18 Homemade Pizzas and Flatbreads Everyone Will Want a Slice Of

This margherita pizza recipe doesn’t use any special ingredients or equipment (no pizza oven required!), and you can make the dough the same day or several days in advance, so it fits many schedules.

If you want to shake up your regular pizza night, bright, herbaceous pesto is a delicious alternative to the typical red sauce. Use your favorite store-bought pesto to make the prep even easier.

There aren’t many better ways to feed a crowd than with this hefty sheet pan pizza, which serves 10 to 12. Load up the toppings on the sturdy crust, and watch your hungry crew devour every slice.

Pizza for dinner is great, and breakfast for dinner is always a fun idea — so, naturally, breakfast pizza for dinner is a level of awesomeness that will be met with sincere gratitude from everyone at the table. This breakfast pizza is topped with eggs, hash browns, sausage, and cheese.

Top fluffy, bubbly focaccia with a bright no-cook tomato sauce and two kinds of cheese before baking this pizza in the oven. It’s great at room temperature, making it perfect for lunch the next day. (If you want to avoid even trace amounts of alcohol, you can skip the red wine vinegar.)

You layer store-bought pizza dough with garlicky mushrooms and mozzarella cheese in this delicious pie that skips the red sauce entirely.

This easy pizza recipe may just be the best way to use up lingering veggies and get your kids to eat something with essential vitamins in the process.

In this pizza recipe, you replace red sauce with your favorite barbecue sauce and then pile on precooked chicken, two kinds of cheese, and red onions. The cilantro garnish pulls the whole thing together to create one delicious bite.

This pepperoni pizza has a flaky golden crust thanks to the inclusion of butter in the pizza dough. And the skillet cooking method means you can make it deep dish and fill the pie with toppings like pepperoni, green pepper, or whatever else your heart desires.

Polenta, a kind of cornmeal made with ground flint corn, has a starring role as the crust in this gluten-free pizza. Make sure to plan ahead to give the polenta time to firm up in the fridge before topping. You’ll probably want to eat this one with a fork to reduce mess!

Starting with a bag of cauliflower rice makes this an easy option for a homemade gluten-free pizza. Go a little lighter on the sauce and toppings since the cauliflower isn’t quite as sturdy as a flour-based crust.

If you’re craving a thick slab of Detroit-style pizza but don’t have time to make a trip to the Motor City, this homemade version is an excellent choice for dinner.

You’re at the Pizza Hut, you’re at the Taco Bell. You’re at the combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell inside your very own home thanks to this easy, crowd-pleasing taco pizza.

Pineapple can be a controversial pizza topping, but there’s nothing controversial about a delicious meal that comes together in about 20 minutes. Add your favorite bag salad, and dinner is done.

Using the Indian flatbread, naan, as a pizza crust is a brilliant hack that cuts prep time way down. And adding garam masala and chili powder to store-bought marinara creates a sauce that’s reminiscent of chicken tikka masala with a fraction of the effort. All together, you get this homemade pizza recipe that’s doable even on a busy weeknight. (Heads-up that this recipe calls for honey, and children younger than 1 year old should never be given honey.)

This thin-crust pizza is quick and easy to prepare, and it has the perfect crispy texture. Refrigerating the dough overnight will make the flavor and texture even better, but it’s not strictly necessary if you’re short on time.

My burger-loving family welcomes any chance to enjoy a hamburger, especially if it’s on a pizza. Start with store-bought dough and then layer on the traditional burger fixings. Don’t forget the pickles!

It might sound silly to put mashed potatoes on a pizza, but hear me out: What better way to use up leftover mashed potatoes could there possibly be? Combined with smoky bacon, gooey mozzarella, and scallions, it makes for a heavenly bite.