This pizza sauce is a labor of love, a huge part of that labor is that it’s so easy! This is not your fancy-schmancy simmered-from-tomatoes-plucked-from-your-garden pizza  sauce. This is pizza sauce made from ingredients in your pantry that also happens to taste AMAZING and comes together in a matter of minutes!
I spent the early years of my marriage trying to perfect homemade pizza because we were v. poor and we also loved pizza. No matter what I did, it always came out a little doughy and underdone with a weird aftertaste and it would take me straight back to horrible flashbacks of homemade pizza made from a boxed mix when I was a kid. I guess I can get how people hate pizza, especially homemade pizza, if that’s all they’ve ever known.
After a LOT of experimentation, I finally got it right. The dough was a huge part of it, but the other huge thing was the sauce. (Here is a great tutorial on how to make great pizza at home in your oven without any special equipment, but if you’re feeling wild, try grilling it!)
You’re going to need a can of tomato paste, onion powder, red pepper flakes, some of our homemade garlic bread seasoning, a little sugar, and some water.
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Empty tomato paste into a bowl (a decent-sized cereal bowl will do the trick) and add the dry ingredients.
Fill the can with warm water, add to the bowl,
and whisk it all together! Allow to stand until ready to use.
This overs two average-sized pizza, freezes extremely well, and gets along great with children.
Pizza Sauce
This easy pizza sauce is so delicious and comes together in just a few minutes from pantry staples!
Ingredients
- 1 6- ounce can tomato paste
- 6 ounces water just use the empty tomato paste can
- 3 tablespoons garlic bread seasoning
- 1/2-1 tablespoon sugar start with 1 1/2 teaspoons and adjust sweetness from there
- 3/4 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes optional
Instructions
- Empty tomato paste into a bowl and add water a few tablespoons at a time, stirring constantly until combined. Add remaining ingredients, stir to combine, and allow to stand until ready to use. Covers two average-sized pizza; freezes extremely well.
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Questions & Reviews
I agree-this sauce is killer!!!!!!!I LOVED it.I’ve always been leery of marjoram but in this case it makes the sauce.Of all the recipes I’ve tried this is the one I’m using from now on.Thanks for sharing.
This sounds delish! however i cant do dairy, can i do with out the garlic bread seasoning or sub it with something else?
This is seriously the best pizza sauce ever! If you are still using the store bought stuff, you are missing out!
You want simple? I don't even mix the spices in a bowl, I just sprinkle them on the sauce that's been spread on the pizza dough. Everybody likes my homemade pizza, so it must be OK. 🙂
Made this sauce last night and it was sooo good! Actually it was great! Thank you so much! Looking forward to trying out the rest of your recipes!
Wow we loved this sauce. We made pizzas last night and we loved them. We had leftover pizza today and I think that I loved the pizzas even more. I love this sauce. It is now what we will use every time we make pizza. Thank you so much. I am loving the recipes from this blog and I love making something new to eat.
Wow wow wow!! The sauce is SO GOOD! I'm enjoying it on my homemade pizza right this minutes. Bye bye jarred and canned sauce. This is so stinkin' easy and sooooo flavorful. LOVE IT! Thank you so much for the recipe. I found it on foodgawker.
I must admit I never make my own pizza sauce. I always have some sort of jarred marinara and I always end up using that. However last night I was out of sauce so I whipped this up and we LOVED it. I think I'll be making it from now on! So simple and easy and we really liked a kick from the red pepper flakes.
Made this the other day and my Hubby thought it was great and my best homemade pizza yet.
Wow this sounds great! And so easy. You ARE the best.