Taco Pizza with Homemade Pizza Dough

For the pizza crust dough:
In a small cup or bowl, dissolve the yeast and brown sugar in the warm water and let it sit for 10 minutes. Then stir in salt and olive oil.

Pour this mixture onto 3 cups of flour that have been measured out into a bowl. Dump the dough onto a well-floured surface. Measure out the remaining flour and slowly start kneading it in. As I said, the dough should not be sticky. You may need more or less flour, so just keep kneading and adding the flour slowly until it’s no longer sticky.

Place the dough into a well oiled bowl, cover with a dish cloth, and place in a warm, dry place and let it rise for an hour. I always keep my dough in the microwave so it’s out of the way!

After the hour is up, the dough should be significantly larger. Punch it down, and then dump it out onto a lightly floured surface. Cut the dough into two equal pieces. Roll out both sections of dough with your hands or a floured rolling pin. If you’re using your hands, gently press down and out onto the dough, until it’s a large circle! I think our dough was about ½ inch thick.

For the pizza sauce:
In a medium sized bowl mix together refried beans, taco sauce, and pizza sauce. Set aside.

To assemble the pizza:
Preheat oven with 2 pizza stones inside for 15 minutes at 425 F.

Top each piece of dough with pizza sauce leaving a small border around the edges for the crust. Top the sauce with mozzarella cheese, then add the ground beef (browned and then mixed with taco seasoning), and then colby jack. Move the pizzas onto the hot stones using a pizza peel. Bake for about 10-15 minutes, or until the dough is golden brown and the cheese is melted!

Cut with a pizza cutter and top with desired topping! We always top with shredded lettuce, sour cream, taco sauce, and crushed taco flavored Doritos, but the possibilities are endless!