Description
This School Pizza Recipe recreates the nostalgic taste of old school cafeteria pizza, topped with your favorite toppings and gooey cheese. Perfect for a fun family meal or a trip down memory lane.
Ingredients
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Dough:
- 1 Tbsp Crisco shortening
- 1 1/2 Tbsp cornmeal
- 1 (0.25-oz) packet of yeast
- 1 2/3 cup water
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cups instant non-fat dry milk powder
- 2 Tbsp sugar
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 tsp oil
Toppings:
- 1 1/3 cups pizza sauce, or to taste
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese, or to taste
- pizza toppings of your choice
Instructions
- Preheat and Prepare: Preheat oven to 475ºF. Oil a half sheet pan with 1 Tbsp Crisco shortening. Sprinkle pan with cornmeal and set aside.
- Mix Dough: Dissolve yeast in warm water in the bowl of an electric stand mixer. Add flour, milk, sugar, salt, and oil. Mix with the whisk attachment for 10 minutes. The batter may be lumpy.
- Spread and Rest: Spread batter into the prepared pan and let rest for 20 minutes.
- Bake: Bake for 10 minutes.
- Add Toppings: Remove the crust from the oven and top with sauce, toppings, and cheese.
- Final Bake: Bake for an additional 10 to 15 minutes, until the cheese is melted and starting to brown. Slice and serve.
Notes
- This recipe uses non-fat dry milk. I bought it at Walmart.
- I used our Easy Homemade Pizza Sauce on the pizza: Easy Homemade Pizza Sauce Recipe
- You can also use our No-Cook Pizza Sauce: No-Cook Pizza Sauce Recipe
- The original recipe for old school cafeteria pizza was topped with ground beef/hamburger.
- Top the pizza with your favorite pizza toppings – sausage, pepperoni, mushrooms, onions, bell peppers, olives – anything goes! You can even add toppings in sections so everyone gets what they want.
- Can School Cafeteria Pizza be frozen? Yes! Bake the crust and add the toppings. Let the pizza cool completely and cover the pan with plastic wrap and aluminum foil. Freeze the pizza. When ready to eat, bake the pizza at 425ºF until the cheese has melted and the crust is warm.
- You can also freeze the leftover pizza slices for a quick meal later. Let the pizza cool and place the slices in a freezer bag. To reheat, heat in the microwave or in the oven.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 290
- Sugar: 3g
- Sodium: 450mg
- Fat: 10g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 36g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 15g
- Cholesterol: 25mg
