Homemade Stuffed Crust Veggie Pizza

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Who needs delivery when you can make your own delicious homemade stuffed crust veggie pizza? This easy recipe will have you whipping up pies in no time flat. Ditch the takeout menu and get ready to enjoy a truly homemade pizza night with the bonus of being able to customize it with your favorite toppings.

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Stuffed Crust Veggie Pizza
What Toppings Can I Add to Pizza?
Ingredients
Handy Kitchen Tools
How to Make Stuffed Crust Pizza
Frequently Asked Questions
More Easy Pizza Recipes
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Stuffed Crust Veggie Pizza

This recipe for stuffed crust veggie pizza is perfect for when you want a homemade meal that still tastes like the pizza you are craving. The best part is that it's easy to make and doesn't require any fancy ingredients.

You'll love how crispy the crust gets, and the toppings are so fresh and flavorful. Serve this pizza with a side of salad, some homemade cheesy garlic bread, or even this simple recipe for garlic cheesy bread bombs to create a full meal that is absolutely incredible!

If a stuffed crust sounds good to you, you might also like this unique sausage stuffed crust pizza idea too! Super easy to make and ideal for just 1 or 2 people!

stuffed crust veggie pizza on round white plate

What Toppings Can I Add to Pizza?

The best thing about making your own pizza is that you can add any toppings you want. I love adding lots of veggies to my pizza and this one is a great way to add more vegetables to your diet. Below are some vegetables that are tasty and work great on pizza.

Black or green olives
Red, yellow, or white onions
Red, orange, yellow, or green bell peppers
Mushrooms
Diced tomatoes
Jalapeno slices
Zucchini, squash, broccoli, or cauliflower

You could also add meat to your pizza if you wanted. For those who eat meat, this is a great way to make pizza a bit more satisfying, and a fun way to use bits of leftovers from other meals. Just make sure whatever meat you choose is cooked through before adding it to the pizza.

Italian sausage, chicken sausage, or turkey sausage
Pepperoni or salami
Bacon crumbles
Seasoned ground beef, ground turkey, or ground pork
Grilled or baked diced chicken breasts

Of course, two other ways to customize your pizza are to add different cheese and sauces. I love mozzarella, but sometimes a bit of cheddar, Parmesan, gouda, or fontina cheese can really add flavor. Good goat cheese or feta adds a hint of saltiness and flavor that is unexpected.

As for sauces, classic marinara, olive oil and garlic, barbecue sauce, alfredo sauce, buffalo sauce, and even Ranch dressing can all be used with great results and different flavors.

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Ingredients

For the pizza dough:

1 ¼ cup lukewarm water
1 teaspoon sugar
1 package dry yeast (7g)
3 cups all-purpose flour (plus extra for dusting)
2 teaspoons salt
¼ cup olive oil

For topping the pizza

6 mozzarella string cheese sticks
16 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese (450 g)
½ cup pizza sauce
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1 tablespoon Italian seasoning blend
4 ounces mushrooms
½ green bell pepper
½ red bell pepper
½ red onion
1 teaspoon dried oregano

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Handy Kitchen Tools

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How to Make Stuffed Crust Pizza

In a medium bowl, mix together the warm water, sugar, and yeast and let it sit for 8 minutes.

Then, in a large mixing bowl, stir together all-purpose flour, salt, and olive oil until combined.

Now, add the yeast to the flour mixture, and stir well with a spoon until it begins to form a dough.

teal spoon being used to stir flour into dough

Lightly flour a clean surface, transfer the dough to the surface and begin kneading it until it becomes an elastic smooth dough. Add additional flour in ¼ cup increments as needed.

Now, oil a large bowl and add the ball of dough to it then cover with a damp towel and let it stand for around 1 hour and 30 minutes until it has risen and doubled in size.

Prepare the vegetables by slicing or chopping them into small pieces. Additionally, cut mozzarella cheese into ½" sticks to go inside the crust if not using string cheese.

Once the dough has doubled in size, punch it down and place it on a lightly floured clean surface.

pizza dough in white bowl being punched down

Roll the dough into a rectangle or circle, depending upon the pan being used.

Carefully, transfer the dough to the baking pan, and then preheat the oven to 400°F/200°C.

Make sure some dough is overlapping all sides of the pizza pan, then place a cheese stick all around the outside edge.

cheese being added around crust for pizza

Then, fold the dough over the cheese stick and pinch it into place.

Mix together the melted butter and dried Italian herbs in a small bowl, then brush this around the crust and cover the edges holding the cheese.

herbs and butter being brushed over edge of pizza

Then, spread pizza sauce all over the crust in an even layer.

pizza sauce being spread over pizza dough

Spread the top with around ½ of the shredded cheese.

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Top with sliced vegetables as desired.

hand adding sliced mushrooms to pizza dough

Then add the additional cheese on top and sprinkle the dried oregano over the top of the pizza.

Bake for 15 to 18 minutes, or until cooked through and the top is browned nicely.

rectangle black pan filled with vegetable pizza

Let it stand for 10 minutes before slicing to serve.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What Do You Stuff Crust With?

The stuffed crust of stuffed crust pizza is usually stuffed with cheese. Extra mozzarella is made directly into the crust of the pizza so that you get the extra cheesy bite at the end. I have seen some pizza recipes that use pepperoni or other toppings that are also added to the crust. This can be a bit trickier but it is possible.

I like using string cheese because it melts wonderfully and is already portions and shaped ideally to go inside the crust.

Can I Use Ready-Made Crust Instead of Homemade?

I love making the homemade crust for homemade stuffed crust. But sometimes, I don't have time to make fresh dough. In those cases, I do use store-bought or ready-made crust. You don't want to use the ready-made pizza crusts, however. You won't be able to manipulate the crust into making the stuffed crust.

If you want to use a ready-made dough to make the stuffed crust pizza look in the refrigerated section for the pizza dough that is in the tubes or some stores sell pizza dough by the ball in plastic bags.

Can I Freeze Stuffed Crust Pizza?

I like to get the stuffed crust pizzas ready to bake and have everything on them and then freeze them. It is a great way to have frozen pizza on hand. Then you can take it from the freezer and bake it like you would with other frozen pizzas.

I have also frozen homemade pizza dough. Just make sure to thaw it in the refrigerator overnight before using it.

I am not a fan of freezing-cooked stuffed pizza. The crust never gets as crispy when I reheat it. It can be done and if that isn't important to you, you might enjoy frozen homemade stuffed crust pizza.

I recommend reheating it in the oven and not the microwave to get some of the crispiness back.

If you like this easy recipe and want more beginner recipes to try you might also be interested in my latest cookbook release, The Complete Cookbook for Beginners. Tips, skills, and 101 recipes for the beginner cook to learn from!

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