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Katie Cooper's Homemade Cheese Stuffed Crust Pizza Ingredients: 2.5 cups of Flour (I use unbleached) 1 packet Quick Rise Yeast 1 can of your favorite Pizza Sauce 24 oz Shredded Mozzarella Cheese 16 oz Block Mozzarella cheese cut into 2x.5" rectangles Pepperoni @ Dry Parmesan Cheese 1 stick of butter 1 cup of water 2 tbsp of oil or butter Pizza pan Basting brush (if you have one or back of spoon) 2-3 tbsp Garlic Powder 1) dissolve packet of yeast into warm water 2) mix in flour and add water or flour if mixture is too sticky or dry 3) kneed dough for 1-2 minutes into ball and let sit in covered bowl 30-45 in fridge 4) break 1/3-1/2 of dough (depending on how large you want your pizza) and roll into ball 5) kneed dough into small circle then use rolling pin to roll into thin circular layer 6) poor tbsp of oil into hand and brush bottom of pizza pan 7) preheat oven to 425' 8) melt butter in microwave approx. 30 seconds until melted 9) add 2 tsp garlic powder to butter (enough for strong scent of butter and garlic) 10) place dough quickly onto pizza pan 11) with a basting brush, lightly brush entire circle of dough with garlic butter 12) place blocks of cheese approx. .5" from edge of dough and tuck dough over cheese, kneeling lightly with fingers to attach dough back into the dough (this part is crucial so as not to have dough break a part for ultimate stuffed crust) 13) add 1/4 cup pizza sauce starting in the middle and working your way out based on desired amount of sauce and not too close to crust 14) sprinkle mozzarella cheese on top, enough to cover sauce 15) add pepperoni 16) sprinkle light layer of mozzarella and dry Parmesan cheese 17) brush more garlic butter into crust 18) Bake in oven for 10-12 minutes until crispy golden brown 19) as soon as pizza is removed from oven brush with garlic butter and sprinkle Parmesan cheese over edges of crust then rest of pizza! Voila! Delicious! Makes 2-3 pizzas depending on size of pizza pan Tips: start making second pizza while the 1st one is in the oven! I may be impartial but this is the best pizza I've ever had and it all has to do with lots of garlic butter, cheese stuffed crust and LOTS of Parmesan! My family devours this every time I make it! Dedicated to my Grandpa Ryder for helping me perfect this recipe for years!

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