A Homemade Heart Shaped Pizza with heart pepperonis is a perfect Valentine’s Day dinner for pizza lovers. Includes easy pizza dough recipe!
My Classic Pepperoni Pizza Recipe is turned into a cute dinner idea for special occasions like Valentine’s Day and anniversaries. With an easy Homemade Pizza Dough, you can load this pizza up with all your favorite toppings.
Sabrina’s Heart Shaped Pizza Recipe
Pizza lovers will have hearts in their eyes when they see this adorable Heart Shaped Pizza, complete with tiny heart shaped pepperonis, for dinner. Forget ordering an expensive heart pizza, you can easily make one at home including making fresh pizza dough. The best part is that it is ready in just an hour, so it makes a great last minute dinner that still looks, feels, and tastes extra special. While this recipe calls for cheese and pepperoni, feel free to add any additional favorite toppings to this cute meal, and pair with an Italian Salad to complete your dinner.
Ingredients
Pizza Dough:
- 1 cup warm water , (110 degrees)
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast , 1 packet
- 2 1/2 cups bread flour
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
To Make Pizza:
- 24 slices pepperoni
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 1/2 cup pizza sauce
- 1 1/2 cups mozzarella cheese , shredded
- 1/2 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes , optional
- 2 tablespoons cornmeal
Instructions
Pizza Dough:
- In a stand mixer mix the water, sugar and yeast together and let it sit for 10 minutes.
- Add in the flour, oil, salt and garlic powder and whisk together on medium speed until well combined, then swap out for the dough hook and let it knead for 5 minutes on medium speed.
- Remove the dough hook and let it rest, covered with a damp clean towel for 30 minutes before using.
To Make the Pizza:
- Heat the oven to 425 degrees.
- Fold each piece of pepperoni in half and trim an edge off the pepperoni on top and a longer edge off the other side. When unfolded the pepperoni should look like a heart.
- Roll the pizza dough out to about half the full size, then roll up and out the top right and top left of the dough to roll the dough into a heart shape about 1/2″ inch thickness on a floured countertop or cutting board about 12″ across.
- Add cornmeal to a 12″ pizza pan and add the pizza dough.
- Layer the pizza (except for the outer 1" ring) with the pizza sauce, mozzarella cheese, heart shaped pepperoni and Italian seasoning.
- Bake for 13-15 minutes until the cheese is browned and bubbling and the crust is golden brown.
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