Deep-Dish Pizza with Sliced Tomatoes

There's also a little store-bought pizza sauce under the tomatoes, but as it was just a little bit (end of the jar!😉), it "melted" into the dough. For the dough (based on that of @markbittman ), I used 3 cups flour, 2 tsp salt, 2-4 tsp olive oil, 2 tsp active-dry yeast, and water. I like to make pizza by hand, as I don't have to knead it very much anyway, and it doesn't need to rise very much. (A loaf of bread is a different story! 😄) I baked it at 425 F for about 25 minutes.

If you don't make homemade pizza because you don't think it'll turn out well, try it some time. Don't worry about if the crust is thin enough (unless that's your preference), or if it's perfectly baked like the pizzeria, or if you don't have a pizza stone ... or about anything else. If you want to try making homemade pizza, then make it as you like and are able. If it tastes okay, even if its not as you'd hoped, you then have more experience in order to make the next one more like your ideal.