Every Friday my family and I make homemade pizza. I love doing it but I have to be honest, it's not that good. I just can't seem to get it right. I use the Betty Crocker recipe for the dough, Pastene Kitchen Ready sauce for the pizza sauce and store brand motz cheese. What am I doing wrong? I use herbs too.... oregano, and garlic. And of course, olive oil. Why does it taste so bland? Is it the dough? I think so.... Any advice or ideas to make it taste better? I do not have a bread machine to make the dough, I let it rise on the counter. I have a gf who's mom makes the BEST homemade pizza, she's the one who inspired me. I even have her recipe but again, it doesn't taste right.

Any thoughts? Can an Irish girl really make good Italian food? :=) lol.

I have been trying to perfect a crust forever, while mine is not bad I still cant get that pizza parlour crust! WOULD love to see if others do!

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Have a bootiful Halloween!

I'm also looking for that perfect crust! I would love to hear any recipes or tips and tricks.

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Check near the deli section of your grocery store. At Publix they make a pizza dough that is really good, you just have to roll it out and bake it w/your toppings. I don't know if other stores carry it or not, but you could check it out!

I have bought Rhodes frozen bread dough but it makes a smaller pizza. I will have to check the deli area!

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Have a bootiful Halloween!

I have made it in the past but my family has the expectations of it tasting like the local pizza shop's NY style pizza. They are pizza snobs. Although I prefer homemade, I let this be my night off from cooking

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I'm still experimenting with the homemade pizza thing. Having worked in restaurant kitchens and the catering biz, all I can say is they use tons more butter and salt than we would ever dream of using.

DO brush the rim of the crust with olive oil and sprinkle lightly with salt and herbs. Of course, you have to brush the pizza crust with olive oil before putting on the pizza sauce.

Try to figure out which part is lacking first. I'm still working on the crust. I like a sourdough crust which requires keeping a sourdough starter. However, my family likes Pizza Hut pizza and I notice that their crust tastes sort of sweet. I also think their crust has more than one rise to it.

Like I said, I'm still experimenting.

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We use the Jiffy Crust mix. We put it in thick and pre bake for 5 minutes before topping. I use canned spaghetti sauce and add mushrooms, pepper, olives, etc and whatever Mozeralla cheese I have on hand. My family likes it and it is easy.

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I have a bread machine, but I haven't tried that yet. I usually buy the frozen bread loaves. You can get them to proof pretty quickly by setting your oven to 200 degrees, then turn it off. Put a pan of boiling water on the bottom shelf and your doughs on an upper shelf on a cookie sheet. The steam will make it rise really nicely.

I use one dough per cookie sheet. I like it best when I spread it out then rub olive oil on it and sprinkle it w/ garlic powder, pecorino cheese, and oregano. I bake it until it's almost done, then take it out and put my sauce (usually just spaghetti sauce with added oregano and garlic powder) then my toppings. It turns out really good.

Another favorite here is to spread out a pizza crust and put swiss chard saute'd with oil, galric powder, salt and hot pepper down the center. Top w/ pecorino cheese and fold the sides up to the top and flip it so they are on the bottom. It will look like a big tube. You can also do this by making if on a cookie sheet dough on bottom, swiss chard in the middle and either another flat top on the top or cut it and put it on like a lattice topped pie.

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Kelly...babe...next time you make pizza let me know!!!!.......I'll be right over!!!

I do make mine in the bread machine!!!Fabulous!!!

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