The Easiest and Most Delicious Sheet Pan Pizza Recipe - A step by step guide to the perfect homemade pizza recipe made from scratch. Topped with mozzarella and parmesan cheeses, pepperoni, sausage, and jalapeños.
Ingredients You Need To Make Homemade Sheet Pan Pizza:
All-Purpose Flour - We use unbleached white all-purpose flour in this recipe.
Active Dry Yeast - You'll need active dry yeast for the pizza dough.
Sugar - Regular white cane sugar helps to activate the yeast in our pizza dough.
Olive Oil - We use the oil for the pizza dough and the pizza sauce.
Butter - Salted or unsalted butter both work great.
Onion - Yellow, white or red onions all work great.
Red Bell Pepper - You can use orange, yellow or red bell pepper. We use the bell pepper for the pizza sauce.
Balsamic Vinegar - This will help to tenderize the onions and peppers and give the pizza sauce a nice flavor.
Garlic - Fresh garlic is best. A half teaspoon garlic powder can be used in substitution.
Tomato - One Roma or Campari or similar tomato for the pizza sauce.
Tomato Sauce - One cup of tomato sauce is needed for the pizza sauce.
Seasonings - Salt, Black Pepper, Dried Basil, Dried Oregano, Dried Parsley.
Parmesan Cheese - A good quality parmesan is best! You'll need a total of ¾ cups grated parmesan for both the pizza sauce and topping.
Mozzarella Cheese - Use your favorite mozzarella cheese. You'll need about two cups of shredded mozzarella.
Ground Sausage - A half pound of your favorite ground sausage. We like Jimmy Dean.
Pepperoni - We use large pepperoni from our store deli, cut into fours. Regular sized pepperoni may also be used.
Jalapeño - One large jalapeño adds a delicious spicy flavor.
Cornmeal - This will give the pizza a nice crisp bottom and help to spread the dough on pan without sticking.
Tools To Have On Hand For This Recipe:
Kitchen Mixer - To make your pizza dough.
Baking Sheet - 13x18 baking sheet to cook your pizza on.
Cutting Board and Chef Knife - For chopping and preparing ingredients.
Saucepan - To cook pizza sauce in.
How To Make Sheet Pan Pizza:
First prepare the pizza dough: Fit mixer with dough hook. Pour warm water into the bowl of your stand mixer. Add yeast and sugar and let sit for 10 minutes until foamy.
Add oil, salt and flour to the mixer bowl. Knead over medium speed until a ball of dough forms around your hook.
Next, place the ball of dough in a large lightly greased bowl. Cover and let rise for about one and a half hours or until dough has doubled in size.
While the dough rises, make pizza sauce: In a saucepan over medium heat, add butter, oil, balsamic vinegar, onions and red bell pepper. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until veggies are tender. Add garlic and tomato and cook another minute or so until tender. Stir in tomato sauce, parmesan cheese and seasonings. Simmer on low for a few minutes then remove from heat.
Cook ground sausage on a skillet until browned and cooked through completely.
Make the pizza: Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Line a 13x18 baking sheet with parchment paper and sprinkle on 1-2 tablespoons corn meal. Transfer pizza dough on top of the cornmeal. Gently stretch out the dough to fit your baking sheet.
Evenly spread pizza sauce onto the dough followed by mozzarella and parmesan cheeses. Evenly distribute cooked sausage, pepperoni, and jalapeños.
Finally, bake pizza in your 400 degree oven for 15-17 minutes until bottom is golden brown and top is bubbly.
Allow pizza to cool slightly, slice and serve. Enjoy!
Sides To Serve With Pizza:
Ranch Dressing - Cool and creamy ranch dressing recipe perfect on salads, sandwiches or as a dipping sauce for pizza.
Buffalo Chicken Nuggets - Baked buffalo chicken nuggets or "buffalo popcorn chicken" are the perfect, most delicious appetizer recipe! Serve with ranch or blue cheese dressing for dipping.
Simple Caesar Salad - My quick and easy caesar salad is made with homemade dressing, crunchy romaine, croutons and freshly shaved parmesan cheese.
Fried Zucchini - "Zucchini Fries" are the perfect appetizer or side dish dipped in your favorite marinara sauce or ranch dressing.
Baked Potato Wedges - Seasoned potato wedges baked to golden perfection are the perfect appetizer or side dish. Serve with your favorite dipping sauces!
More Pizza Recipes:
BBQ Chicken Pizza - This pizza is made with delicious shredded BBQ chicken, barbecue sauce, melt in your mouth caramelized onions, and topped off with mozzarella cheese and a sprinkle of fresh cilantro.
Tomato Basil Pizza - Homemade pizza recipe made with fresh mozzarella and parmesan cheeses, fresh basil, garlic, and tomatoes.
White Pizza with Bacon, Spinach and Mushroom - Made with bacon, spinach, mushroom, ricotta cheese and creamy homemade white pizza sauce. This pizza is one of my absolute favorites!
Sheet Pan Hawaiian Pizza - Sheet Pan Hawaiian Pizza made with fresh pineapple, ham and mozzarella cheese over a warm and robust tomato sauce. This pizza is absolutely delicious and super easy to make!
Frequently Asked Questions:
Yes, you can use store-bought! I highly recommend making your own from scratch for a more delicious end result.
Store leftover pizza in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 2-3 days.
Yes, slice and freeze completely cooled pizza in an airtight freezer safe container.
Reheat individual pizza slices in your microwave in 30 second increments. Use your oven or toaster oven for a crunchier end result.
Absolutely. Use your favorite toppings! I also love pineapple and ham on my pizza. And my husband loves bacon.
Sheet Pan Pizza Recipe
Ingredients
- 1-2 tablespoon Cornmeal to bake pizza on
Pizza Dough:
- 4 cups All-Purpose Flour
- 1 teaspoon Sugar
- 1-¼ teaspoon Active Dry Yeast
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 1-½ cups Warm Water 110 degrees
- 1 tablespoon Olive Oil
Pizza Sauce:
- 2 tablespoon Butter
- 1 tablespoon Oil
- ¼ cup Yellow Onion finely chopped
- ¼ cup Red Bell Pepper finely chopped
- 1 Roma Tomato diced
- 1 tbsp Balsamic Vinegar
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- ½ teaspoon Dried Parsley
- ½ teaspoon Dried Basil
- ¼ teaspoon Dried Oregano
- ⅛ teaspoon Black Pepper
- 8 oz Can Tomato Sauce
- ¼ cup Parmesan Cheese
Toppings:
- 2 cups Mozzarella Cheese grated
- ½ cup Parmesan Cheese grated
- ½ lb Ground Sausage
- 6 Large Pepperoni cut into fours
- 1 Jalapeno sliced
Instructions
- First prepare the pizza dough: Fit mixer with dough hook. Pour warm water into the bowl of your stand mixer. Add yeast and sugar and let sit for 10 minutes until foamy.
- Add oil, salt and flour to the mixer bowl. Knead over medium speed until a ball of dough forms around your hook.
- Next, place the ball of dough in a large lightly greased bowl. Cover and let rise for about one and a half hours or until dough has doubled in size.
- While the dough rises, make pizza sauce: In a saucepan over medium heat, add butter, oil, balsamic vinegar, onions and red bell pepper. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until veggies are tender. Add garlic and tomato and cook another minute or so until tender. Stir in tomato sauce, parmesan cheese and seasonings. Simmer on low for a few minutes then remove from heat.
- Cook ground sausage on a skillet until browned and cooked through completely.
- Make the pizza: Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Line a 13x18 baking sheet with parchment paper and sprinkle on 1-2 tablespoons corn meal. Transfer pizza dough on top of the cornmeal. Gently stretch out the dough to fit your baking sheet.
- Evenly spread pizza sauce onto the dough followed by mozzarella and parmesan cheeses. Evenly distribute cooked sausage, pepperoni, and jalapeños.
- Finally, bake pizza in your 400 degree oven for 15-17 minutes until bottom is golden brown and top is bubbly.
- Allow pizza to cool slightly, slice and serve. Enjoy!
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Best pizza I’ve ever had 👍