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Why do I call it “weekend” pizza? Well, from start to finish, it takes about 3 hours. This is a great recipe to make on the weekend when you’re home for the day and still able to keep an eye on the rising dough.
We love pizza at my house. But I’ve never been happy with homemade pizza dough until I made this recipe. This pizza is delicious and has a great thick crust. This recipe makes 2 pizzas in two 8-inch cake pans and feeds 2-3 people. If you want to double the amount of dough, I would suggest making two separate batches of dough, so it comes out right.
Weekend Thick Pan Pizza
Adapted from America’s Test Kitchen
Ingredients
2 1/3 cups all purpose flour
1/4 oz. envelope active dry yeast
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoon sugar
3/4 cup 1% milk
2 tablespoons olive oil
6 tablespoons pizza sauce
1 1/2 cups shredded pizza cheese
sliced pepperoni (optional)
Directions
1. Turn the oven on at 2oo degrees F for 10 seconds, then turn it off. (This will be a nice warm place for the dough to rise, but you don’t want it to be so hot that it cooks the dough.)
2. In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, yeast, salt, and sugar.
3. Combine the milk and olive oil. Warm the liquid in the microwave until it registers 120 degrees on your instant thermometer. Add the liquid to the dry ingredients. Stir until thoroughly combined.
4. Dust the counter with flour. Place the dough on top. Knead the dough until smooth (about 5 - 8 minutes.)
5. Spray a large mixing bowl with nonstick spray. Place the dough in the bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Place the bowl in the warm oven until doubled in size (about 1 1/2 - 2 hours). If the dough doesn’t seem to be rising much in an hour, you can turn the oven to 200 degrees for 10 seconds and shut it off, so the oven remains warm.
6. When the dough has doubled, spray the 8 inch baking pans with nonstick spray. Divide the dough in half and press the dough into the pan. No need to roll it! Cover the two cake pans with plastic wrap and put them in the warm oven for 30 minutes, so the dough rises a bit.
7. If using pepperoni as a topping, place them between paper towels and microwave for 25 - 30 seconds. This will reduce the amount of grease on the pizza.
8. Spread the dough with 3 tablespoons of pizza sauce. Top with 3/4 cup of pizza cheese. If using pepperoni, place the pepperoni on top.
9. Heat the oven to 400 degrees F. Cook the two pizza pans for about 18 minutes. Slice the pizza on a cutting board.
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Hi Jane!
You are adding inches to my waist! Thanks for another fabulous looking recipe! You're going to have to publish another book of recipes!!
Suzanne
Yummy! This is one I'll be trying soon.
I don't think there is anything better than homemade pizza!
Your thick pan pizza looks super delicious Jane!
I've actually never had deep dish pizza before, but it certainly looks like a decadent sort of dinner!
My girls really enjoy making homemade pizza and they love, love, love, thick pizza dough. I will give your dough recipe a try. I like that you placed them in cake pans - makes it so much easier!
Now THAT is a pizza! That looks wonderful. I'll have to show Grant the recipe. (He's the pizza-maker!)
That looks soooo good! Better than most pizzaria pizzas.
All I can say is Mmm mmm mmm. As a usual fan of authentic thin Italian pizza, its funny that the photo of this pizza is calling me, bigtime! Looks like the perfect winter weekend night dinner. I'm going to be trying this soon for sure!
Do you have any idea of some nice recipes for pizza dough without yeast?
Do you ever freeze the pizza dough and what is the best way to do that?
Yes, you can freeze the dough. Remove as much air as possible from the bag to avoid freezer burn. Thaw in the refrigerator for a few days until it starts to expand.