Pizza Hut Pan Pizza {copycat recipe}
If you love take out Deep Dish Pizza, you need to try this homemade pan pizza recipe. It's easy so easy to make your own at home and the kids can personalize them with their favorite toppings.
Ingredients
- 1 1/3 cups Warm water (105F)
- 1/4 cup Non-fat dry milk
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 4 cups Flour
- 1 Tbsp Sugar
- 1 pk Dry yeast
- 2 Tbsp olive oil (for dough)
- 6 Tbsp Vegetable oil or olive oil (2 Tbsp per pan)
- premade pizza sauce or use my favorite Pizza Sauce Recipe
- 12 oz. mozzarella cheese, grated (about 2 cups)
- favorite toppings, sausage, pepperoni, black olives etc.
- 4 Tbsp butter (melted)
- 1 Tbsp garlic (minced can also use 1 tsp garlic powder.)
Directions
- 1
Put yeast, sugar, and dry milk into water, stir and allow to proof for 5 minutes until foamy and bubbly.
- 2
In a bowl combine oil, flour and salt.
- 3
Pour in yeast mixture and stir to combine.
- 4
Turn out on to a flat surface and knead for about 10 minutes or use stand mixer
- 5
Divide dough into three balls. In three 8" cake pans ( or can use 1 - 8 inch pie plate and 1 - 9 x 13 dish) , put 2 Tbsp of oil in each making sure it is spread evenly
- 6
Put 2 Tbsp of oil in each pan making sure it is spread evenly
- 7
Using a rolling pin, roll out each dough ball to about a 8" circle
- 8
Place dough into pan.
- 9
Cover with a plate or towel and allow to rise in a warm place for 1- 1 1/2 hours
- 10
Spoon 1/3 cup sauce on each pizza and spread to within 1 inch of edge
- 11
Distribute 3 oz. of shredded mozzarella cheese on each pizza
- 12
Add favorite toppings (sausage, pepperoni, etc.)
- 13
Top with 1 oz. mozzarella cheese
- 14
Preheat oven to 450 degrees
- 15
Cook until cheese is bubbling and outer crust is brown - about 15 minutes
- 16
I then brush outer edge of crust with garlic butter
- 17
Combine butter and garlic and allow to sit for 20 minutes so that garlic flavor infuses butter.