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Pesto Chicken Pizza on Homemade Dough

We've worked for years on perfecting our famiy pizza dough recipe, and here it is! We never even order pizza or buy frozen any more because we love making these easy homemade pizzas so much. Enjoy!

Fri-daaaayyyy! Hooray! Jamie has the entire week off next week before he starts his Commanders course, so today kicks off a whole lot of family time. šŸ™‚

I’m popping in today to share our family pizza dough recipe that we’ve worked hard to perfect throughout the last few years.Ā I’ve mentioned on this blog no less than five times that homemade pizzas are totally our jam, and coming up with new flavors and topping combinations is something we thoroughly enjoy. Our latest creation was topped with pesto and chicken and did a disappearing act in our bellies by the time kitchen clean-up rolledĀ around.Ā  If you’re looking for an at-home dinner idea this weekend, giveĀ this dough recipe a whirl, post a picture of your creation on Instagram, and tag me (@WhimsicalSeptember)! I’d love love love to see what ingredients you throw together.

HOMEMADE PESTO CHICKEN PIZZA

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Pesto Chicken Pizza
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Recipe type: Dinner
Cuisine: Italian
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Serves: 2 12" pizzas
 
Ingredients
  • DOUGH:
  • One packet (1/4 ounce) of active dry yeast (yellow packet - comes in a strip of three)
  • 1.5 cups warm water
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 3.5 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp salt
  • TO PREPARE PIZZA:
  • 2 tbsp white cornmeal
  • extra virgin olive oil
  • garlic salt to taste
  • 6 tbsp pesto (3 tbsp per pizza)
  • 2 cups shredded chicken (1 cup per pizza)
  • 2 cups mozzarella cheese (1 cup per pizza)
  • Italian seasoning to taste
Instructions
  1. Pour yeast and sugar into a small bowl with the warm water & let sit for five minutes.
  2. In large bowl combine flour and salt.
  3. Add olive oil to wet mixture and then add wet mixture to dry mixture.
  4. Stir ingredients together and then knead dough by hand until a soft dough ball forms. Continue adding 1 tbsp of flour at a time to the dough until it is no longer sticking to your fingers and forms a soft ball.
  5. Tightly cover bowl with plastic wrap and allow dough to rise at room temperature for at least one hour. The dough will double in size.
  6. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
  7. Split dough ball in two.
  8. On a surface covered in cornmeal, roll out the first dough ball until thin. Each dough ball should yield a 12" diameter pizza.
  9. Lightly brush each pizza crust with olive oil and dust with garlic salt.
  10. Top with pesto (3 tbsp), shredded chicken (one cup), cheese (one cup), and then finally the Italian seasoning.
  11. Bake for 14-15 minutes until cheese is melted and crust is lightly brown.

Note: I’ve used both a rotisserie chicken as well as shredded baked chicken for this pizza, and both were easy and delicious!

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