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Save money and make Homemade Pizza Sauce Recipe. This recipe is so easy and beats anything store bought! This flavorful sauce comes together in minutes and made with simple pantry ingredients.
My kids and I have been making this homemade pizza sauce recipe for years now. In fact, I cannot remember the last time I bought store bought pizza sauce. My family and I love to make pizza, and I finally figured out an actually recipe that we love.
This Homemade Sauce is so simple and I think you will love it too. We love to add it to many of our pizza recipes such as biscuit pizza, French bread pizza and more.
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Why You’ll Love this Homemade Pizza Sauce
- Minimal Prep – There is nothing to chop or cook to make this easy homemade pizza sauce recipe. All the ingredients combine easily in a bowl and it is ready to use.
- Simple Ingredients – Making homemade sauces allows you to control the ingredients. This sauce is made with simple pantry staples which makes it budget friendly, taste amazing and has the best texture.
- Easy to Store – We love to double this best pizza sauce recipe so we can keep our fridge and freezer stocked when we are ready to make Homemade Pizza Recipes.
Ingredients
- Crushed Tomatoes – Using canned crushed tomato puree as your pizza sauce base makes this sauce so easy to make. In a pinch I have even used diced tomatoes and tossed in a blender or food processor.
- Simple dried herbs – We used dried basil, onion powder, thyme, oregano, paprika, pepper and garlic salt. If you have Italian Seasoning that is a great substitute
- Sugar – Adds a hint of sweetness. But you can also leave out
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How to Make Pizza Sauce at Home
- Step 1 – Get a large bowl and pour the crushed tomatoes in.
- Step 2 – Add all of the seasonings.
- Step 3 – Stir until everything is blended together.
Recipe Tips
- Combine Ingredients – Mix ingredients together in a bowl until everything is mixed together.
- Spreading Sauce – When using the sauce on a pizza crust, spread with a rubber spatula so it completely covers the sauce. This sauce will cover two large pizza or 4 medium pizzas depending on how much sauce that you prefer on your pizza.
Variations Ideas
- Spicy – If you prefer a spicy sauce add in ½ teaspoon of red pepper flakes or a dash of cayenne.
- Fresh Herbs – For even more flavor, you can add 1 tsp of fresh herbs such as basil, rosemary, parsley and oregano.
- Sweeter Sauce – If you like a sweeter sauce add in 1 tsp of sugar or a balsamic vinegar.
- Thicker Sauce – If you prefer a thicker sauce, you can add in a small can of tomato paste.
How to Use This Homemade Pizza Sauce
We love use this pizza sauce on our favorite Homemade Pizza Dough Recipe and these pizza recipes – Homemade Flatbread Pizza, Pizza Grilled Cheese Sandwich Recipe, Easy Pizza Pocket Recipe, Pepperoni Pizza Dip, French Bread Pizza and Pizza Stuffed Crescent Rolls.
We even like to have this pizza sauce stocked in our fridge for dipping Olive Garden Breadsticks Recipe and Garlic Bread Cheese Sticks.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, if you prefer you can use fresh tomatoes. You will need to simmer the peeled, chopped tomatoes until they have thickened. Then blend the tomatoes and then they are ready to be mixed with the spices. We love the convenience of using canned tomatoes for a quick and easy sauce recipe.
This homemade pizza sauce is equivalent of 28 oz pizza sauce jars at the store which cost about $3 – $4. All I had to buy was a can of crushed tomatoes because I already had the spices. Making homemade pizza sauce cost about $2 which is about a 50% savings.
You can get some super cute Mason glass jars here on Amazon. I really love the ones that come with chalkboard labels. They are so cute to labels all your sauces in the fridge. Plus you will have the best sauce for pizza. The pizza sauce can be stored in the fridge up to 5 days.
You can freeze the sauce for 3-6 months. I also like to lay the bags flat for easy storage and to save room. Remember to make a double or triple batch and freeze these. I like to freeze it in freezer bags. Thaw in the fridge overnight when ready to serve again.
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Homemade Pizza Sauce Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 can Crushed Tomatoes 28 oz. can
- 2 tsp Dried Basil
- ½ tsp Sugar
- ½ tsp Onion Powder
- 2 tsp Oregano
- 1 tsp Paprika
- 2 tsp Garlic Salt
- ½ tsp Pepper
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Instructions
- Pour the crushed tomatoes in a bowl.
- Add in the seasonings and stir to combine.
- It is officially ready to spoon onto your homemade pizza!
- This makes the equivalent to 28 oz. of pizza sauce.
Can you use italian seasoning instead of oregano?
Yes, I think that would be delicious.
I added some fennel seed, and I simmered it for a bit. It was delicious. Thank you for posting.
Very flavorful. Better than store bought. Did not vary ingredients. Just perfect!
Made it tonight, it was good, but the sauce was a little bitter for me, will need to tweak it with a little more sugar next time.
I have several Roma Tomato plants. Can these be used instead of canned or will it change the taste much?
Yes, you can use the roma tomatoes to make this recipe as well. It shouldn’t change the taste much.
Can this be canned?
Yes, this recipe can be canned.
Yes, been wanting a good sauce and this worked 🙂
I’m so glad you enjoyed it – Thank you for sharing!
This sauce is so good!! I love to make extra and freeze it and then pull it out when we want pizza! Yum!
Have you ever tried adding some fresh garlic to it?
No, I haven’t yet, but I think it would be delicious.
OMG! I love this stuff, thank you so much for the recipe. I thought I lost the recipe and was so down. I found it again and will be making those sliders this weekend for a lunch for the grand kids.
Thank you so much! I’m so glad you enjoy this recipe.
Can you can a big batch? Like really more than doubling the recipe!
Definitely! I love making extras and stocking my freezer so it’s ready for pizza night!
I absolutely love this recipe.
Thank you!
Can you can this so you can do a big batch?
Love this! It is my favorite sauce for my homemade pizza! I have used it so many times for so many things! Thank you!
ME TOO! I love this recipe. So easy and so tasty. Thanks for commenting. 🙂
Can this recipe be canned rather than frozen?
Yes you can can them instead of freezing.
Thank you for this. We’re on Covid lockdown. I realized I had no pizza sauce but plenty of spices and cans of crushed tomatoes. My daughter tried and said best pizza sauce ever.
Could you just use Italian seasoning, instead of the individual seasonings? Or doesn’t the Italian seasoning have all the required seasonings?
I’ve tried many different pizza sauces. This one is by far the tastiest and easiest and quick to prepare.. Delicious!!
Thanks for sharing Sally! I’m glad you like this recipe.
I just got an uuni pro pizza oven for my birthday. We had some friends over and I used your sauce recipe. They couldn’t get over how yummy it was. They were convinced I bought the sauce!
My family is pretty picky and doesn’t like chunks of tomato. Could a 28 oz. can of tomato sauce be substituted for the crushed tomatoes without affecting the taste?
I, too, have family members that are very picky and don’t like chunks of tomato. Could we use a 28 oz. can of tomato sauce instead of the crushed tomatoes and still get the same taste result? Thank you very much!
Exactly what I was looking for in a pizza sauce recipe. Frugal, quick, easy and delicious with ingredients I had on hand. I just used it to make pizza and this will now be my go to recipe instead of buying pizza sauce. Thanks!
I made this sauce this weekend and it is delicious! I added a bit of crushed red pepper because I like a little kick :). Thanks for the recipe!
Very good! The best homemade sauce I’ve had.
This is my second time using this wonderful pizza sauce. Fast, easy, and delicious, what could be better. Thanks for sharing.
If you make a large enough batch, you can can this for future use rather than freezing.
The recipe calls for 2 tsp garlic salt and I was wondering if garlic powder would work. Trying to cut down on salt intake.
Garlic powder would work, but I would just to 1 tsp of garlic powder.
Do you think it would work if I weighed out 28 Oz of fresh tomatoes and processed them myself?
It would look slightly different, but I have done that before and it is great!
I made this and used half that day and froze the rest in a pint jar. When I thawed and went to use the second half, it was very watery. Maybe be because I pureed the crushed tomatoes with an immersion blender? I have one family member who won’t eat it if he finds even the tiniest pieces of tomato. Other than that the taste was great and I would make it again but maybe only half a batch.
Hmmmm… I haven’t had a problem with it being watery before. I’ll have to freeze it again to see.
I make this wonderful sauce every week. I use it as my marinara for all sorts of recipes too. It’s delicious. Thanks
We love it too. I am so glad it worked for you. 🙂
This is very very helpful share. Can be of big help. Thanks a ton for sharing.