Is it worth it to make Pizza from Scratch???

I make homemade pizza all the time. You can buy the pizza dough mix, all you have to do is add water, mix it and let the dough rise. You can also buy the pizza sauce in a jar. Then you can add all the toppings you want, mmm good.

Making pizza from scratch is quite expensive. They taste great though and it is fun. It isone of those things you can do as a family or as a girls get together. Have some drinks make some pizza and chat. It is not somehting you do in a hurrry; that is when the frozens are useful.

I love my pizza (baking) stone. I use it all of the time. We make our dough in the bread maker. It is expensive to start but after the first time you have ingrediants on hand. The taste is better with a home made pizza. Just like the pizza you buy in the pizza shop, it is homemade not processed like the frozen. Even if you do decide to go with the frozen pizzas, you can still use the pizza stone. Just put the frozen pizza on top of it, per manufacturer's instructions. Makes it crispier. Good Luck

I was brought up by the Italian side of my family, who are quite traditional, so we've always made our own pizzas from scratch, and it's honestly not as hard as it looks - I don't even really 'spin' the pizza, just kneed it, then roll it into a ball, and use a rolling pin to make it flat. Alternatively, you can always just spread it into a round tin when it's rising. I'd definetly say it's worth it, it tastes much better, and the topping's are always fresher, too. Give it a go, and see for yourself!

I love to make things from scratch. I have never tried the pizza but I promised my daughter a chrisstmas pizza and I plan to come through on it. I like oding it and to me it will be worthwhile getting my hands dirty and seeing my creation not someone else's coming through. My daughter will love this excitement too. So if you wish do it from scratch. I am so looking forward to doing this one with my daughter.

Well, am game for making a pizza as long as the base is ready made. Its then that you can let ur creativity go wild. The amount of combinations you can try on ur pizza is beyond imagination.. i myself love trying out new stuff as topping and i've never been disappointed!! :D To all the master chefs out there.. this is the canvas you can paint ur culinary skills on.

There's nothing like homemade pizza...it's the best. I don't eat pizza often but when I do, it's usually from scratch.

If I knew a good recipe, I would surely make it at home. I think it would be more tastier than the frozen ones.

You can never beat the taste of a home made pizza especially on a stone...I make mine all the time, you dont have to make your own dough, I just use flat bread or you can buy pizza bases..You can make it to perfection exactly how you want it...

well we make our pizza from scratch but we use a bread maker. this makes it fast and easy and we can pick our own toppings! the kids love it and there is nothing like a pizza fresh out of the oven!

I think it's worth it, personally. Yeah, the up front cost might be a bit higher than a frozen pizza, but 1 bag of flour will make 3 or 4 pizzas at least (depending on the size). A 3-pack of yeast makes 3 pizzas. Plus, you can put as little or as much of the toppings on it as you want. You can be more creative. You can cover a pizza with 4 layers of pepperoni and cheese with no sauce if that's what you want. Ultimately, homemade pizza is better quality and 100% customizable. If the idea of making dough yourself is a bit much for you, you can always buy the dough. Some grocery stores sell it frozen, and a lot of pizza places will sell dough as well (you just gotta ask).

Oh I would love to have a pizza stone, I haven't had homemade pizza in way too long. It is worth it, you can choose how much sauce,cheese and ingredients you put on to make THE perfect pizza for you..

I have tried several times to make pizza from scratch, to no avail. It never turns out very good. I don't know why. I have even tried it on a pizza stone. I don't know what I am doing wrong. I can't find a sauce that I like, and the crust is always soggy. I have much better luck making stuffed breadsticks-bread dough with all the pizza fixin's in it. Very good! Good luck with your pizza! Let us know how it turns out for you. Oh! The pizza stone is excellent to heat frozen pizzas on, though.

I think making your own pizza tastes better although it's a lot of work chopping up all the ingredients and cleaning up! It's a fun thing to do in a group though!

Yes I think it is a very good idea and we should make it quite often.

I usually buy those already made. I would think the advantage to making it from scratch is that your ingredients might be fresher, and you know what went into it. I like Digorno frozen pizza so we buy that brand all the time.

There is nothing like a fresh home-made pizza off a pizza stone than some cardboard flat yucky tasting (sorry its processed food and that turns my stomach) thing you get off the frozen isle rack ! From home any ingredients and all can be incorporated into a fine upstanding pizza. It isn't really that much more expensive than buying fresh grated cheese or sauce for spaghetti than the ingredients for a great pie. And you can even two-layer it with crust on top and bottom like a calzone ! The possibilities are endless and if you have flour, olive oil, tomato paste, garlic, chicken, broccoli, mushrooms, cheese, etc etc etc I am coming over for diner and will help you make one, if you are not too far away . . . hee hee Nice to meet you sharing the light, Miss Erica Hidvegi, the Enlightenment Advisor, B.A. Psych/M.A. Transpersonal Studies- Cnslng/Author, Artist, Photographer, Entrepreneur & Freelance extraordinaire

I think it's definately worth it when you"ve got the time.

I make fresh pizza all the time for my family, and I think it's not only better tasting, but also cheaper. I have 7 people in my house to feed, and with store bought pizza I would have to buy like 4 or 5 of them to feed us all, and we're really not satisfied after because they aren't so good. If I make pizza at home we only need to make 3, we have a ton of left overs, and we're always satisfied with the meal. I don't do anything exstravagent, I will do one cheese pizza, sometimes a pepperoni, sometimes a sausage, usually an onion sometimes with mushrooms or peppers as well, and sometimes hubby likes to make a chicken wing or garlic pizza. Sometimes I'll make the dough and sauce homemade, or sometimes I'll just buy fresh dough and canned sauce. Even if I buy the dough and sauce, it usually only costs around $10 for the 3 pizzas.