Home Baking a Large, Artisanal New York Style Pizza! (Recipe included)

mozzarella cheese

🥗Healthier: part-skim mozzarella

💰Cheaper: provolone cheese

Part-skim mozzarella reduces fat while still melting well.

pizza sauce

🥗Healthier: homemade tomato sauce

💰Cheaper: canned tomato sauce

Homemade sauce can be fresher and lower in preservatives.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast offers a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Vegetable oil is more affordable for cooking.

Prepare pizza dough and let it rise until doubled in size, about 1-2 hours.

Preheat the oven to 500°F (260°C) with a pizza stone inside for at least 30 minutes.

Roll out the pizza dough on a floured surface to a 12-inch round.

Transfer the rolled-out dough to a pizza peel dusted with cornmeal.

Spread a thin layer of pizza sauce over the dough, leaving a small border.

Sprinkle mozzarella cheese evenly over the sauce.

Add a sprinkle of parmesan cheese on top of the mozzarella.

Drizzle olive oil over the pizza and season with salt, black pepper, oregano, and garlic powder.

Carefully slide the pizza onto the preheated pizza stone in the oven.

Bake for 10-12 minutes until the crust is golden and the cheese is bubbling.

Remove the pizza from the oven and let it cool for a minute.

Garnish with fresh basil and crushed red pepper if desired.

Slice and serve hot.

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