Easy Deep Dish Pepperoni Pizza
Ingredients
- 1 recipe Easy Deep Dish Pizza Dough
- ½-¾ cup Super Easy Pizza Sauce
- 6 ounces mozzarella cheese whole milk if possible
- 2-3 ounces pepperoni thinly sliced
- fresh basil leaves optional
- Italian seasoning for garnish
Instructions
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Prepare Easy Deep Dish Pizza Dough as instructed in the recipe through step 5.
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For the toppings, cover the dough with the Super Easy Pizza Sauce to within a half inch of the edges. Cover the sauce with the cheese, again keeping a ½ inch border (so the cheese doesn't burn because of the heat from the edge of the pan). Top cheese with pepperoni. Space the pepperoni fairly close together as they will shrink in the oven. Sprinkle with fresh basil leaves, if desired. If basil leaves are large, cut them into smaller pieces.
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Preheat oven to 450˚F with a rack on the lowest level. (if using a cake pan preheat to 425˚F with a rack in the center of the oven).
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When ready to bake, cover with foil (see Café Tips in
) and bake for 15 minutes on the lowest rack of the oven (middle rack if using the cake pan). Remove foil and bake another 5-8 minutes or until cheese is melty and edges are light golden brown. Run a knife around the edge of the crust and transfer pizza to a cutting board with a spatula. Sprinkle with Italian seasoning and more fresh basil, if desired. Slice and enjoy!
Recipe Notes
See Café Tips above for further instructions and detailed tips.
The estimated time for this recipe assumes that the sauce has already been made.
The nutritional information does not include the crust or sauce. See those individual posts for their nutritional info.