Homebaked Pizza is the Best!

Last week I baked a pizza for the family. All praise be to Allah SWT, after this successful attempt (according to husband's high approval rating), we will not be spending $15 on pizzas from Papa John's anymore.

The cost of baking our own pizza is less than $10. The mozzarella cheese was made with microbial rennet and costed $4. The combined cost of flour, water, salt and yeast to make the pizza dough is less than $2. For toppings I used 1/4 cup of pasta sauce, a (sliced) tomato, four (sliced) button mushrooms and a (coarsely chopped) red bell pepper and they costed about $2.

I baked the bread on a 16 inch round pan with holes. This seemed to make the pizza crust crisper and baked more evenly. The yummy gooey melted cheese embedded the delicious flavors of the toppings.. mmmmm......

I have to thank my mother for the motivation to bake my own pizza at home. When I was in seconday school, my mother would bake all types of cakes and bread. Her constant attempts to bake good pizzas really left a deep impression on me. My three other siblings and I always fought for the last scrap of pizza and I was really proud that my mother baked such wonderful goodies for us.

Now I am waiting for my daughter to get older so she'll be the baker for the family...