School Cafeteria Pizza - Throwback to the 80s School Pizza Recipe! 😎 QUICK & EASY
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- čas přidán 11. 12. 2023
- I love school cafeteria pizza back in the 80s. The lunch ladies started doing something in the 90s that wasn't as great, but THIS recipe tastes spot on for how it was back in the 80s lunchrooms when I was in elementary and middle school. The recipe below is for a half-sheet pan.
The secret ingredient is what does it!
INGREDIENTS:
1 cup warm water (105-115 degrees F)
1 teaspoon sugar
1 package active dry yeast
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons olive oil
3 cups all-purpose flour
¾ cup powdered milk
1 cup pizza sauce
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
Toppings of your choice
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. In a large bowl, combine the warm water, sugar, and yeast. Let stand until the yeast is foamy.
2. Add, olive oil, 2 cups of flour, salt, and the powdered milk. Stir or mix until a dough forms.
3. Use a stand mixer or turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 5-7 minutes, or until the dough is smooth and elastic.
4. Line the bottom of a half-sheet pan with parchment or sprinkle a light coating of corn meal. I prefer parchment!
5. Place the dough in the pan and then press and roll it out until it spreads to all 4 corners of the pan. You'll probably want to let the dough rest for a few minutes first so it's easier to work with.
6. Spread sauce, add cheese and desired toppings.
7. Bake in a preheated oven at 400 degrees F for 12-15 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown and the cheese is melted and bubbly. (The recipe I had said 20 minutes, but I find that's way too long in my oven.)
Serve and enjoy!
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Here is an earlier video on making a regular pizza: • How to Make Pizza from...
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Need a half-recipe, here you go:
½ cup warm water (105-115 degrees F)
½ teaspoon sugar
½ package active dry yeast
½ teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting the surface
⅜ cup powdered milk
½ cup pizza sauce
½ cup shredded mozzarella cheese
Toppings of your choice
Been looking for this recipe for a long time now, and My Mom even worked in the school cafeteria for some years, but she couldn't remember it when I asked her for it. Class of '91 here, and YES, use to love the school pizza. And I must say, yours looks more like what I remembered over everyone elses here on CZcams.
Awesome! Class of '93 and I'm glad you enjoyed school pizza as much as I did! Thank you so much for watching and taking the time to comment! :)
Yes, I went to school in the 80s. I remember this pizza they serve pizza, corn fruit.
Class of 83. Will try this recipe soon.
Haha! I graduated exactly a decade after you! I hope you'll report back after you make this and let me know what you think.
Me too!! Class of 83😊 LOL and the school pizza was the bomb!! No other pizza like it!! I do homemade pizza since 2004. People love it, however I'm glad she told us about the powered milk, so I have got to try it.I keep thinking milk could be and ingredient in a pizza at a particular Italian restaurant from my past, however, I didn't think powered milk, but I have been using powdered milk lately because it's cheaper than regular milk,"in other food"
I was an 80s kid and graduated 1990. I loved the school pizza. Thanks for the great memories.
I was just a few years behind you. Graduated in 93. I'm glad you enjoyed this! Thanks for watching and taking time to comment!
Looks delicious
I'm on the low end of the Boomers,1962. I Loved school pizza and Yeast rolls. I graduated in 1980.
Haha I'm pretty sure they were making it the same way right through the 70s and 80s. I'm pretty sure it was around 89-90 when they changed it to a narrow trapezoid shape with little square pepperoni bits. 1975 here!
We love our pizza made this way! only thing is, being in my 7th decade on this beautiful earth, I have to line my pan with parchment, but roll it out on a silicone pad so it doesn't scoot around so much - i'd never get the thing rolled out any more if i didn't! then wrap around my rolling pin and lay it in the pan on the parchment. by the way, i still scoop my flour and it's all good.
That's such a good idea about rolling out then wrapping around the rolling pin! I hadn't even thought of that! I know that's the way to do a pie crust so I don't know why it never dawned on me for rolling it out. THANK YOU!!!
Love this video I remember this pizza I’ve been looking for this recipe. Thank you so much for your recipe.
I hope you enjoy it! Apparently, the lunch ladies did use a pourable dough for crust, but this is the closest I've found!
I went to school from 1978 to 1991....the 80's school lunches were the best. My kids miss out with the pre-packaged crap they serve today, they don't even cook on site anymore. I remember this pizza too...looks just like it. Great job. My favorite was Poor Boy Tacos. Basically Nacho Chips with beef chili on top and topped with shredded lettuce, tomato, and crumbly white cheese.
Haha yes the 80s lunches were the best, for sure! I don't remember them serving nacho chips at my school, but if they had, I would have been a fan! I don't think they served tacos either. I wonder if maybe it was a regional thing? 🤔 I grew up in North Carolina.
Loved that pizza. Gotta try to make this. Thanks for sharing
Same! I loved this stuff and always wish I had extra punches on my lunch ticket so I could get seconds. 😁
❤ yum
I remember when we couldn't wait for pizza day,ours had super finely chopped sausage on it and it was awesome!
Such good memories!
Loved this video. I remember this pizza, thank you❤. I also have the same coffee pot on your beautiful stove.😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
I love my Corningware. 😍 Thank you for watching and taking time to comment!
As a 90s kid, I still appreciate this recipe. In middle school, Fridays were called, “pizza Friday.” Then by high school pizza had its own line for every day, not just Fridays. Seems like we had cubed pepperoni as the one topping.
That sounds about right! I think they were cheaping out by the 90s. I figure they could probably get an extra slice for each row by cutting it into those narrow trapezoids instead of the rectangles.
Our school pizza had the pourable crust, sauce, ground beef cooked with dried onions, chopped bologna and cheese, it was so good
I would be interested in a pourable crust recipe recipe, but I just haven’t found one yet that seems like the school pizza we had.
I'm tail end of the boomers! Looks like it from the mid 70s! The one thing they added on top was a sprinkling of parmesan cheese. I loved pizza day!😊 Now I gotta go take frozen pizza dough out, LOL!! 😂
I don't think they did parmesan on top when I was in school, but that sounds good!! 😋
I remember the pizzas in junior high, in those pizzas they had chunks of tomatoes they were awesome, your pizza looks very good👍
Hi Dave! Thanks so much for watching and taking time to comment! I'm glad this brought back good junior high school pizza memories for you. 😁
GFS has rectangle pizzas with chunks of tomatoes in the sauce. I'm not a fan of the sauce myself but thought I would share that with you.
I watched another recipe video that claimed the recipe came from a government cook book. Her crust poured into the pan, like pancake batter.
Ok, well try that one and see what you think. I did mention in this video that some people use a recipe like that, but all I know is this tastes exactly like the pizza when I was in school.
@@OldTimeKnowledge Yes ma’am, which is why I stated that lol Im not an expert ha
@@OldTimeKnowledge I did try that one, the pourable crust one...and it doesn't work. It's a very sticky dough that resists being spread. Tastes okay but I'm give this one here, yours, a try next.
Yes, i remember this.
Was the bottom browning?
Thank you ❤
You know, the bottom never really seems to get brown with this. I'm not sure if it's because the crust is so thin or if it's because of the parchment or the pan I use. I use a pan by USA Steel. I suspect if I greased the pan before baking instead of using parchment, it might brown on the bottom, but it doesn't bother me like this. I may try it sometime like that, though, just to see... thanks for mentioning it!
@@OldTimeKnowledge thank you too sweetheart. ❤
I'm starting to think that I'm the only 1 who hasn't eaten ''school cafeteria pizza'' : ( [cute-silly but sincere/true lol] It wasn't a ''thing'' at all where I grew up [Ontario, Canada] .... so, I'm going to make this : ) I have a feeling I'll like it ! My fav. Cafeteria food was Fries & Gravy - I know, sooo exciting - right ? [not] lol : )
I have made your Gingerbread cake 2 x's & it was Delicious [will be making very soon again] as well as your chocolate & nut topped toffee, very good too - a lil' too Good ; ) !!!
So Happy for You re; your new Stove : ) it is nice to get a new appliance etc ~
P.S. Ignore the Buggy people who keep leaving these ''annoying Cooking or Baking TIPS''
I feel sooo Bad for You & many other YT'brs who 'also' have people like that commenting ~
Anyways, YOU be YOU : ) HAGW ! & tfs
Hi Cindy! Thank you so much for watching and commenting! I'm glad you're finding recipes here that you like. I hope you'll like this one. Please don't expect it to be like Domino's or Pizza Hut or anything like that. School pizza was always a very different thing. Definitely better than a storebought frozen pizza, but also not like your favorite local pizzeria. (Then again, is anybody's favorite local pizzeria Pizza Hut or Domino's? Lol) I hope you'll let me know what you think of this if you make it - even if you don't care for it! That's ok with me! We all grew up with different things so this might not be your cup of tea! 😁 Thanks again and have a great rest of the week! Happy cooking!
I have all these ingredients 🎉
If you had this pizza growing up, you'll love the trip down memory lane. If you didn't, you'll love that you know it now! 😁
School pizza is disgusting. I always gave mine away.
Fortunately, you don't have to make this recipe or eat school pizza ever again! 😂