Comments on: Wednesday Baking-What You Need to Bake Pizza

By: Homemade Pizza…again – IGOROTAK

Homemade Pizza…again – IGOROTAK — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:53:22 +0000

[...] should mention that last weekend, after reading Kristen @ The Frugal Girl’s blog on musts for pizza baking, I was convinced to invest in a pizza stone and peel. See, I just started this love affair with [...]

By: Anki

Anki — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 20:27:42 +0000

No pizzastone and no peel in this house. We usually make tortilla pizza or place the dough directly on a baking mat and then bake the pizza on a pre-heated cookie sheet.

By: Becky

Becky — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:52:39 +0000

I just have large pizza forms with the holes in the bottom from Walmart. I have never seen pizza stones for sale here (Poland) and they are incredibly heavy to try to bring overseas in a suitcase. I make the dough, then put it on the pregreased and sprinkled with corn meal pizza forms. I let it sit for a minute or two while I clean up the counters in the kitchen and then finish making the pizzas.

I bake them in a convection oven. It works for me. Those stones look like they make much smaller pizzas than my family is used to.

By: calimama @ compactbydesign.com

calimama @ compactbydesign.com — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:55:20 +0000

Kristen, so funny you should post this! Every time I make pizza I wonder what a stone that has been used excessively looks like! Mine is nowhere near yours but it’s on it’s way.

I have been thinking about trying my baking sheet in lieu of a pizza pan or screen as sometimes the crust is quite hard than I like and I think it is due to the stone. Any thoughts on getting a softer crust using a stone?

By: hiptobeme

hiptobeme — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 04:25:14 +0000

Now I want pizza

By: Mariciel

Mariciel — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 01:25:33 +0000

Hi Kristen,
Thanks for stopping by my website the other day. And thank you for posting about pizza stone and peel. The pizza recipe from which I based the dough I made the other day was talking about preheating the stone but I didn’t really know much about pizza stones so I went ahead and made mine on a pan. Of course, I didn’t have a stone, hence the pan. But your post today made it all clear. Can’t wait to get me one of those sets now that I am much more eager and confident to make my own pizza at home. Thank you!!

Best regards,
Mariciel

By: Jinger

Jinger — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 01:07:19 +0000

I’m going to use my 20% off coupon at BBandB to buy both the stone and the peel. Thanks!

By: Janknitz

Janknitz — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:16:58 +0000

The stone is absolutely essential (I haven’t tried a pizza screen, though) but the peel can be substituted. Here’s a few frugal suggestions:

A thin piece of masonite will work.

I’ve used a “baking mat” from the Dollar Store successfully. This is a stiff plastic mat meant for cutting out cookies on (NOT for baking on). Or a cutting mat, used to cut up foods and easy to clean.

Use the back of a thin, flat cookie sheet.

Check out your local restaurant supply store or Smart and Final for a peel. They are less expensive than the home and variety stores.

Even a stiff piece of cardboard will work.

By: Theresa

Theresa — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:08:31 +0000

In lieu of a pizza peel, try a wooden cutting board. This has been a lifesaver discovered by my wonderful husband. Sprinkled liberally with cornmeal to prevent sticking, the dough slides right off onto the pizza stone with a mere flick of the wrist.

By: WilliamB

WilliamB — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:41:45 +0000

Well drat it Kristen. That pizza looks so good – that cheese is almost perfectly brown – that you have me jonesing for pizza for dinner. That wasn’t in the plan at all. I have other things that should to be eaten lest I embarass myself come Food Waste Friday.