Elevate your pizza night or game nights with this easy Sheet Pan Pizza recipe! Homemade fluffy pizza dough topped with pizza sauce, cheese, hearty sausage, veggies and pepperoni and baked to cheesy perfection.
Don’t want to make an entire sheet pan pizza? Make my Margherita Flatbread instead!
SHEET PAN PIZZA
Once you try this simple sheet pan pizza recipe, it will be a weeknight staple! The fluffy pizza dough is easy to make and work with. Load the pizza dough with all the classic pizza toppings and it’s ready to bake! No overnight dough, just 2 hours rise time and then it’s ready to use. This sheet pan pizza is easy, customizable, and great for busy weeknights, family dinners, or when hosting!
WHAT YOU NEED-
- Pizza Dough– You can use either store-bought pizza dough or homemade pizza dough! If you are using my homemade dough, the recipe calls for all-purpose flour, warm water, salt, sugar, oil, and active dry yeast.
- Oil– To work with the dough in the baking sheet, you want to use olive oil! This helps the dough from sticking to the sheet and helps you stretch the dough.
- Marina Sauce– You want to use your favorite marinara or pizza sauce for this pizza recipe!
- Cheese– The best cheese for pizza is mozzarella or a mix of parmesan and mozzarella. For the best results, shred the cheese fresh. You can also just use pre-shredded cheese.
- Toppings– This sheet pan pizza is totally customizable, use any of your favorite toppings! For this recipe I use juicy ground sausage, pepperoni, and veggies.
HOW TO MAKE A SHEET PAN PIZZA
Not only is this sheet pan pizza cheesy and delicious, but it also comes together so effortlessly!
- In a bowl, combine all the ingredients, expect the flour, and mix to combine. (Be sure the water is no warmer than 110F or you will kill the yeast.)
- Add in the flour and mix to combine, kneading until a sticky dough forms. Cover and let rise for about 2-2 ½ hours, until the dough doubles.
- As the dough rises, prepare all the desired toppings for your pizza.
- Once the dough is ready, preheat the oven to 375°F.
- Drizzle the baking sheet with olive oil, brushing the entire sheet along with the sides.
- Transfer the pizza dough to the baking sheet. Drizzle the dough with olive oil. Then gently press and stretch the dough outward from the center until it covers the entire sheet. (If the dough springs back, let it rest for a few minutes and continue stretching.)
- Spread the pizza sauce over the dough, leaving some room around the edges for your crust.
- Top with shredded cheese and then add your choice of toppings all over the pizza.
- Bake the sheet pan pizza until the bottom of the crust is golden and cooked through and the cheese has melted.
- Remove from the oven and let cool for a couple minutes. Top with grated parmesan cheese and slice.
- Serve immediately with desired sides.
TOPPING IDEAS
The topping ideas for this sheet pan pizza are endless! Here are some classic pizza topping ideas:
- Pepperoni
- Chicken Breast
- Ground Sausage
- Ham
- Bacon
- Mushrooms
- Bell Peppers
- Tomatoes
- Spinach
- Olives
- Banana Peppers
- Jalapenos
- Artichokes
- Pepperoncini’s
PIZZA FLAVOR VARIATIONS
Don’t limit yourself to the plain pizza toppings, have fun with your pizza toppings and variations!
- Chicken Alfredo– Swap the marinara sauce for alfredo sauce. Then top your sauce with shredded mozzarella cheese, pieces of chicken breast, sauteed mushrooms, sliced red onions, and for a bonus chopped bacon bits. Chicken Alfredo Pizza is one of my favorite flavors.
- Classic Pepperoni– Keep it simple and just add pizza sauce, cheese and pepperoni in this sheet pan pizza! A classic but delicious pizza flavor.
- Meat Lovers– If you love meat, load up your sheet pan pizza! Add cooked ground sausage, bacon bits, chopped ham and pepperoni slices! This will give you a hearty meat lover’s pizza.
- Margherita– Top the pizza sauce with Mozzarella cheese and slices tomatoes for a Margherita vibe. Once baked top with drizzled balsamic glaze and chopped basil.
- BBQ Chicken– Swap the marinara sauce for barbecue sauce and load with shredded cheese, chicken, and red onions like my BBQ chicken flatbread.
QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE:
Depending on how you slice this pizza, you can have about 8-12 slices of pizza with this recipe.
Yes! You can totally just use a store-bought pizza dough for an even easier recipe!
You can totally swap the active dry yeast for instant yeast. The ratio is 1:1 for the swap. If you are using active dry yeast, you just must rise for about 60-80 minutes!
No! You can totally just make a regular, round pizza with this dough!
Yes, for added flavors, add 1 tsp of Italian seasoning and ½ tsp garlic powder to the pizza dough when mixing the dough.
Yes! Once you make the dough, cover and transfer to the fridge. Store for 12-18 hours. Then assemble the pizza and bake!
Once the pizza dough is cooled, cover or store in an airtight bag or container at room temp for 1 day or in the fridge for 3-4 days.
Yes! This pizza totally freezes great! Once the pizza is cooled, flash freeze the pizza slices until hard, then transfer to a freezer safe bag and freeze for up to 3 months.
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Ingredients
Pizza dough-
- 2 cups all-purpose flour sifted
- 1 cup warm water 110F
- 2 tsp oil
- 1 tsp granulated sugar
- ¾ tsp active dry yeast
- 1 tsp salt
Pizza toppings-
- 1 cup marinara sauce
- 1/4 cup pepperoni slices
- 6 oz ground Italian sausage cooked
- 6 oz sauteed sliced mushrooms
- 1/2 cup green peppers sliced
- 1/2 cup red onion thinly sliced
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
Instructions
Prepare the Pizza Dough-
- In a large bowl, add warm water, oil, sugar, yeast, and salt and mix to combine. (Be sure the water is no warmer than 110°F or you will kill the yeast.)1 cup warm water, 110F, 2 tsp oil, 1 tsp granulated sugar, ¾ tsp active dry yeast, 1 tsp salt
- Add in the sifted flour and mix until the flour is well combined. Knead for about 3-4 minutes, the dough will be sticky.2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
- Cover the bowl and let rise in a warm space for about 2-2½ hours, until the dough has doubled in size.
Assemble the Sheet Pan Pizza-
- As the pizza dough rises, prepare all the toppings for your sheet pan pizza.
- Preheat the oven to 375°F.
- Drizzle a 9×13 baking sheet with olive oil, coating the entire sheet, including the sides.
- Transfer the pizza dough to the prepared baking sheet. Drizzle some more oil over the dough. Then with your fingertips, gently press and stretch the dough outward from the center until it covers the entire sheet. (If the dough springs back, let it rest for a few minutes and continue stretching.)
- Add the pizza sauce to the dough, then with a spoon or spatula, spread the sauce over all the dough. (You can leave a little border around to create a crust, if desired.)1 cup marinara sauce
- Top with shredded cheese, covering the entire pizza. Add your choice of toppings all over the pizza.1/4 cup pepperoni slices, 6 oz ground Italian sausage, cooked, 6 oz sauteed sliced mushrooms, 1/2 cup green peppers, sliced, 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese, 1/2 cup red onion, thinly sliced
- Bake at 375°F for 25-30 minutes, until the bottom of the crust is golden and cooked through and the cheese has melted.
- Remove from the oven and let cool for a couple minutes. Top with grated parmesan cheese and slice.
- Serve immediately with desired sides.
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