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Cheese Pizza

Cooking Light
Cheese Pizza
Randy Mayor
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Since this recipe calls for commercial pizza sauce, all you need to prepare is the dough. If you prefer homemade sauce, ladle on our Basic Pizza Sauce and substitute your favorite cheese instead.

Yield: 6 servings (serving size: 2 wedges)

Ingredients

  • Basic Pizza Dough
  • 2  teaspoons  olive oil
  • 1  cup  fat-free bottled pizza sauce
  • 2  cups  (8 ounces) shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
  • 1/2  cup  (2 ounces) grated fresh Parmesan cheese

Preparation

Position one oven rack in the middle setting. Position another rack in the lowest setting, and place a rimless baking sheet on the bottom rack. Preheat oven to 500°.

Remove plastic wrap from Basic Pizza Dough; discard plastic. Brush olive oil over dough. Remove preheated baking sheet from oven, and close oven door. Slide dough onto preheated baking sheet, using a spatula as a guide. Bake on lowest oven rack at 500° for 8 minutes. Remove from oven.

Spread sauce in an even layer over crust, leaving a 1/4-inch border. Top with mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses. Bake on middle rack an additional 10 minutes or until crust is golden brown and cheese melts. Cut into 12 wedges.

Nutritional Information

Calories:
356 (27% from fat)
Fat:
10.8g (sat 5.8g,mono 3.7g,poly 0.7g)
Protein:
19.1g
Carbohydrate:
44.5g
Fiber:
2.5g
Cholesterol:
30mg
Iron:
3mg
Sodium:
633mg
Calcium:
357mg
Julie Grimes Bottcher, Cooking Light, SEPTEMBER 2006

Member Ratings and Reviews

5 stars
carla
Awesome! Made this for dinner tonight. My son and husband loved it. The crust was super easy to make, I used rapid rise yeast, fastier to make. Used bottled sauce and the suggested cheeses. This was a hit. My picky pizza eater 13 year old ate 3 pieces. Great recipe!12/08/06

5 stars
oHILLARYo
I made this recipe for my mom and she would NOT stop raving about it! She's a pizza critic (well, not professionally) and wanted to rate it more than 5 stars. I used the Basic Pizza Dough recipe (Sept. 2006) and the Basic Pizza Sauce recipe (Sept. 2006). A few modifications: I made the dough with exactly half whole wheat flour and after it rose sliced it into 6 equal sections, then rolling it out to approx. 7" circles. Then I followed the rest of the directions, watching it (cooking time was slightly lowered but you can tell by watching it. Doesn't take long). It made a crispier crust, but I like it that way! It was GREAT! I also put some sliced white mushrooms underneath the cheese and it was wonderful! I'm testing the freezeability of the pizzas and will report back about how they re-heat and what I did. I followed the sauce recipe to a T. It was EXCELLENT! YUM YUM YUM!!! - ohillaryo@bellsouth.net09/04/06