Pizza with Sausage, Pepperoni and Lots of Cheese!

Pizza with Sausage, Pepperoni and Lots of Cheese!

PIZZA CRUST:

3/4 cup warm water
1 tbsp olive oil
1/2 tsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp salt
2 1/2 cups bread flour
1 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp dry milk powder
1 tsp active dry yeast
1 tsp vital wheat gluten
1 tbsp olive
Garlic powder

TOPPINGS:
1 lb sausage, browned and crumbled
1/4 cup chopped onion, cooked with the sausage
3 tbsp parmesan cheese
3/4 cup pizza sauce
2-3 cups shredded 6-Cheese Italian blend cheese
Sliced Pepperoni

Place ingredients in the pan of the bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Select Pizza Dough cycle and press start. (God, I love my bread machine! It's so easy!)

Flour your hands and remove dough from pan after rise cycle (the machine will beep when ready). Form into a smooth bowl and place on a floured board. Cover and let rest about 10 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 400^ F. Pull, pat and stretch the dough to fit your pizza pan. (I use the kind with little holes in bottom so the crust will be crunchier). Put the dough on your greased pizza pan, brush with olive oil and sprinkle with garlic powder and parmesan cheese. Bake 10 minutes.
Remove from oven and spoon on the pizza sauce, sausage and onion. Sprinkle the shredded cheese over the whole thing and then top with sliced pepperoni. Return to oven and bake 15 more minutes until cheese is melted and starting to turn golden brown around the edges. Serve hot!

I love pizza and this is my favorite! Start to finish this takes about 2 1/2 to 3 hours but it tastes so much better than take-out! And the time is mostly spent waiting, not actually DOING anything.