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This Sheet Pan Alla Vodka Pizza is the perfect easy winter recipe. Homemade pizza dough, topped with spicy tomato pesto vodka sauce that’s creamy and so delicious! The secret to this pizza? A super hot oven (to get the crust just right), plenty of cheese, plus pepperoni on top. It’s delicious and looks pretty on any table. Not to mention that everyone LOVES a GOOD creamy vodka sauce. Putting it on pizza just makes it that much more exciting. This simple pizza will be your new go-to when serving family and friends over the holidays.

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The week after Thanksgiving can be a little harder to settle into than most. But fun holiday recipes keep the days leading up to Christmas merry and festive. I know that’s so cheesy of me, but I really do believe it. This is the time of year to enjoy every minute, even working Mondays.

Yes, we have to balance the holiday fun with real-life work, but balance is the keyword. A little of this, then a little of that, you know?

So we’re doing Monday up with my favorite pizza yet, alla vodka style pizza. Complete with plenty of pepperonis too.

Around this time last year, I shared my pasta alla vodka recipe. To this day it’s one of the most popular recipes I’ve shared. It’s also one of a handful of recipes I make on repeat. My family LOVES alla vodka sauce (it’s Asher’s favorite pasta dinner).

In the last month alone, I’ve made that alla vodka recipe three times. It’s easy and requested by everyone.

I don’t know when I started using the leftover sauce for pizza, but once I did, I couldn’t stop. I then started making the sauce just for pizza…and now I make alla vodka pizzas all the time. Something about the colors, the flavors, and the love for this pizza makes it feel like the perfect December recipe.

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The details – start with the dough

I like to use my homemade pizza dough recipe from the HBH Super Simple cookbook (or my newest recipe…in HBH Every Day). It’s the easiest to make and truly delicious. If you’re not into homemade dough, store-bought pizza dough works great too. Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s both have great options!

For those of you who prefer a thicker crust pizza, I recommend using closer to three-quarters or even one pound of pizza dough. We like our crust thinner, so I only use a half-pound of dough.

You need to cook this pizza at a high heat temp. So start preheating your oven to five hundred degrees as soon as you decide you’re making pizza. Ideally one to two hours ahead of time to get it really HOT.

If you’re in a pinch, thirty minutes works just fine too, so don’t stress!

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Finish it up

While the oven is preheating, make the sauce. It’s SIMPLE and takes maybe 15 minutes. Just cook everything together in a skillet, add lots of tomato paste, then cream and pesto, and you’re basically done.

Push the dough out onto a sheet pan. Layer it with alla vodka sauce, mozzarella, and provolone cheese, then pepperonis and parmesan. I like to toss on fresh oregano just before baking, basil is great as well.

Bake this pizza in the upper position of the oven. In less than fifteen minutes you’ll have amazing pizza and your kitchen will smell incredible. As soon as the pizza comes out of the oven. Add extra parmesan, slice, and eat.

It’s not fancy at all, but that’s what makes this pizza good. It’s just that delicious cheesy pizza we’re all really craving most.

This satisfies everyone, and as I said, the red and green feel very festive for December.

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Looking for other simple winter dishes? Here are my favorites: 

Spicy Pesto Pasta Alla Vodka

One Pot Spicy Pesto Cheese Baked Rigatoni

Sheet Pan Buffalo Chicken Pizza

Best Super Easy Penne

Lastly, if you make this Sheet Pan Alla Vodka Pizza, be sure to leave a comment and/or give this recipe a rating! Above all, I love to hear from you guys and always do my best to respond to each and every comment. And of course, if you do make this recipe, don’t forget to tag me on Instagram! Looking through the photos of recipes you all have made is my favorite!

Sheet Pan Alla Vodka Pizza

Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings: 8
Calories Per Serving: 403 kcal

Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.

Ingredients

Instructions

  • 1. Position the oven rack in the upper 1/3 portion of your oven. Preheat the oven to 500° F. for at least 30 minutes before baking, preferably 1-2 hours ahead. If you have a baking stone, start preheating it.
    2. Place the pizza dough on a lightly oiled quarter sheet pan. Gently press the dough until it covers most of the sheet pan. Cover and let sit while you make the sauce.
    3. Heat a large skillet over medium-low heat. Add the shallot, garlic, and oregano. Cook until fragrant, about 5 minutes. Reduce the heat to low, add the tomato paste and red pepper flakes, cook 4-5 minutes, until thickened. Stir in the vodka, cook another 2 minutes. Stir in the pesto, cream, and butter. Season with salt and pepper. Remove from the heat.
    4. To assemble. Grab the dough and spread on the alla vodka sauce, you should only need 1/2 of the sauce for 1 pizza. Add the provolone and mozzarella, then the pepperoni and parmesan.
    5. Slide into the preheated oven and bake for 10 minutes, rotate the pizza, and bake another 3-5 minutes or until the crust is golden and the cheese has melted. Top the pizza with fresh oregano or basil. enjoy!
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  1. I made your pasta dish with this sauce and it was crazy good so the second time I made it I doubled up the sauce to use on this pizza. Making the pizza this Sunday for football. Can’t wait!

    1. Hey Erin,
      Happy Monday!!😎 I appreciate you making this recipe and your feedback, so glad to hear that it turned out well for you! xT

    1. Hey Deanna,
      Fantastic!! Thanks a bunch for trying this recipe out, I’m thrilled to hear that it turned out well for you:) Wow, that’s awesome!! xx

  2. 5 stars
    It really is pizza alla vodka!! The pasta variant stars in my house pretty much every other week so I was a bit skeptical of how close this would be to the real dish, but man!!! SO good!
    WORD OF WARNING: It was pretty spicy (the pleasant kind that slowly builds after you take a bite) but it was a bit too hot to serve my 11 month-old. Still, five stars!

    1. 5 stars
      Seriously delicious! You’ve got to try this pizza. The red pepper really takes the vodka sauce over the top. I have celiacs so I used a simple mills pizza crust and followed cooking instructions for that.

      1. Hey Faith,
        Happy New Year!🎆🎈 I appreciate you making this recipe and your comment! So glad to hear it was enjoyed! xx

    1. Hi Cortney,
      Happy Sunday!!⛄️ I truly appreciate you making this recipe and sharing your feedback, so glad to hear it was enjoyed! xxT

    2. 5 stars
      This recipe is just pure yumminess! We loved it and the hubster asked for it again tomorrow night. We are not pepperoni lovers so I subbed spicy Italian sausage. Seriously delicious. The ala vodka sauce is a huge hit.

      1. Hey Kathy,
        Happy Friday!!⛄️ Thanks so much for making this dish and sharing your review, so glad to hear it was a hit! xx

    1. Hi there,
      I like to bake my pizzas on the baking sheet on top of the baking stone, I think it makes for a crispy crust! Please let me know if you have any other questions! xx

  3. 5 stars
    So so good! Didn’t change a thing. Huge hit with the family. The alla vodka sauce is to die for, easy to make and so versatile. My husband was literally eating it with a spoon ?

    1. Hey Kat!
      Wonderful!! I love to hear that this recipe was enjoyed, thanks for making it and sharing your feedback! Hope you’re off to a great weekend:)

    1. Hi Kayti,
      Happy Friday!! I am thrilled that this recipe was a hit, thanks a bunch for trying it out! ☀️xxT

  4. Hi…look like cheddar is on the pizza before goes in oven in pic. I don’t see that listed in the ingredients. Can you explain?

    1. Hi Zoe,
      My family likes a bit of cheddar on their pizzas, you can really use any cheeses that you like, that’s the glory of pizza! Let me know if you give the recipe a try, I hope you love it!! xTieghan

    1. Hey Kathy,
      Awesome!! Thanks so much for making this recipe, I am so glad to hear that it was enjoyed. Have the best weekend! ?xxT

    1. Hi Ali,
      Happy Friday!! Thanks a lot for giving this recipe a try, I love to hear that it was enjoyed! xx

  5. 5 stars
    My BMI was less excited than the rest of me to realize that your DELICIOUS pizza dough recipe makes two pizzas and the sauce for this pizza does as well. It was SO good – I’ve made it multiple times.

    1. Hey there,
      Wonderful!! Thanks a bunch for trying this recipe out, I love to hear that it was enjoyed!! ?xTieghan

  6. 5 stars
    This is the best sauce ever!!! We made the pizza then used the rest of the sauce over pasta. My 3 kids loved both!

    1. Hey Jenielle,
      Wonderful!! Love to hear that this recipe was a hit, thanks a lot for making it! ☘️xx

  7. Oh.my.gosh. SO good!! Vodka sauce is my fav pasta sauce & so combined with the crunchy pizza crust- amazing!! My boyfriend said “This is the best homemade thing I’ve (we’ve) ever made!”

    1. Hi Lisa,
      Happy Wednesday!! I am thrilled to hear that this recipe was enjoyed, thanks so much for giving it a go!! ☘️Tieghan