Dad's "Small Town" Pizza

Ingredients

Dough

3 - 4 cups Flour
1 cup warm Water
3 Tbsp. Olive Oil
1 tsp. Salt
1 Tbsp. Sugar
1.5 tsp. Active Dry Yeast

Sauce

1 small Yellow Onion, diced
1 8 oz. can Tomato Sauce
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 Tbsp. dried Basil
2-3 dashes Louisiana Hot Sauce
1 Tbsp. Sugar

Toppings

3 cups Shredded Mozzarella or "Pizza Blend" cheese
Choice of toppings - Our favorites are thick cut "cupped" pepperoni and thinly-sliced Roma tomatoes.

Instructions

In a medium saucepan, cook onion in oil until tender. Add crushed garlic, then tomato sauce, basil, sugar, and hot sauce. Stir and adjust seasonings to taste. Cook 5 minutes, then remove from heat and let cool.
In the mixer bowl, combine 1.5 c. flour and salt. Add oil and water; run in the mixer on low. Gradually add flour in until dough is just slightly sticky and thoroughly mixed. Form dough into ball and put in a bowl greased with olive oil, turning once to cover top with oil. Cover with a towel and let rise to double. Flatten and roll out to shape desired and place on pizza pan or stone, 16 inch size works best.
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Pour sauce over dough and spread around evenly. Spread grated cheese over top. Add any toppings on top as desired.
Bake until cheese is bubbly and lightly browned and the underside of crust is golden.

Notes from Dad

"I have been experimenting with making pizza for years, and the recipe for both the crust and the dough started out quite a bit different than it is now. After many, many pizzas, I think I've about gotten it down. Our family really likes thinly-sliced Roma tomatoes as a topping." - Dad

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