Margherita Pizza

This super easy Margherita pizza recipe is a simple and delicious dinner! With only four ingredients, this pizza is quick, easy, and SO good.

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Italian/American

Prep Time: 25

Cook Time: 8

Total Time: 33

Servings: slices

Calories: 162kcal

Place pizza stone on bottom oven rack and heat to 450℉.
Roll out pizza dough on a lightly floured piece of parchment paper.
Spread tomato sauce across pizza dough, leaving about ½ inch border all the way around.
Place mozzarella on top of sauce.
Bake for 5-8 minutes, until crust is browned and top is bubbly.
Remove from oven and top with fresh basil leaves.
Slice and serve.

Easy Substitutions:

You can use store-bought pizza dough instead of homemade, but we can't guarantee cooking times.
Your favorite store-bought tomato sauce can also be used in place of homemade.
Fresh mozzarella tastes better, but you can easily use shredded mozzarella.

Quick Tips:

If you don't have a baking stone, you can bake this on a sheet pan or a pizza pan!
You can slice the basil rather than having full leaves on the pizza.