Pizza

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Ingredients
  • Pizza Dough (Trader Joe's $1)
  • Pizza Sauce (Trader Joe's $4)
  • Mozzarella ($4)
  • Roma Tomatoes, sliced
  • Garlic, chopped
  • Garlic Powder
  • Onion, chopped
  • Basil
  • Oregano
  • Thyme
  • Salt (to sprinkle on the top)
Directions
  1. Pre-heat the oven to 450
  2. Divide the dough into half and form into balls. Cover with plastic and let rest for 1/2 an hour at room temperature
  3. Flour a piece of cardboard
  4. Form into disks and stretch out into a large disc, slightly smaller than the cast iron skillet over the floured cardboard.
  5. Heat a cast iron skillet over high heat for 8-10 minutes.
  6. Wiggle the cardboard, making sure the dough slides around easily
  7. Cover with sauce, using the least amount possible,
  8. Sprinkle with garlic and garlic powder
  9. Sprinkle with thyme, oregano, and basil
  10. Cover with cheese
  11. Sprinkle on the onions and tomatoes
  12. Sprinkle on more cheese
  13. Sprinkle with salt
  14. Slide onto the bottom of the cast iron skillet and put it into the oven
  15. Bake for around 10 minutes, until the cheese starts to turn a golden brown.
Notes:
The garlic powder really adds some nice flavor!  Also, don't forget the pam & salt, it makes it taste great.  We baked it in the skillet and the crust came out pretty well.  I think I'll leave it in until the crust turns a little brown next time.  It was good this time, but a little bit of brown crust would enhance it's flavor I think. 

Alternate:
While the oven pre-heats to 500, stick the cast iron pan in.  Prep all ingredients.  Once the oven reaches the right temperature, slide just the dough into the pan then quickly assemble and pop back into the oven for 15 minutes.

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