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Cheese Pizza

Cooking Light

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