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Slow Cooker Pizza Sauce

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15 Apr

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Slow cooker pizza sauce: www.nogettingoffthistrain.com

Within the past year or so, I’ve been making recipes related to pizza. Calzones, pizza quesadillas… I’ve even started making my own pizza crust in my bread machine! For the longest time, I’ve just bought jars of pizza sauce. It’s convenient and tastes good, but I knew I could make my own somehow! After trying this, I’m never buying jarred pizza sauce again. The best part is that it makes so much, I can freeze the rest in individual sized bags to use in future recipes!

Slow cooker pizza sauce: www.nogettingoffthistrain.com

What you need:

Tomato paste
Tomato sauce
Parmesan cheese
Italian seasoning
Vegetable oil
Garlic powder
Honey
Salt and pepper
Water

Slow cooker pizza sauce: www.nogettingoffthistrain.com

Add all ingredients except Parmesan cheese in the slow cooker and give it a good stir. Set to LOW and cook for 4 hours, making sure to stir every 30 minutes to prevent the sauce from sticking.

Slow cooker pizza sauce: www.nogettingoffthistrain.com

After 4 hours, add the cheese and stir again, and then serve however you like!

Slow cooker pizza sauce: www.nogettingoffthistrain.com

We used ours as the dipping sauce for pizza quesadillas.

After the sauce has cooled, store the leftovers in quart-sized freezer bags. How many just depends on how much sauce you like to use for each recipe. We were able to get 3!

Slow cooker pizza sauce: www.nogettingoffthistrain.com

If you lay the bags flat like this in the freezer, they’ll stack easily once frozen to save room in your freezer!

So because I’m a nerd and love seeing how much money I’m saving, here’s a breakdown of the cost of this versus a jar of pizza sauce:

1 jar of Ragu pizza sauce, 12 ounces: $1.29

This entire recipe, which makes about 45 ounces, or almost 4 jars: $2.20

  • Price per “jar”: $.55!

That’s a pretty big savings! Plus you control the ingredients that are being put in and can freeze the leftovers, saving even more money!

Yield: About 6 cups

Slow Cooker Pizza Sauce

Slow Cooker Pizza Sauce

Never buy a jar of pizza sauce again! Use this recipe and save big money on this freezer friendly and frugal Slow Cooker Pizza Sauce!

Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 4 hours
Total Time 4 hours 5 minutes

Ingredients

  • 4 8-ounce cans tomato paste
  • 1 6-ounce can tomato sauce
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil or vegetable oil
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 3 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese

Instructions

  1. In a slow cooker, add all ingredients except cheese and stir to combine.
  2. Cook on LOW for 4 hours, stirring every half hour if possible to prevent sticking.
  3. Stir in Parmesan cheese and serve on pizzas or use as a dipping sauce.

Notes

To freeze, pour about a cup and a half of sauce into a quart-sized freezer bag and lay flat in the freezer. One bag is enough to cover a large pizza, or use as dipping sauce for multiple people for a meal.

© Jaime Bacon
Category: recipes

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  1. Rowan says

    April 15, 2015 at 8:15 am

    Pinned this! This is genius. Thank you for sharing!

    Reply
    • Jaime says

      April 16, 2015 at 5:05 am

      Thank you! I was so excited to see how easy this was.

      Reply
      • Shirley says

        April 12, 2019 at 11:22 am

        The link to the recipe is broken. Can you share the amounts?

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        • Jaime says

          April 12, 2019 at 4:20 pm

          Oops, thanks for letting me know! I’ve updated the recipe. =)

          Reply
  2. Ashley says

    April 15, 2015 at 9:29 am

    Pinned this for later! This looks so good!

    Reply
    • Jaime says

      April 16, 2015 at 5:06 am

      It is delicious!

      Reply
  3. Hannah @ CleanEatingVeggieGirl says

    April 15, 2015 at 9:45 am

    What a super awesome idea! I love pretty much anything that I can throw in a slow cooker 😉

    Reply
    • Jaime says

      April 16, 2015 at 5:06 am

      My slow cooker is my best friend this year. =)

      Reply
  4. Tirralan @ Tinseltown Mom says

    April 15, 2015 at 9:56 am

    What a fun, economical recipe for the family!

    Reply
  5. Bethany Magnie says

    April 15, 2015 at 10:09 am

    I used to make my own sauce but have never used honey! I’ll be giving that a try soon.

    Reply
    • Jaime says

      April 16, 2015 at 5:07 am

      I’ve never heard of honey being used in pizza sauce, but it’s pretty good!

      Reply
  6. annabelt says

    April 15, 2015 at 10:20 am

    I love making pizza too! That’s a great idea, freezing the sauce in bags too

    Reply
    • Jaime says

      April 16, 2015 at 5:08 am

      It’s so convenient to be able to just take it out of the freezer, and it thaws easily, too!

      Reply
  7. Sara says

    April 15, 2015 at 10:25 am

    Looks awesome, I’ve been buying my sauce because I don’t have time to make it but I could totally do this and freeze some!

    Reply
    • Jaime says

      April 16, 2015 at 5:08 am

      I had never even thought about making my own until I saw this recipe!

      Reply
  8. Lynda@fitnessmomwinecountry says

    April 15, 2015 at 11:31 am

    Jaime, you had me at Pizza, that was it right there LOL
    Great idea and great recipe, thanks for sharing, this will be great for quick meals for the kids and after weekend sports 🙂

    Reply
    • Jaime says

      April 16, 2015 at 5:09 am

      Right? Anything with pizza just makes me drool. I saw another blogger who introduced me to pizza fries; another thing to add to my list!

      Reply
  9. Christina says

    April 15, 2015 at 11:32 am

    Yum! Thanks for sharing. I am going to try this. I love slow cooker recipes. So easy for the family.

    Reply
  10. Logan Cantrell says

    April 15, 2015 at 12:35 pm

    This looks so yummy! I love homemade pizzas, so I will definitely have to try this! Pinning!

    Reply
  11. Jolleen Ruiz says

    April 15, 2015 at 12:40 pm

    This looks delicious and so easy to make! Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  12. Ashleigh says

    April 15, 2015 at 1:21 pm

    This looks really good…I love slow cooker recipes and pizza, so this is a win, win! Thank you for sharing! I invite you to please come share this and link up with me now at http://www.wrightsimply.com/2015/04/not-so-wordless-wednesday-linky_14.html
    I think others will love this! xx Ashleigh @SimplyWright

    Reply
    • Jaime says

      April 16, 2015 at 5:10 am

      Thank you! And thanks for the link, I signed up for the link party. =)

      Reply
  13. Jennifer says

    April 15, 2015 at 3:16 pm

    This looks so good! I never would’ve thought to do pizza sauce in the slow cooker!

    Reply
    • Jaime says

      April 16, 2015 at 5:10 am

      Right?? I’m never looking back now!

      Reply
  14. Miss Angie says

    April 15, 2015 at 3:48 pm

    This is such a great idea, and it also looks delicious!

    Reply
  15. Suz @ 2 cats & chloe says

    April 15, 2015 at 4:18 pm

    I have never even thought to use the slow cooker to make sauce! This is so smart and sounds like a great recipe!

    Reply
  16. Allison - Celebrating Sweets says

    April 15, 2015 at 5:20 pm

    I must admit, I’ve never made pizza sauce before. This recipe looks so easy. I’ll have to try it!

    Reply
  17. TheFrugalChicken.com says

    April 15, 2015 at 7:06 pm

    This look so good! I’ve been looking for an easy recipe for pizza sauce, hadn’t thought of the crock pot! I can’t wait to try this one!

    Reply
  18. Nicole says

    April 15, 2015 at 9:14 pm

    Awesome recipe, and bonus for being able to use the slow cooker!

    Reply
  19. Jackie says

    April 16, 2015 at 6:26 am

    Oh yum!!! We’re just coming into Winter here in NZ so this type of sauce will be perfect to keep warm on a cold evening 🙂 Can’t beat winter slow-cooker recipes.

    Great post, Thanks.

    Jackie @StyleMePetite.com

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  20. Brittany says

    April 16, 2015 at 8:26 am

    What a really great idea! I always love making my own sauces! Number one, because it is way cheaper like you showed and number two, because there is was less salt then if you were to buy it! Thanks for the recipe!

    Reply
  21. Eva says

    April 19, 2015 at 2:08 pm

    I am definitely giving it a try. I hate using canned stuff and i don’t use slow cooker enough. Win win! Plus kids love pizza! Thanks for sharing

    Reply

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