Sticky Mifan

Create your own custom pizza! This DIY recipe pizza dough with various topping combinations creates personalized flavor profiles for each individual. Follow this recipe to create your very own personalized pizza!

During my elementary and middle school days, my school did not have a food program, so students would have to bring their own lunches. For a period of time, every week my dad would make my sister and I our own personalized pizzas, including the dough and sauce from scratch. He would take every Sunday to prepare pizza for us for the whole week. I have always appreciated his hard work and dedication to preparing homemade meals for our family. In this recipe I will include my dad’s pizza dough recipe from the Joy of Cooking, the sauce recipe included at the end and toppings are all up to your liking.

Ingredients

• 1 1/3 cups of warm water
• 1 packet (2 1/4 tps) yeast
• 3 1/4 to 3 1/2 cups AP flour
• 2 tbs olive oil
• 2 tsp salt
• Pizza sauce of your choice (can be store bought or see below for instructions)
• Toppings: Mozzarella, chicken, peperoni, salami, prosciutto, olives, bell peppers, pineapple, etc

Directions

1. Put 1 1/3 cups of warm (not hot) water in a large bowl and add one packet (2 1/4 tps) of yeast. Mix and wait 5-10 minutes until you see some bubbles.
2. Add 3 1/4 to 3 1/2 cups of AP flour, 2 tbs olive oil, and 2 tsp salt. Mix with your hands to make a dough, kneading for 10 minutes.
3. Once kneaded, rub the inside of a large bowl with oil, put the dough in, cover with plastic wrap or a towel and let it sit for at least 90 minutes. When it’s doubled in size, it’s ready for the next step.
4. Once doubled, punch the dough to deflate it, and break it into two pieces. Roll each piece into a ball and let it rest for 15 minutes.
5. Each of these balls of dough will make one 12″ pizza. My dad normally bakes on a baking sheet (or even a cookie sheet, but the heavier the better), but a pizza pan is good too. You can bake just one and freeze the other if you’d like.
6. Put some flour on the counter and spread a ball of dough out into a circle or rectangle by flattening and pushing outward with your fingers. When stretched out, put onto the pan or sheet. (Dusting the pan or sheet first with cornmeal is nice.)
7. Pinch the edges with your fingers to make a lip, and press your fingers into the dough’s surface to dimple it, which helps prevent bubbles. Brush top with some olive oil so the toppings wont stick.

Homemade Pizza Sauce

• Onion
• Garlic,
• Green pepper
• 28 oz can of crushed tomatoes
• Add salt
• Pepper
• Oregano and anything else you’d like

For a topping, you can simply use a jar of pasta sauce and slice/ shreds of mozzarella, plus some salt and pepper.

Add meat and veggies as you like. If you pre-cook the meat, the pizza won’t be so greasy.

Lastly baking, heat oven to 475F and when ready bake the pizza for about 12 minutes. Enjoy your own personal pizza!