Who Doesn’t Like Stuffed Pizza Crust?

Stuffed pizza crust is very hot these days, if you pardon the pun. It even has some of us beginning to reverse our pizza eating habits by starting our meal at the crust.

People can get very particular when it comes to food and especially in the pizza world. Most order the same pie every time. But when stuffed pizza crust came out, many jumped ship on their old favorites.

I don’t think anyone really knows where it originated. It just appeared in a TV commercial one day and became an overnight sensation. I believe all the large franchise chains have a version of a stuffed pizza crust now. Of course anything really popular usually comes with a premium price. Stuffed pizza crust pizzas are no exception.

Ever make a pizza at home? I don’t mean the frozen kind or even from the Pillsbury canned dough. I mean from scratch; both dough and toppings. Really, it’s not that difficult. Even stuffed pizza crust pizza can be a snap to make. And I’ll guarantee you’ll get a better pie than you can get at any franchise.

Dough recipes abound on the Internet. From the very plain to exotic, you can find a combination to suit any taste. Whereas crust types are usually very limited in chain pizza joints, you can make anything you want at home; even stuffed pizza crust pizzas.

Most doughs are yeast-based, meaning they depend on the yeast to leaven or make the dough airy and light. The rest of the ingredients are added after giving the yeast time to activate in warm water and stirred until a ball of dough forms. The dough is then rolled out and ready to become a stuffed pizza crust pizza.

The secret to making a stuffed pizza crust is so simple it’s like one of those “Aha!” moments we all have now and then. You simply roll the dough larger than the pan you’re going to use to cook the pizza by about four inches total in each direction. Place the dough over the pan, letting about two inches drape over each side. Now take either cheese sticks like you can buy in the dairy section of the grocery store or grate up some of your favorite cheese. Place it in a narrow row all the way around the pan staying about one to one and one-half inches from the outside of the dough. Lastly you just starting folding the outer dough flap over the cheese and press it down onto the inside dough to lock it in place until you work all the way around the pizza.

Now add your favorite toppings and bake as instructed on the recipe. Congratulations! You’ve just given birth to your very first stuffed pizza crust!

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