Sheet Pan Pizza
Make Pizza Dough 1 min Let rise 45+ mins Prep 10 mins Bake 15 mins Eat 1:11+ mins
I love to teach people how easy it is to make my One Minute Pizza Dough, for real! This Sheet Pan Pizza is an easy and quick way to make pizza using leftovers or whatever is in your fridge. It’s like a Foccacia with your favorite toppings. Make the dough in a food processor in one minute and let the dough rise for 45 minutes or more. You can make it in the morning and let it rise all day or mix it up 45 minutes before you are going to top your pizza.
After 20-30 minutes or more, the dough balls have risen.
We made lots of pizza in my cooking classes over the years. Here’s a link with step-by-step photos showing you how easy it is to make the One Minute Pizza Dough. For the Sheet Pan Pizza, you will need one recipe of the One Minute Pizza Dough. You can make the dough ahead and let it rise in a bowl for 20+ minutes or all day, then just stretch the pizza dough into the sheet pan. Coat a sheet pan with plenty of olive oil and spread the pizza dough out over the pan, getting it as close to the edges as possible. It may not reach the edge, but will as it rises. Cover it with plastic wrap and let it rise in a warm place. (It may take longer to rise if it is in a cold room.) After another 25 minutes or so, it should look bubbly.
Here’s a tip. Put a glass of water in the microwave and cook on high for one minute. Put the glass of water in a corner and place your bowl in the oven, close the door and let it rise in this damp and warm “proofing” space. If your microwave is large enough, repeat the process after spreading the pizza dough onto the sheet pan. While the dough is rising, preheat your oven to 450°.
Building the Sheet Pan Pizza with fresh dough, sauce and herbs.
After the dough has risen, begin placing your toppings on the pizza. I used my favorite spaghetti/pizza sauce and some fresh oregano from my garden. Get the recipe here for my spaghetti/pizza sauce, which is always in my freezer.
Add raw or cooked meat and other toppings.
Place small amounts of raw meat or larger pieces of cooked meat on the pizza. I used Italian sausage and Kalamata olives.
Top with vegetables from your garden or fridge.
Top with leftovers and vegetables. I added sliced Brussels sprouts, but some caramelized onions or roasted red peppers would ramp up the flavor. Use your favorite toppings or whatever you have on hand.
Mozzarella cheese tops my Sheet Pan Pizza.
Top with mozzarella cheese to glue it all together.
The Sheet Pan Pizza is ready to slice up and serve.
Bake at 450° for 12-15 minutes or until the cheese has begun to brown. To achieve a brown crust, place the sheet pan on the lowest oven rack close to the heating element.
Dinner is served.
The Sheet Pan Pizza is ready to be devoured with a salad and a glass of wine. Make it tonight and have some fresh made pizza your way. You’ll never order take out again!
Sheet Pan Pizza
You can make this dough in one minute in the food processor – really! Use Rapid Rise yeast to shorten the rising, making this a totally doable pizza to make after a busy day. To get a crispy crust, preheat your oven to 450° well in advance. You can make the pizza dough the morning before you will be using it to develop the flavor. The dough will rise quicker in a damp warm space. Here’s a tip. If your microwave is large enough, you can put a glass of water in the microwave and cook on high for one minute. Move the glass of water to the corner and place your bowl or sheet pan in the oven, close the door and let it rise in this damp and warm “proofing” space. Use leftovers from your fridge to top the pizza or any of your favorite pizza toppings.
One-Minute Pizza Dough
3 cups + all-purpose flour
1 Tablespoon yeast or 1 package (use Rapid Rise)
2 teaspoons sugar
1 Tablespoon olive oil
1 teaspoon salt
1 warm water
Toppings
1 cup spaghetti/pizza sauce
1/4 cup caramelized/raw onion, minced garlic
pinch herbs – oregano, basil, fennel seed, crushed red pepper
2 Italian sausages, casings removed
10 kalamata olives pitted and sliced
1 roasted bell peppers,sliced artichoke hearts or Brussels sprouts, zucchini
2 cups + mozzarella cheese
1. Preheat oven to 450°.
2. Measure flour into bowl of food processor. Place the yeast and sugar together atop the flour and place the salt and olive oil on the other side of the bowl. Add 1/2 cup warm water to yeast to begin to activate it. Bubbles will begin to form in the yeast mixture. With motor running, add enough warm water to bring all ingredients together into a moist, but not wet ball. If mixture is too dry, add more water. If mixture is not coming together, then add more flour, a little at a time. Dump the dough into an oiled bowl, coat the dough ball with oil and cover with plastic wrap. Place in a warm, damp spot and let it rise.. See notes above about using the microwave oven.
3. You can make the dough ahead and let it rise in a bowl for 20+ minutes or all day, then just stretch the pizza dough into the sheet pan. Coat a sheet pan with plenty of olive oil and spread the pizza dough out over the pan, getting it as close to the edges as possible. It may not reach the edge, but will as it rises. Cover it with plastic wrap and let it rise in a warm place. (It may take longer to rise if it is in a cold room.) After another 25 minutes, it should look bubbly.
4. Top your pizza with your favorite ingredients. I like to start with my spaghetti/pizza sauce or fresh tomato slices. Then add herbs, fennel seed, crushed red pepper. Next goes small amounts of raw meat or larger cooked meats, olives. Next goes minced garlic, raw or caramelized onions. Next goes vegetables – thin sliced Brussels sprouts or artichoke hearts, bell peppers, zucchini. Last I top the pizza with grated mozzarella cheese to glue it all together.
5. To achieve a brown crust, place the Sheet Pan Pizza on the lowest oven rack close to the heating element of preheated oven. Bake 12-15 minutes or until the cheese begins to brown. Remove from the oven, cut into squares and serve.
Servings: 6 – 540 calories per serving
Sheet Pan Pizza
Ingredients
One-Minute Pizza Dough
- 3 cups + all-purpose flour
- 1 Tablespoon yeast or 1 package use Rapid Rise
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 warm water
Toppings
- 1 cup spaghetti/pizza sauce
- 1/4 cup caramelized/raw onion minced garlic
- pinch herbs - oregano basil, fennel seed, crushed red pepper
- 2 Italian sausages casings removed
- 10 kalamata olives pitted and sliced
- 1 roasted bell peppers sliced artichoke hearts or Brussels sprouts, zucchini
- 2 cups + mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450°.
- Measure flour into bowl of food processor. Place the yeast and sugar together atop the flour and place the salt and olive oil on the other side of the bowl. Add 1/2 cup warm water to yeast to begin to activate it. Bubbles will begin to form in the yeast mixture. With motor running, add enough warm water to bring all ingredients together into a moist, but not wet ball. If mixture is too dry, add more water. If mixture is not coming together, then add more flour, a little at a time. Dump the dough into an oiled bowl, coat the dough ball with oil and cover with plastic wrap. Place in a warm, damp spot and let it rise.. See notes above about using the microwave oven.
- You can make the dough ahead and let it rise in a bowl for 20+ minutes or all day, then just stretch the pizza dough into the sheet pan. Coat a sheet pan with plenty of olive oil and spread the pizza dough out over the pan, getting it as close to the edges as possible. It may not reach the edge, but will as it rises. Cover it with plastic wrap and let it rise in a warm place. (It may take longer to rise if it is in a cold room.) After another 25 minutes, it should look bubbly.
- Top your pizza with your favorite ingredients. I like to start with my spaghetti/pizza sauce or fresh tomato slices. Then add herbs, fennel seed, crushed red pepper. Next goes small amounts of raw meat or larger cooked meats, olives. Next goes minced garlic, raw or caramelized onions. Next goes vegetables - thin sliced Brussels sprouts or artichoke hearts, bell peppers, zucchini. Last I top the pizza with grated mozzarella cheese to glue it all together.
- To achieve a brown crust, place the Sheet Pan Pizza on the lowest oven rack close to the heating element of a preheated oven. Bake 12-15 minutes or until the cheese begins to brown. Remove from the oven, cut into squares and serve.
- ENJOY THIS RECIPE FROM FreshFoodinaFlash.com
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