Homemade Stuffed Crust Pizza
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Like many families, stuffed crust pizza is a favorite that graces our table on a regular basis. However, if you ask my boys where they get their favorite pizza, they’ll tell you it’s the homemade ones that I make. Today I’m sharing one of their favorites ~ stuffed crust pizza with pepperoni (and sometimes a bit of ground beef) on top.
Homemade Stuffed Crust Pizza
Making your pizza at home can be very easy and quick to do. Some grocery stores sell premade pizza dough in the refrigerated section that just needs a little time to warm up before stretching. I’ll share (later) how we make our own pizza dough. All of my dough recipes are from The Best Pizza is Made at Home with the occasional modification.
The boys hands down favorite for the stuffed crust pizza is Garlic Herb Crust. Sauce is often homemade, although we do occasionally purchase pizza sauce in bulk from Sam’s Club. (I’m partial to Ragu’s!)
I use a variety of pans to bake my pizza. I have a pizza stone which yields a nice crispy crust when used. However, I usually make several at a time using jelly roll pans for a thick crust set up and a regular circular one for the stuffed crust.
With the exception of using the pizza stone or the circular sheet, I line each pan with some parchment paper to make it easy to remove to a cooling rack. (Costco has THE best price around for parchment paper and it lasts a long time!)
Here you can see the stuffing for the crust.
Sometimes we do just cheese, but the boys really LOVE when I add pepperoni to the crust as well.
When you stretch your dough, you need to pull it past the rim of your pizza pan. Lay down the cheese or other substance for the filled crust. Then, pull the extra dough over the top, pinching to seal.
How easy is that?!?
Homemade Stuffed Crust Pizza
Instructions on how to make a stuffed crust pizza at home.
Ingredients
- pizza dough
- pizza sauce
- mozzarella cheese
- Parmesan cheese
- Pepperoni slices
- Additional toppings as desired
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.
- Prepare your pizza pan (spray, cornmeal, or parchment paper.)
- Stretch the pizza dough so that an inch of dough is hanging over the edge.
- Near the pan edge, lay down pepperoni slices (if desired) and cover with mozzarella cheese.
- Take the 'hanging' dough and fold it over the cheese, pinching the dough slightly with the flat dough to create a seal.
- Spread pizza sauce on the exposed center.
- Top with mozzarella and Parmesan cheese.
- Add other toppings that are desired.
- Bake for 12 to 15 minutes.
- Remove to a cooling rack for a few minutes before transferring to a cutting board for slicing.
Notes
While you can use shredded cheese, we have found that mozzarella sticks torn into a few long pieces work the best.
What kind of pizza do you enjoy in YOUR house?
More Pizza Recipes to Try
Once you get started making pizza at home, you may want to try different ways of doing it. The garlic herb crust above is a favorite, but we use others, too.
Here are a few more pizza recipes we’ve shared.
How to Make Pizza on a Grill (includes my basic sauce recipe)
Quick & Easy English Muffin Pizzas
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Anyone who knows me, knows I could live on pizza. This looks so incredible!!!
Ah I’m a pizza loving fool. This sound quick and easy for a weekend of family fun and cooking together.
I’ve always wondered about doing stuffed crust on our homemade pizzas. My hubby makes them every other week, and our boys prefer it to the delivery kind.
That looks super tasty…now I want pizza!
We love homemade pizza. My brother-in-law makes this awesome one on Saturdays for his family that my kids before for! I have never made stuffed crust before!
o my that looks delicious!
My hubby always makes pizza but never with a stuffed crust…I will ask him to do that this weekend 🙂
Sounds like a good plan, Jadey. He might just find it to be a favorite, too.
Hawaiian is my favorite! Looks so yummy!
That looks yummy! I love Hawaiian pizza but a favorite around here is definitely deep dish pepperoni & 3 cheese pizza! Delish!
I love the stuffed crust! And we love homemade pizza the best! Looks delicious!
Thanks, Amber. My wallet thanks me every time we make pizza at home.
As someone who worked at Pizza Hut, I can’t understand why more people don’t try this at home, it is so easy, and the kiddos love it!
Jenna,
I completely agree. It IS super easy to do and my boys actually like to take turns making the stuffed crust portion.
Awesome idea, I’m going to try this on the weekend for movie night!
Let me know how it turns out, Tammi. This is ‘on deck’ for our dinner tonight.
this looks so yummy!! we are eating pizza right now
I don’t make much home made but this looks simple and yummy, thank you.
I have never tried to make my own stuffed crust pizza. That looks really good!
I love stuffed crust! I’ve only ever had it at Pizza Hut. I’ll have to try it myself at home with your recipe.
My boys love the stuffed crust (either just cheese or with pepperoni.) It really is easy to make it yourself (and then heat up some marinara sauce if you like to dip the crust.) I’ll be sharing more pizza recipes (crust and sauce) in the future as the ingredients really make the pizza.
That looks so yummy! My fav pizza is Hawaiian!
That’s one of my favorites, too, Jenn. Do you add green peppers to it or keep it simple with the ham/canadian bacon and pineapple?