How to Use A Pizza Stone To Make Crispier Home Pizza Crust

A pizza stone is a flat stone or piece of ceramic or earthenware used to evenly distribute oven heat to pizzas or other baked goods. The thermal mass and porous nature of the stone used also helps absorb moisture, resulting in a crisp crust.

Pizza stones will help remove moisture from pizza dough and create the crispy pizza crust we all love! More information on using a pizza stone may be found at HomePizzaChef.com

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• pizza stone, a pizza peel, conventional home oven

1. Clean the stone and place it on the bottom rack of a 425 degrees Fahrenheit oven for 20 minutes to insure that the stone is hot.

2. 

   When using a pizza stone, it will make things much easier if you make your pizza directly on a pizza peel. This enables you to easily transfer the pizza from the pizza peel to the hot pizza stone. I recommended that you sprinkle your pizza peel with cornmeal prior to shaping the dough on the pizza peel. After completing your pizza creation it's time to transfer the pizza to the pizza stone.
   
   Place your pizza on the stone. Be careful... the stones is hot. If you have a "pizza peel", use the peel to transfer the pizza to the pizza stone. Under no circumstances should you season or oil a pizza stone.

3. The key to using a pizza stone successfully is simple. The stone MUST be hot. This usually means pre-heating the oven for a longer period of time than you would if you were baking the pizza on the rack. Also note: The temperature of the oven air does NOT reflect the temperature of the pizza stone.
   
   Pizza stones can be very dangerous if they aren't used properly, so make sure you follow directions carefully.
   
   Take the time to pre-heat your oven... follow instructions carefully if you choose to use a pizza stone . This will contribute to a better baked pizza pie every time.
   
   If you like crispy crust pizza try using a pizza stone.

Tips & Warnings

• If you like crispy crust pizza try making your pizza on a pizza peel and transferring it to a hot pizza stone.
• It sounds simple.. It sounds minor.. but it's not. Overlook any of these instructions and you could be in for a surprise "soggy" pizza crust. Pizza stones get extremely HOT. Be sure to follow instructions.
• BE CAREFUL - Be very careful not to put any form of cooking oil or olive oil on the pizza stone. This is not required and can be dangerous.
• Once you make your pizza, simply slide it from the pizza peel to the pizza stone and bake for 10-13 minutes at a temperature of 450 degrees.
• Once the pizza has fully baked, you can use the pizza peel to carefully remove the pizza from the pizza stone for cooling and cutting.
• Save me a slice!

Resources

• HomePizzaChef's Legendary Recipes