Why order when you can make an excellent cheese pizza at home? This is like your favorite take-out pizza, but infinitely tastier.
There’s nothing we love more than helping you make the best homemade pizza. already. We have countless ideas for pizza toppings, from the classic margherita pizza to the taco pizza, but there’s something so satisfying about a good old-fashioned cheese pizza. Here’s your favorite delivery cheese pizza, but exactly 1 million times better. The sauce is extra tomato, the cheese is extra cheese and the crust is perfectly juicy. Do you want to know our secrets?
How do you do that better Cheese Pizza
This cheese pizza tastes like you would expect your classic pie to taste, but infinitely better. It’s fancy enough for adults but loved by all kids. We have tested several kids in our lifetime and they are 100% in love with this cheese pizza. Here’s what makes this cheese pizza better than your regular delivery pizza:
- Pizza sauce 5 minutes. Did you make our classic easy pizza sauce? This is a fan favorite recipe and you will be amazed at the flavor it has at home! In a blender, puree canned roasted tomatoes with garlic, olive oil and oregano.
- Grated and fresh mozzarella. What’s on the cheesiest cheese pizza? grated mozzarella And fresh mozzarella! The cream cheese makes it very sticky and the shredded cheese is the glue that sticks everything together.
- The best pizza dough. This pizza dough recipe is the best on the web (we think!). Alex and I perfected it after researching tips from artisanal pizza makers for more than 10 years. Read on to learn more about how to do it…
To make a great cheesy pizza, it helps to have a few pizza making tools on hand! These two tools are essential in our homemade pizza making game. Alex and I recommend the following:
- pizza stone: A pizza stone makes the Italian pizza base crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. Here’s the best pizza stone we’ve found and a little more about pizza stone care.
- pizza shovel: What is a pizza shovel? It’s a paddle that’s used to push the pizza onto the hot pizza stone in the oven. We recommend this Standard Pizza Shovel or this Conveyor Pizza Shovel.
Use any of these pizza dough variations
For the pizza dough for this cheese pizza, here are some dough recipe variants:
- Best Pizza Dough This is our standard pizza dough that we’ve used for years! We make it with a stand mixer, but you can also knead it by hand.
- Easy Thin Crust is similar but gives a thinner crust when you roll it out – it would work well here too!
Video: How to make pizza dough! (1 min 45 sec)
The easiest way to learn how to make pizza dough? Watch someone do it! While we can’t come to your kitchen, here’s the next best option: a video! This step-by-step video shows Alex making pizza dough, from kneading to shaping. That is Then useful and takes less than 2 minutes to watch. We highly recommend checking this out before you start!
What to serve with cheese pizza?
Alex and I served up this classic homemade cheese pizza for our nephews and son Larson for a cousins sleepover. They absolutely loved it! We served it with carrot sticks and the healthy ranch dressing below (and strawberry daiquiris for the grown-ups!). Here are some good pizza side dishes:
This cheese pizza recipe is…
Vegetarian.
The description
Why order when you can make an excellent cheese pizza at home? This is like your favorite take-out pizza, but infinitely tastier.
- Prepare pizza dough: Follow the Best Pizza Dough recipe to prepare the dough. (It takes about 15 minutes and 45 minutes to rest.)
- Place a pizza stone in the oven and preheat to 500°F. OR preheat your pizza oven (this is the pizza oven we use).
- Prepare pizza sauce: Prepare the easy pizza sauce.
- Preparation of the toppings: Cut or tear the fresh mozzarella into small pieces.
- Bake pizza: When the oven is done, dust a pizza peel with corn or semolina flour. (If you don’t have a pizza peel, you can use a rimmed baking sheet or the back of a rimmed baking sheet. But a pizza peel is worth the investment!) Roll out the dough in a circle; For instructions, see How to stretch pizza dough. Then carefully place the dough on the pizza peel.
- Spread the pizza sauce thinly over the dough with the back of a spoon. Scatter the pieces of fresh mozzarella cheese evenly over the dough, then top with grated mozzarella cheese. Sprinkle evenly with garlic powder, dried oregano, and a few pinches of kosher salt.
- Use the pizza peel to carefully transfer the pizza onto the preheated pizza stone. Bake the pizza until the cheese and crust are golden brown, about 5 to 7 minutes in the oven (or 1 minute in a pizza oven). Cut into pieces and serve immediately.
- Category: main course
- Method: Cooked
- Kitchen: American
Keywords: Cheese Pizza, Homemade Cheese Pizza
Looking for more pizza recipes?
Aside from this classic cheese pizza recipe, here are some of our favorite pizza recipes:
