Just tried this a couple weeks ago and our whole family loves your pizza sauce! Definitely a keeper! Thanks.
Jennifer
Just HAD to drop a line and tell you that I. Cannot. Stop. Making. This. Amazing. Sauce!! We LOVE it and have eaten more pizza in the last few months than we have in the last few years, all due to the highly addictive sauce that rivals any gourmet pizza shop ANYWHERE. 🙂 We even had my parents over for a simple dinner of salad and pizza the other night and my mom cannot stop raving about how good the pizza was – even going as far as to say we should open a restaurant. So… thanks again for an amazing, easy, cheap recipe that continues to make me look good, my family and me happy and, as a huge bonus, that fits so nicely in our tight budget!
Jessica Fisher
Glad you like it! My friend Jessika blends it and uses it on pasta. 🙂
Jennifer Hoffman
For some reason when I make bread machine dough I have major issues spreading it out! Never have the problem with handmade dough. What am I doing wrong??
Jessica Fisher
I am not really sure. I have never noticed a big difference unless the dough is cold. Do you roll or hand form it?
Mary Jo @ Covenant Homemaking
This is so delicious and simple! I made it on a whole wheat sourdough crust. Yum!
Shell
Cheese pizza sounds really good. We like Mediterranean (probably spelled wrong,lol) pizza. We use onions,peppers, and black olives and spices and of course cheese and sauce.
Stephanie
Im planning on using the diced tomatoes instead. Do I need to cook the sauce for a lot longer or is it the same process? How will my sauce be different than making it with the canned tomatoes? Can I just leave out the tomatoes all together and just use the tomato sauce? Thanks!
Jessica
It’s really not going to be a lot different. And yes, you could use sauce if you prefer. It’s a very forgiving sauce.
Stephanie
@Jessica, Awesome! Thank you so much!! My sister made this earlier this afternoon and was raving about how she loved it :). I’m looking forward to trying it too!!
@Stephanie, I think it will be too thick if you just use paste.
April
I’m new to cooking for a family so maybe this is a stupid question, but I could use any help…
I have the pizza sauce simmering on the stove right now, but I’m wondering if I used the right tomatoes? I bought a can of diced, as instructed, but these chunks seem kind of big and weird for pizza sauce. Did I do something wrong?
Thanks for the recipes and the guidance!
Jessica
No, you’re good. There are chunks. They should cook down some. But, you can always blend it in a food processor or blender or with a stick blender if you prefer a smoother sauce. Either way.
Jenny
Just tried your pizza sauce this afternoon, and it is delicious. I’ve had a pizza handicap forever, but FINALLY can make a good one. Thanks for posting these recipes. My family eats pizza like a horde of starving lumberjacks and we are looking forward to dinner tonight.
Keri
I tried this last week and it was so good! We have Friday pizza nights at our house too, and I had been making my pizza using other recipes, but not anymore. This is the only recipe I will use; the combination of the dough and pizza sauce is excellent. Even my husband, who is not a big fan of “just cheese” pizza thought this was wonderful, and that’s saying something in my house! 🙂
Jessica
Awww… thank you!
Alison
Oh Jessica, where should I begin. I have been following your blogs forever now and wish my food came out as good as yours. Forever now I have been trying my hand at homemade pizza dough. I do not own a kitchen aid mixer, bread machine, or anything else. I make dough as instructed and knead it myself. I must be doing something wrong b/c the dough doesn’t rise(I add yeast lol!!!) and its not stretchy (i knead for about 10-15 minutes)
Any suggestions? I also don’t own a pizza stone so my pizza is not crispy.
I’m moving in the next couple weeks and then I hope to purchase a bread machine.
Thanks!
-Alison
Jessica
Well, Alison, I feel your pain. I have struggled with pizza dough in the past. And in the early years, I didn’t have any machines to help me. Have you ever read up on the science of bread? That helped me. Try this recipe for no-rise crust from Amy’s Finer Things. I tried it one night when I was short on time and it worked really well and was easy to form. And then report back. 😉
Jenna
Thanks for posting the pizza sauce recipe! I’ve been looking for a cheap easy one and this looks right up my alley! I have a couple pizza casserole dishes and I bet it would be delish in them! 🙂
Amanda
Last night I made your jalapeno burn pizza (minus the chicken). It will be a regular on our meal plan. 🙂 So yummy!
Leah
We love pizza too, but in the summer it is often too hot to turn on the oven- so we use whole wheat pitas as our crust and make little individual pizzas. Then I can have my spinach white pizza and my husband can have his pepperoni!
Shelah
I need to try this. My homemade pizzas leave much to be desired!
shelah
I’m slowly getting this one together.
I made the pizza sauce tonight. Just from the spoon….awesome. I haven’t even put it on a pizza yet.
I want to get to the dough this week.
Everyone here is leery of my pizzas so it may take some convincing when it lands on their plates. My 5yr old even asks, “Is this from a restaurant?”
Wildcat
I feel y’all’s pain. My kids actually look in the trash can to see if there is a box.
Heather
yum. I’m going to have to do this soon. If you sprinkle some oregano on top of the cheese pizza it really brings out the flavor, just don’t get too much
Kimberlee
I actually prefer cheese pizza over anything else. Toppings just get in the way! 🙂
But I have to admit, I love to cook, but I'm not much of a baker. Making dough scares me to death. I never have any luck rolling out dough and everything! I use pillsbury pizza dough…
Summer
Just tried this a couple weeks ago and our whole family loves your pizza sauce! Definitely a keeper! Thanks.
Jennifer
Just HAD to drop a line and tell you that I. Cannot. Stop. Making. This. Amazing. Sauce!! We LOVE it and have eaten more pizza in the last few months than we have in the last few years, all due to the highly addictive sauce that rivals any gourmet pizza shop ANYWHERE. 🙂 We even had my parents over for a simple dinner of salad and pizza the other night and my mom cannot stop raving about how good the pizza was – even going as far as to say we should open a restaurant. So… thanks again for an amazing, easy, cheap recipe that continues to make me look good, my family and me happy and, as a huge bonus, that fits so nicely in our tight budget!
Jessica Fisher
Glad you like it! My friend Jessika blends it and uses it on pasta. 🙂
Jennifer Hoffman
For some reason when I make bread machine dough I have major issues spreading it out! Never have the problem with handmade dough. What am I doing wrong??
Jessica Fisher
I am not really sure. I have never noticed a big difference unless the dough is cold. Do you roll or hand form it?
Mary Jo @ Covenant Homemaking
This is so delicious and simple! I made it on a whole wheat sourdough crust. Yum!
Shell
Cheese pizza sounds really good. We like Mediterranean (probably spelled wrong,lol) pizza. We use onions,peppers, and black olives and spices and of course cheese and sauce.
Stephanie
Im planning on using the diced tomatoes instead. Do I need to cook the sauce for a lot longer or is it the same process? How will my sauce be different than making it with the canned tomatoes? Can I just leave out the tomatoes all together and just use the tomato sauce? Thanks!
Jessica
It’s really not going to be a lot different. And yes, you could use sauce if you prefer. It’s a very forgiving sauce.
Stephanie
@Jessica, Awesome! Thank you so much!! My sister made this earlier this afternoon and was raving about how she loved it :). I’m looking forward to trying it too!!
Stephanie
@Stephanie, I mean tomato paste. Sorry!!
Jessica
@Stephanie, I think it will be too thick if you just use paste.
April
I’m new to cooking for a family so maybe this is a stupid question, but I could use any help…
I have the pizza sauce simmering on the stove right now, but I’m wondering if I used the right tomatoes? I bought a can of diced, as instructed, but these chunks seem kind of big and weird for pizza sauce. Did I do something wrong?
Thanks for the recipes and the guidance!
Jessica
No, you’re good. There are chunks. They should cook down some. But, you can always blend it in a food processor or blender or with a stick blender if you prefer a smoother sauce. Either way.
Jenny
Just tried your pizza sauce this afternoon, and it is delicious. I’ve had a pizza handicap forever, but FINALLY can make a good one. Thanks for posting these recipes. My family eats pizza like a horde of starving lumberjacks and we are looking forward to dinner tonight.
Keri
I tried this last week and it was so good! We have Friday pizza nights at our house too, and I had been making my pizza using other recipes, but not anymore. This is the only recipe I will use; the combination of the dough and pizza sauce is excellent. Even my husband, who is not a big fan of “just cheese” pizza thought this was wonderful, and that’s saying something in my house! 🙂
Jessica
Awww… thank you!
Alison
Oh Jessica, where should I begin. I have been following your blogs forever now and wish my food came out as good as yours. Forever now I have been trying my hand at homemade pizza dough. I do not own a kitchen aid mixer, bread machine, or anything else. I make dough as instructed and knead it myself. I must be doing something wrong b/c the dough doesn’t rise(I add yeast lol!!!) and its not stretchy (i knead for about 10-15 minutes)
Any suggestions? I also don’t own a pizza stone so my pizza is not crispy.
I’m moving in the next couple weeks and then I hope to purchase a bread machine.
Thanks!
-Alison
Jessica
Well, Alison, I feel your pain. I have struggled with pizza dough in the past. And in the early years, I didn’t have any machines to help me. Have you ever read up on the science of bread? That helped me. Try this recipe for no-rise crust from Amy’s Finer Things. I tried it one night when I was short on time and it worked really well and was easy to form. And then report back. 😉
Jenna
Thanks for posting the pizza sauce recipe! I’ve been looking for a cheap easy one and this looks right up my alley! I have a couple pizza casserole dishes and I bet it would be delish in them! 🙂
Amanda
Last night I made your jalapeno burn pizza (minus the chicken). It will be a regular on our meal plan. 🙂 So yummy!
Leah
We love pizza too, but in the summer it is often too hot to turn on the oven- so we use whole wheat pitas as our crust and make little individual pizzas. Then I can have my spinach white pizza and my husband can have his pepperoni!
Shelah
I need to try this. My homemade pizzas leave much to be desired!
shelah
I’m slowly getting this one together.
I made the pizza sauce tonight. Just from the spoon….awesome. I haven’t even put it on a pizza yet.
I want to get to the dough this week.
Everyone here is leery of my pizzas so it may take some convincing when it lands on their plates. My 5yr old even asks, “Is this from a restaurant?”
Wildcat
I feel y’all’s pain. My kids actually look in the trash can to see if there is a box.
Heather
yum. I’m going to have to do this soon. If you sprinkle some oregano on top of the cheese pizza it really brings out the flavor, just don’t get too much
Kimberlee
I actually prefer cheese pizza over anything else. Toppings just get in the way! 🙂
But I have to admit, I love to cook, but I'm not much of a baker. Making dough scares me to death. I never have any luck rolling out dough and everything! I use pillsbury pizza dough…