Sheet Pan Pizza

I recently made this for my three grandsons and the pizza was a big hit.  Better than delivered pizza and more fun to make.  

Ingredients:

1   .25 ounce package or 2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
1 teaspoon white sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup warm water 110 degrees
2 1/2 cups bread flour
2 tablespoons olive oil
Pizza sauce, as much or as little as you want
Toppings:  I made two pizzas one cheese and the other pepperoni.
Shredded mozzarella cheese (I made two pizzas so bought 2 bags of shredded pizza cheese).

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

Lightly spray sheet pan (18 x 13) with cooking spray and dust with cornmeal and set aside.

In a small mixing bowl or glass measuring cup add warm water, add yeast,
sugar and salt.  Stir together.  Let stand until foamy about 5-10 minutes.

In a medium mixing bowl add flour, olive oil and stir in the yeast mixture.

Stir until it starts to come together, then knead until smooth.

Let rest for 5 minutes.  

Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and pat or roll into a round.  Transfer dough to a sheet pan spreading out to cover entire pan and made slight edged up the side.

Place crust in the oven and bake for 10 minutes.  Remove from oven and spread with sauce and desired toppings.  Place back in the oven and bake for another 15 minutes or until cheese has melted and crust is a golden brown.

Let pizza cool for a few minutes to make cutting easier.

One pizza will serve 8.