Homemade pizza... HEEEELLLPPP!!!

So Dh and I had the wonderful idea of having a pizza party tonight. I am going to pick up dough and sauce from our favorite pizza place and we got various topping so everyone can make their own personal pizzas...

I have a problem though and hoping you all can help me. I've never made pizza before!

I have a pizza stone, do I HAVE to use that? Because if so I can only bake 1 at a time.

Can I use a cookie sheet? Should I flour it first?

What temp and how long should I let it cook?

HELP PLEASEEEE!!!

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DO NOT USE A PIZZA STONE! if you're home, go on facebook and look at my 'moblie uploads' from sunday. pizza stone = devil.

cookie sheet/baking sheet whatever greased with a little olive oil works like a charm.

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My dad always uses a baking sheet and it comes out great!!

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Posted by Clover23

DO NOT USE A PIZZA STONE! if you're home, go on facebook and look at my 'moblie uploads' from sunday. pizza stone = devil.

cookie sheet/baking sheet whatever greased with a little olive oil works like a charm.

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OMG! Really!! I was sorta excited to break it out.. .LOL I'll take your word for it though and check your FB when I get a chance.

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I don't know the answers to all of your questions, but I do know that you don't have to use a pizza stone. I know that's random, but that's all I know!

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Posted by soontobecruz

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Posted by Clover23

DO NOT USE A PIZZA STONE! if you're home, go on facebook and look at my 'moblie uploads' from sunday. pizza stone = devil.

cookie sheet/baking sheet whatever greased with a little olive oil works like a charm.

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OMG! Really!! I was sorta excited to break it out.. .LOL I'll take your word for it though and check your FB when I get a chance.

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i'm so serious - i was excited for it too, and it destroyed our pizza and we couldn't eat it. actually, eating it would have been impossible.
sticking to old tried and true methods!

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we have a pizza stone and love it.

it's a bit annoying because when you first buy it, you have to put cooking grease on it to season it ... oh and also, it should never be wet when placed in the oven. Lastly, it should be in the oven as you're preheating so that the temperature of the stone is gradually raised, not all at once.

We are losers though and use pre-made / frozen pizzas. it usually says 400 degrees for about 20 minutes. I'd find a recipe and see waht that says.

oh, before we had a pizza stone, we put it on aluminum foil straight in the oven (no cookie sheet or whatnot)

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I bought a pizza stone from pampered chef and looooove it. I usually use the pillsbury pizza crusts when making homemade pizza.

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I usually turn to epicurious.com when I've got questions along these lines!

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I use my pampered chef pizza stone.. once it's seasoned I find it works fine..

I also put a bit of corn meal down on the stone befoe I put the dough on too.. it helps it not stick too..

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We've always used a pizza stone. DH and I make pizza often.
I've never used a baking sheet for it.

bake time varies by your oven.. at my mothers it could take upto 45 minutes to get golden brown, in my oven it takes like 12 (yea, i have a super oven)
so just keep an eye on it.

the hardest thing to do is kneed the dough.. i personally HATE doing it. I make garlic knots all the time and I've gotten to the point where i dont even kneed it anymore because it just annoys me... but with pizza, you kinda have to... i had a pic of what happened if you dont, but i can't find it. basically the 'air' will grow, making bumps and if you dont pop it or take it off the heat, it can pop... and go all over your recently cleaned stove.

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Posted by Im_My_Own_Princess

We've always used a pizza stone. DH and I make pizza often.
I've never used a baking sheet for it.

bake time varies by your oven.. at my mothers it could take upto 45 minutes to get golden brown, in my oven it takes like 12 (yea, i have a super oven)
so just keep an eye on it.

the hardest thing to do is kneed the dough.. i personally HATE doing it. I make garlic knots all the time and I've gotten to the point where i dont even kneed it anymore because it just annoys me... but with pizza, you kinda have to... i had a pic of what happened if you dont, but i can't find it. basically the 'air' will grow, making bumps and if you dont pop it or take it off the heat, it can pop... and go all over your recently cleaned stove.

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I have to kneed the dough even though I'm buying fresh from the pizzeria?

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I love my pizza stone..I have the pampered chef one.

I usually cook the pizza at 375. Takes about a half hour- 45 minutes depending on the crispiness you want it

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Posted by soontobecruz

I have to kneed the dough even though I'm buying fresh from the pizzeria?

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yup, unless they roll it out for you... usually they hand it to you just as a lump of dough.. so you have to kneed it.

if it looks like this when you buy it then you have to kneed it (you can actually see the bubbles in this pic)


but if it looks like this when you pick it up, then they already did it and rolled it out for you. (no pizza place I've ever been to has done it for me)


^that one still has some bubbles in it. just push them down with your finger, they'll pop.. or poke them with a toothpick.

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Posted by Im_My_Own_Princess

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Posted by soontobecruz

I have to kneed the dough even though I'm buying fresh from the pizzeria?

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yup, unless they roll it out for you... usually they hand it to you just as a lump of dough.. so you have to kneed it.

if it looks like this when you buy it then you have to kneed it (you can actually see the bubbles in this pic)


but if it looks like this when you pick it up, then they already did it and rolled it out for you. (no pizza place I've ever been to has done it for me)


^that one still has some bubbles in it. just push them down with your finger, they'll pop.. or poke them with a toothpick.

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Fml maybe this wasn't such a great idea...lol. Thanks for the tips everyone

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Elizabethhhhhhh. Post that disater pic. Looks like pizza the hut.lol

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yeah thats why i stick to english muffin pizza

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Posted by Rosalind_75

Elizabethhhhhhh. Post that disater pic. Looks like pizza the hut.lol

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Posted by soontobecruz

Fml maybe this wasn't such a great idea...lol. Thanks for the tips everyone

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usually if we have a 'build your own pizza' night we split the dough up among everyone and have them all roll it out on their own and put the amount of sauce/toppings they want then cook them. its less work for you. and we usually share. so if my moh makes hers with peperoni, and i make mine with balsamic vinegar and dh makes his with just cheese then we cook one, share it, cook the next, share it, cook the third, share it, etc. i think in one night we made like 5 in less than an hour.. but only ate like 3 of them.

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Posted by Im_My_Own_Princess

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Posted by soontobecruz

Fml maybe this wasn't such a great idea...lol. Thanks for the tips everyone

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usually if we have a 'build your own pizza' night we split the dough up among everyone and have them all roll it out on their own and put the amount of sauce/toppings they want then cook them. its less work for you. and we usually share. so if my moh makes hers with peperoni, and i make mine with balsamic vinegar and dh makes his with just cheese then we cook one, share it, cook the next, share it, cook the third, share it, etc. i think in one night we made like 5 in less than an hour.. but only ate like 3 of them.

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Yea that's kind of the plan I guess. Lol.