Remove from the oven and top with fresh basil. Cool slightly before cutting the pizza into squares.
Notes
*Flour: If you only have all-purpose flour, you may replace the bread flour with an equal amount of all-purpose.
Pan size: If you don't have a 12x12-inch metal pan and don't want to purchase one, you may also use:
- 9x13-inch pan — multiply the recipe by .8.
- 18x13-inch (half sheet) pan — multiply the recipe by 1.5.
Nutrition
Serving: 1sliceCalories: 390kcalCarbohydrates: 41gProtein: 9gFat: 15gSaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 25mgSodium: 670mgFiber: 2gSugar: 4g
