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Kelly the Kitchen Kop

Easy Recipe – Homemade Pizza and Calzones

February 21, 2008 15 Comments

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Homemade Pizza

Who doesn't love homemade pizza?  It's definitely one of our kids' favorites.  And homemade calzones are fun too.  

  • See my new sourdough calzones recipe here!

  • See the newest pizza dough recipe I've been using further below (it has a little molasses in it), we all like it even better!
  • Now an even newer update–THIS cast iron crispy pizza crust is our current favorite!
  • This original recipe, though, is the one I use for regular homemade calzones with yeast (the sourdough one has no yeast).  I double it so I can make extra to freeze (read how to do that easily in this post about a couple make-ahead meals that kids love).
  • And see the soaked version of the dough (for calzones or pizza) further below, where you start the recipe ahead of time to make it extra digestible.  Now that I have my sourdough down though, that's what I use mostly.
  • Also below are a variety of ideas for easy-to-make pizza variations.
  • Is that enough options for you?

Use the basic dough setting in a bread maker, or if you make it in the Bosch, knead about 5-6 minutes, add ingredients in this order:

  • 1 1/4 cup warm water, not hot (filtered water is best)
  • 2 teaspoon yeast
  • 2 Tablespoons soft butter (pastured butter is best)
  • 2 1/2 cups flour (I use einkorn flour mostly now.)
  • 2 cups organic whole wheat flour (freshly ground if possible) or whole spelt flour
  • 2 Tablespoons raw honey 
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons sea salt

As it's mixing it should start to pull all the dough off the sides.  If it's not doing that, it may need more flour, just sprinkle more in a little at a time until it pulls all the dough from the sides and isn't so wet anymore.  After the dough setting is done and beeps (again, after about 5-6 minutes total in the Bosch), split it in thirds and use floured hands to spread each around three buttered, 15″ stainless steel pizza pans.  (That's for medium-to-thick crust, you could also get 4 thin crusts from this dough.) Let set until a half hour before you want to eat.

In the meantime, prepare the other ingredients depending on what type of pizza you're making:

  • You can use traditional ingredients (I use organic pizza sauce and other organic ingredients I can find.) UPDATE: here is a homemade pizza sauce recipe!
  • Sometimes I'll make a bacon cheeseburger pizza: ketchup and mustard for the “sauce”, cooked hamburger (grass-fed beef, cooked with onions, salt & pepper), then sprinkle on bacon, lettuce, pickles, tomatoes & cheese.
  • You could do a meatless pizza: brush on butter with garlic, then add various veggies and cheeses. We like parmesan and mozzarella with tomatoes, peppers, zucchini and Kent likes mushrooms, too.
  • For a treat spread melted butter on the crust and sprinkle cinnamon & sugar, then bake until golden.
  • Another one we like is using barbecue sauce instead of regular pizza sauce (I make my own barbecue sauce recipe lately since it's super easy and most store-bought kinds have high fructose corn syrup and the organic ones we've tried aren't great), then we put on ingredients like ham or canadian bacon, pineapple, green pepper, cheese.
  • You could use this dough recipe (or the one below which I now like better) to make calzones and put ham & cheese inside, pizza ingredients or anything you'd like: flatten a fist-size ball of dough on a lightly floured surface, spread ingredients in the middle, fold over and pinch sides together, and bake at 375* for 12-15 minutes or longer or until golden.  Here are the ingredients I pulled out of the freezer to throw these together later in the day:  ham and 3-cheese calzones, yum:

For pizza, always bake the crust 15 minutes or so (375*) before adding the ingredients on top (or it will be soggy), then bake another 15 minutes with the ingredients, until they are hot and the cheese is melted and starting to get lightly browned, plus the crust will lightly brown too.

SOAKED VERSION (for better digestibility)

For the soaked version, start the night before and let set overnight, or I've even started it in the morning and let it set for 7 hours.  (Picture at right.) Again, I double this recipe:

  • Mix together 2 1/2 cups hard whole wheat flour (or whole spelt or whole grain einkorn), 1/2 cup very warm water, and 1 cup yogurt, buttermilk, whey, or another acidic liquid.
  • At least 7 hours later add in the rest of the ingredients (add the salt last, after you mix it for a little bit – the flour protects the yeast from the salt, which can kill it and you won't get a rise):  2 teaspoons yeast, 2 Tablespoons soft butter, 2 cups unbleached white flour, 2 Tablespoons honey, 1 1/2 teaspoon sea salt.

Continue with recipe as noted above.

Here's the recipe I use mostly now for pizza crust, it's just a *touch* sweet:

Below is the recipe I've been using lately and we all love it!  A friend, Amy K., gave it to me – makes 2 thick pizza crusts, 3 medium crusts, or 4 thin crusts. Sometimes I'll make different kinds like one meat-lovers, one with just cheese for the kids, and another maybe without sauce, and then I'll brush on garlic butter, various veggies, and 3 kinds of cheeses, yum!

  • 2 teaspoons yeast
  • 1 3/4 cups warm water
  • 1/4 cup soft butter
  • 1/8 cup molasses
  • 1/4 cup raw honey
  • 6 1/4 cups flour (I used 2 cups whole wheat Einkorn flour and organic unbleached bread flour for the rest.)  You may need to add a little more flour, feel the dough after it kneads a bit to know and to see if it's pulling from the sides — it should not be sticky, but a little wet still is okay, you can flour or butter your hands before working with it.
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt (goes in last after the flour)

Follow the instructions above for what to do now.

Note:  this makes about 16-18 calzones (a little bigger than fist size, which rise to even bigger), so I double it so that we have enough leftover to freeze for quick snacks.  (In theory anyway, we rarely DO have any leftover…)  This picture isn't real pretty, but it shows you how I make them, not real fancy!  One of these days I'll remember to snap a shot when they're done before they're all eaten!

Want to try these unique pizzas?

For one we just made this simple sloppy Joe pizza (a good way to do something different with your sloppy Joe leftovers), but for the other one, we were trying to recreate a pizza we had with our son in Detroit from a place called Ottava Via that is now everyone's family favorite.  I was fresh out of foie gras and rosemary apple butter, but winged it with the rest.  We used bacon, onions caramelized with balsamic vinegar, a little bit of homemade apple sauce, cooked potatoes, arugula and spinach, parmesan, and pastured eggs on top — weird ingredients, right?  It's like breakfast and a crazy mix of yumminess all together in your mouth.  As expected, it wasn't as good as we had hoped (I think I need a pizza oven!), but it was darn close.  Check out the actual picture of when we had it in Detroit.

More you might like:

  • Check out my recipe for No Cook Pizza Sauce
  • More meals kids love
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  • Easy chicken recipe -better than chicken nuggets
  • Why everyone should take cod liver oil, or the capsules, and where to get it.

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Comments

  1. Amy says

    January 17, 2014 at 9:59 AM

    Hi Kelly…is there any way to make this with my sourdough starter instead of buying yeast? I mean…I’ll probably make a mess of it lol…but I’d love to try one. Is there a reason store bought yeast isn’t good for us?
    xo

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    • KitchenKop says

      January 18, 2014 at 4:26 PM

      Hi Amy,

      It’s my understanding that no-yeast breads are better because they require a longer rise time which helps to break down the anti-nutrients in the grain. So this is why sourdough breads are better for us than yeast breads.

      Hope that helps!
      Kelly

      Reply
  2. Jen says

    August 22, 2013 at 9:21 PM

    I do something very similar on the grill just make the crust brush it with olive oil. Lightly brush the grill with olive oil. Cook one side til it’s crispy, flip it put the the sauce and cheese on and grill the other side until it’s crispy.

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  3. Amy says

    March 28, 2010 at 1:10 PM

    I used the second recipe and loved it! I have small pizza pans, so I made 2 pizzas, and the rest of the dough went into cinnamon rolls for the next morning. Kelly, you’re making my life so much easier!

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  4. Kari says

    January 29, 2010 at 8:55 AM

    Well, I’ll still use the recipe again, anyways. It sure DID make it filling! 🙂 ha! One of my children doesn’t eat cheese, so she loves it when I make homemade and can personalize them! Each of the kids get their own, usually, just for fun! 🙂 And, thanks for your site. It has been SOO helpful! I’m transitioning back to our old way of eating (and beyond!), but am on a very limited budget right now, so I can use all the help I can get. I am just loving your site! 🙂 And, it’s good not to feel along on this food journey! 🙂 God bless.

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  5. KitchenKop says

    January 28, 2010 at 11:43 PM

    I wonder if my huge pizza pans are just that much bigger than your stone…? Good idea to just use the rest of the dough for personal pizzas, or you could also make calzones, partially bake, then freeze. Later just pop into the toaster oven on busy days. 🙂

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  6. Kari says

    January 28, 2010 at 5:54 PM

    ha, ha! Yes, I did, but it still was the thickest crust! 🙂 (I used the other 1/2 to make my kids individual pizzas-and they were the same) Again, it was great, just alot of bread! 🙂 I used my baking stone, so it was that size.

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  7. KitchenKop says

    January 28, 2010 at 3:42 PM

    Kari, this recipe makes TWO crusts, you saw that part, right?! 🙂

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  8. Kari says

    January 28, 2010 at 1:43 PM

    I made this pizza dough (second recipe on page) last weekend and the family loved it! However, it was A LOT of dough! I mean, it was VERY thick crust. Is it this way for you? It was great, and it filled us well, and they liked it better than my old crust that they’ve been complaining about! 🙂 But, I just wondered if I did it right! 🙂 My husband didn’t complain, but he likes a thinner crust usually. Thanks for any help.

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  9. Anita says

    January 28, 2010 at 6:49 AM

    YUM! YUM! This looks SO good, & I know everyone in our house would eat it, no complaints! especially the teenagers. It doesn’t look like your typical “health food”:)
    I love it that some things like this are so simple & good for you, too!

    Reply
  10. Kelly says

    February 25, 2008 at 5:20 AM

    Nicole,
    I’ve got an easy one, I’ll post it this week W or F.

    Reply
  11. Nicole says

    February 25, 2008 at 5:12 AM

    Speaking of hot rolls does anyone have a bread machine cinnamon roll recipe?

    Reply
  12. Lynn says

    February 23, 2008 at 6:57 PM

    WOW – this pizza dough recipe is just what my niece (28 yrs.& staying with us for the Winter) has been looking for. Yay, another meal I don’t have to cook but want to eat.

    I happen to have the same exact breadmaker Kelly does. I bought it because the reviews on Amazon mentioned it had a timer setting for the dough cycle. This is a great thing for letting the whole sponge ferment overnight and waking up to dough to make hot rolls for breakfast.

    Reply
  13. Kelly says

    February 22, 2008 at 4:43 PM

    Mmmmmm, good idea!

    Reply
  14. Nicole says

    February 22, 2008 at 2:12 PM

    For extra flavor in your pizza dough add in a tsp of garlic powder, a 1-2 tsp of basil. 🙂

    Reply

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