We've been having homemade pizza for Friday nights a lot recently. Many weeks, we pair this with a Redbox movie for a low cost date night!
Pizza crust is like pie crust. I really don't like making it all that much. But if I'm going to do it, I figure I should make it worth my while and make enough to last a few weeks.
Enter pizza kits.
If I'm making crusts ahead to freeze, why not bag up cheese, sauce, and toppings too?
I did pepperoni and mushroom this time around which we love but I can also add anything else I have, such as peppers or onions, if desired at the time of baking.
For freezing pre-baked crusts, I've found that the giant broccoli bags from Costco are just the right size. Extra large Ziploc bags would probably work too. I only had 2 bags so I put 2 crusts in each and then put all the little bags of topping for each pizza into one gallon-size Ziploc. So when we want a pizza, we can just grab a pizza crust and a bag of toppings and we'll be set!
For a little longer than it would take to prepare one pizza, I was able to make enough for five pizza nights--one to eat right away and four to freeze!
I've frozen homemade pizzas ready to bake, balls of pizza dough and just the pre-baked crusts. I'm looking forward to seeing how these pizza kits work for me!
What do you like on your pizza?
Pizza crust is like pie crust. I really don't like making it all that much. But if I'm going to do it, I figure I should make it worth my while and make enough to last a few weeks.
Enter pizza kits.
If I'm making crusts ahead to freeze, why not bag up cheese, sauce, and toppings too?
I did pepperoni and mushroom this time around which we love but I can also add anything else I have, such as peppers or onions, if desired at the time of baking.
For freezing pre-baked crusts, I've found that the giant broccoli bags from Costco are just the right size. Extra large Ziploc bags would probably work too. I only had 2 bags so I put 2 crusts in each and then put all the little bags of topping for each pizza into one gallon-size Ziploc. So when we want a pizza, we can just grab a pizza crust and a bag of toppings and we'll be set!
For a little longer than it would take to prepare one pizza, I was able to make enough for five pizza nights--one to eat right away and four to freeze!
I've frozen homemade pizzas ready to bake, balls of pizza dough and just the pre-baked crusts. I'm looking forward to seeing how these pizza kits work for me!
What do you like on your pizza?
3 comments:
How does freezing dough before baking it affect the baking time? Do you thaw it completely first?
Oh, and thanks for your ideas! I'm looking forward to giving it a try:)
Jana,
Thanks for stopping by! I've done it both ways-- baking the pizzas frozen and also pretty much thawed-- and really didn't notice much difference in the baking time. Bake it for the amount of time your recipe states and then see if you need to add a few extra minutes. I will note that I always par bake the crusts(about 10 minutes) before freezing so that may make a difference.
We really liked the pizza kits and hope you find them helpful as well.
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