OVEN BAKED PIZZA

One 16 oz. Pizza Buddy Dough Ball makes two 12 inch pizzas. For a whole pizza, check out Pizza Buddy’s Pepperoni Pizza video.

INGREDIENTS

1 Pizza Buddy Dough Ball

All purpose flour for sprinkling

1 ½ cups of thick pizza sauce

1 ½ cups of mozzarella cheese, fresh or shredded

PREPARATION

  1. Thaw frozen dough by placing in refrigerator for a minimum of 12 hours. Or, thaw on counter for 3 hours until the center of the dough is thawed enough to be cut. Just before making, let rest on the counter for 30 minutes or until dough comes to room temperature.

  2. Preheat oven to 450°F.

  3. Let dough come to room temperature. Meanwhile, gather and prepare your ingredients, toppings, and equipment. You will also need a pizza slicer, knife, fork or tongs, oven mitt, and a 14-16 inch pizza pan. We recommend a pizza pan with holes as shown, our favorite is the Fox Run Non-Stick Carbon Steel Pizza Crisper Pan from Walmart. Get yours here.

  4. Flour surface and remove dough from the bag. Use fingers to gently pull dough away from the bag if it's sticking.

  5. Mold dough into a smooth round ball by pulling the dough from the front, and pinching it together in the back.

  6. Then work the dough ball into an oblong shape about 8 inches long. Cut the dough in half. Set one piece aside and cover.

  7. Flatten the dough out into 12 inch round flat pizza shells. Place the other piece cut-side up on the counter and use fingers to work dough outwards. This makes a more circular crust for your pizza! Dough should be about 2 mm thick.

  8. Place dough onto the pan. Use cornmeal for texture and to prevent sticking (optional). Gently stretch the dough towards the outer pan edge.

  9. Top as desired.

  10. Bake for 8 minutes or until the bottom is golden brown.

  11. Remove from the oven, cut and enjoy!

GARLIC KNOTS

One 16 oz. Pizza Buddy Dough Ball makes about 24 garlic knots.

INGREDIENTS
1 Pizza Buddy Dough Ball
All purpose flour
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
3 cloves garlic
2 tbsp fresh chopped parsley
Salt

PREPARATION

  1. Thaw frozen dough by placing in refrigerator for a minimum of 12 hours. Or, thaw on counter for 3 hours until the center of the dough is thawed enough to be cut. Just before making, let rest on the counter for 30 minutes or until dough comes to room temperature.

  2. Preheat oven to 375°F.

  3. Let dough come to room temperature. Meanwhile, gather your ingredients and equipment. Prepare a baking sheet lined with baking paper.

  4. Flour surface and remove dough from the bag. Use fingers to gently pull the dough away from the bag if it's sticking.

  5. Mold dough into a smooth round ball by pulling the dough from the front and pinching it together in the back.

  6. Roll into a flat 6 x 8 inch rectangle, about 1/2 inch thick.

  7. Cut into six 1 inch strips.

  8. Tie garlic knots one at a time by wrapping the strip twice around your two forefingers, tearing off the excess, and tucking the end through (like tying a balloon).

  9. Pan up knots in a 6 x 4 pattern, or similar if you have more or less.

  10. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. Meanwhile, mix together minced garlic, chopped parsley, olive oil and salt.

  11. Remove knots from the oven and immediately add to the olive oil mixture. Coat garlic knots thoroughly. Enjoy!

Calzone

One 16 oz. Pizza Buddy Dough Ball makes one extra large calzone.

INGREDIENTS
1 Pizza Buddy Dough Ball
All Purpose Flour
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Egg Wash (optional)

For the filling, use what you have on-hand, here are some suggestions:

Pizza Sauce Meat: Cooked sausage, Prosciutto, Deli Ham, Salami, Bacon Cheese: Mozzarella, Ricotta, Parmesan Veggies: Peppers, Onion, Mushrooms, Olives, Broccoli

PREPARATION

  1. Thaw frozen dough by placing it in refrigerator for a minimum of 12 hours. Or, thaw on counter for 3 hours until the center of the dough is thawed enough to be cut. Just before making, let rest on the counter for 30 minutes or until dough comes to room temperature.

  2. Preheat oven to 400°F.

  3. Let dough come to room temperature. Meanwhile, gather your ingredients and equipment. Prepare a baking sheet lined with baking paper.

  4. Flour surface and remove dough from the bag. Use fingers to gently pull the dough away from the bag if it's sticking.

  5. Mold dough into a smooth round ball by pulling the dough from the front and pinching it together in the back.

  6. Roll into a flat 16 inch circle, about 2-3mm thick. Add flour under half of the dough, to prevent sticking and to make transfer easier later on. Roll out the edges so they're totally flat.

  7. Add your ingredients on the half of the dough with flour underneath. Fold over the dough in half. Use your fingers to press, seal and crimp the outer edges.

  8. Transfer the dough to a lined baking sheet. Score the top with three small cuts to let out steam when baking.

  9. Optional: Add a layer of egg wash for shine.

  10. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown.

  11. Remove calzone from the oven, slice and serve with sauce for dipping. Enjoy!

PEPPERONI PIZZA

One 16 oz. dough ball makes one 14 inch pizza.

INGREDIENTS
1 Pizza Buddy Pizza Dough Ball
All Purpose Flour for sprinkling
1 ½ cups of thick pizza sauce
1 ½ cups of mozzarella cheese, fresh or shredded
1 stick pepperoni, or 1 package pre-sliced pepperoni

PREPARATION

  1. Thaw frozen dough by placing in refrigerator for a minimum of 12 hours. Or, thaw on counter for 3 hours until the center of the dough is thawed enough to be cut. Just before making, let rest on the counter for 30 minutes or until dough comes to room temperature.

  2. Preheat oven to 450°F.

  3. Let dough come to room temperature. Meanwhile, gather and prepare your ingredients, toppings, and equipment. You will also need a pizza slicer, knife, fork or tongs, oven mitt, and a 14-16 inch pizza pan. We recommend a pizza pan with holes as shown: Like This

  4. Prepare Mozzarella. Cut into thick slices and use a paper towel to remove any moisture. Dice into small cubes.

  5. Prepare Pepperoni. Cut pepperoni stick into thin slices. Place a paper towel on a microwave-safe plate, then place the pepperoni slices on top of that. Microwave for 10-20 seconds. Use a paper towel to remove any excess grease.

  6. Flour surface and remove dough from bag. Use fingers to gently pull dough away from the bag if it's sticking.

  7. Mold dough into a smooth round ball by pulling the dough from the front, and pinching it together in the back.

  8. Flatten the dough out into 14 inch round flat pizza shell. Use fingers to work dough outwards. This makes a more circular crust for your pizza! Dough should be about 2 mm thick.

  9. Place dough onto the pan. Use cornmeal for texture and to prevent from sticking (optional). Gently stretch the dough towards the outer pan edge.

  10. Top with pizza sauce. Optional: use a fork to dock the dough to prevent bubbles when baking. Top with mozzarella and pepperoni slices.

  11. Bake for 14-16 minutes or until bottom is golden brown.

  12. Remove from the oven, cut and enjoy!

Grilled Pizza

One 16 oz. Pizza Buddy Dough Ball makes three 10 inch pizza shells.

INGREDIENTS
1 Pizza Buddy Dough Ball
All purpose flour for sprinkling
Cornmeal
1 ½ cups of thick pizza sauce
1 ½ cups of mozzarella cheese, fresh or shredded
Any of your favorite toppings!

PREPARATION

  1. Thaw frozen dough by placing in refrigerator for a minimum of 12 hours. Or, thaw on counter for 3 hours until the center of the dough is thawed enough to be cut. Just before making, let rest on the counter for 30 minutes or until dough comes to room temperature.

  2. Gather toppings and otherwise prepare.

  3. Flour surface and remove dough from bag.

  4. Cut dough into three even sections. For each section, round into a ball and flour with all purpose flour.

  5. Roll out the dough balls into 10 inch round flat pizza shells. Use your fingers to gently flatten dough outward. Then, use a rolling pin to complete the process. Dough should be about 2 mm thick.

  6. Use a fork to pierce holes all over the rolled out dough. Sprinkle with cornmeal.

  7. Turn on the grill and set to 450°F. Spray with a non-stick spray.

  8. Flip dough onto pizza peel so that the corn meal side is on the bottom, then scoot the dough onto the grill. Close grill lid.

  9. After a minute or so, open the grill lid and rotate the pizza for even grilling. Close grill lid again and grill for about 2 more minutes.

  10. Remove pizza dough when the bottom of the dough is toasted and has minor burn spots. Flip back onto a working surface, toasted side facing up.

  11. Top as desired.

  12. Dust pizza peel with cornmeal to prevent sticking and use pizza peel to transfer pizza back onto the grill. Close grill lid.

  13. As before, after a minute or so, rotate the pizza for even grilling. Close lid and grill for a final few minutes.

  14. Remove from grill, cut and enjoy!

Mini Dough Balls

One 16 oz. Pizza Buddy Dough Ball makes about 24 mini dough balls.

INGREDIENTS
1 Pizza Buddy Dough Ball
All purpose flour
3 cloves of garlic
1 ½ sticks of butter, softened
Italian seasoning
Red chili flakes
Extra virgin olive oil

PREPARATION

For the dough balls:

  1. Thaw frozen dough by placing in refrigerator for a minimum of 12 hours. Or, thaw on counter for 3 hours until the center of the dough is thawed enough to be cut. Just before making, let rest on the counter for 30 minutes or until dough comes to room temperature.

  2. Preheat oven to 380°F.

  3. Let dough come to room temperature. Meanwhile, gather your ingredients and equipment.

  4. Flour surface and remove the dough from the bag. Use fingers to gently pull dough away from the bag if it's sticking.

  5. Mold dough into a smooth round ball by pulling the dough from the front and pinching it together in the back.

  6. Cut the dough in half.

  7. Roll each piece into a long strip, about 12 long inches each. Cut each strip in half, and repeat until there are 12 sections per strip, so 24 total.

  8. Make mini dough balls by taking one piece at a time: flatten gently, pull dough from the back and pinch together, then use hands and floured surface to smooth into a ball. Repeat for the remaining 23 pieces.

  9. Prep a baking sheet with parchment paper. Pan up dough balls in a 6 x 4 pattern.

  10. Bake for 13-16 minutes or until golden brown. Meanwhile, prepare your garlic butter and dipping oil.

  11. Serve dough balls on a plate with garlic butter and dipping oil. Enjoy!

For the garlic butter:

  1. Crush the garlic, add a bit of salt and mince until a smooth paste. Add softened butter. Combine until smooth and transfer to a small dish.

For the dipping oil:

  1. In a small serving dish, combine Italian seasoning and red chili flakes. Add extra virgin olive oil to your preference. Add a bit of salt. Stir until combined.