For the long weekend, we organized a pizza night with our nephew, Dylan and niece, Keira. Kids love pizza and they love helping in the kitchen, so we decided to combine the two together! We had a blast and we are excited to share how to make pizza from scratch with you.
How to Make Pizza from Scratch?
Dylan and Keira are the perfect sous-chefs. Keira and Archana even made pizza together last year this same weekend. When making pizza, remember that the dough needs several hours to rise. Archana prepared the dough the night before and let it rise overnight. Dylan and Keira both grated the cheese. Keira also helped roll the dough and assemble the pizzas.
Our marina pizza was delicious! The adults sprinkled some crushed red pepper, of course!
After dinner, we made a dessert pizza. We rolled more pizza dough and added some cinnamon to our dessert dough. We spread a thick layer of nutella and sprinkled sliced strawberries, blueberries and white chocolate chips. We actually liked this dessert pizza better than the s’more dessert pizza we made last year.
Marinara Pizza
Adapted from Recipe by Taste of Home Blog and Epicurious
Yield: 2 pizza pies
Ingredients
Crust
- 1 package (1/4 ounce) active dry yeast
- 1 cup warm water (110° to 115°)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
Toppings
- 1 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 onion, finely diced
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 teaspoon chopped fresh oregano or 1/2 teaspoon dried
- 2 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
- 1 teaspoon salt or to taste
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 28-ounce can of crushed tomatoes whole plum tomatoes, chopped with their liquid
Directions
- In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in water
- Add the oil, salt, sugar and 3 cups flour and beat on medium speed for 3 minutes
- Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes
- Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top
- Cover and let rest in a warm place for 3-4 hours or overnight.
- Divide dough in half and on a floured surface, roll each portion into a 13-in. circle
- Transfer to greased 12-in. pizza pans; build up edges slightly
- Prick dough thoroughly with a fork.
- Bake at 400° for 15 minutes or until lightly browned
- While the pizza is baking, make fresh tomato sauce
- Heating the olive oil in a large pot over medium heat and then add the onions, bay leaf, oregano, garlic, and salt and cook, stirring often, until the onions are soft and translucent, about 10 minutes
- Add the tomato paste and continue cooking for 5 minutes
- Add the tomatoes and stir constantly until the sauce begins to boil
- Lower the heat and simmer for 1 hour, stirring every 5 minutes or so to prevent the sauce on the bottom of the pot from burning
- Taste and season with additional salt and remove the bay leaf before pouring the sauce over hot crusts to within 2-in. of edges; add cheese and other toppings
- Bake for 15-20 minutes longer or until cheese is melted
Nutella Pizza
Yield: 2 pies
Ingredients
Crust
- 1 package (1/4 ounce) active dry yeast
- 1 cup warm water (110° to 115°)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
Toppings
- Nutella, strawberries, blueberries, white chocolate chips to taste (other topping suggestions are banana, nuts, peanut butter chips, chocolate chips)
Directions
- Follow crust instructions 1-9 above, adding cinnamon to the dough at the same time you add salt and sugar
- Add nutella and other toppings and bake for additional 3 minutes
First I like both the pizza and the dessert. Second I like how you engage the children and make it a fun time together. What a great family bonding time!
Oh wow, what a fun and great experience you had with the kids. Looks like they really enjoyed it. I would love to try making this with my kids.
Oh wow what a brilliant idea to have a pizza making night. The children looked like they really enjoyed it and the dessert pizza looks amazing!
I am hiding that nutella pizza from my husband, or it will be breakfast lunch and dinner! It looks like the kids had a blast.
oh my! I'm pretty sure my kids would be in heaven if we had a [pizza party like this! The only thing they would need to do is decide which they like better =). Love the recipes! Thank you <3 xo Evelyn, PathofPresence.com
What a fun activity to do with the kids! I have such great memories making pizza with my dad and sister as a young girl.
I love making homemade pizza. It's so much fun as a family activity and then super delicious afterwards.
I love the idea of helping kids be grown-ups. Also, that sweet pizza looks delicious!