Place flour, yeast and salt into mixing bowl or kitchenaid mixer.

Slowly add warm water and olive oil.

Combine and knead until dough is smooth and elastic (1-2 mins with mixer and 5mins by hand)

Remove dough from mixer bowl and place in another bowl coated with olive oil and cover and let it rise for at least an hour to a hour and a half.

While the dough is rising, In a bowl combine the diced tomatoes with juice, tomato paste, olive oil, basil, oregano, sugar, garlic, salt and set to the side when done mixing (do not refrigerate).

When dough is done rising or doubled in size set the oven with bottom rack and preheat to 425°

Using about 2 teaspoons of olive oil grease the entire pizza pan.

If you like your pizza greasy then skip this step. Place pepperoni slices between a double layer of paper towels between 2 plates like so (bottom plate-towel-pepperoni-towel-top plate) and microwave for about 30 seconds to remove most of the grease.

On a lightly floured surface roll the dough into a 16 inch circle.

Stretch dough on to pan by hand and fold over or roll over edges

Add sauce, cheese, and pepperoni and bake for about 10 mins or until the crust begins to brown around the edges.