Pan Pizza Dough Recipe
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This Pan Pizza Dough Recipe makes a thick and fluffy pizza crust that’s perfect for baking in a cast iron skillet! This easy pizza dough can be used to make your favorite pizzas at home.
If you love pizza as much as I do, be sure to check out some of my other favorite recipes like Supreme Pizza Pot Pie, Thin Crust Pizza Dough, or Pepperoni Basil Flatbread Pizza.

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If you love pizza, easily make it at home with this simple Pan Pizza Dough recipe! You can use this easy pizza dough to create all your favorite flavors.
This recipe makes two pan pizzas. You can bake them both off at once or you can also bake one at a time and save the second dough for the next day.

Why You’ll Love This Recipe
Homemade: There’s nothing like homemade pizza!
Healthy-ish: When you make your own homemade pizza, it is so much healthier than getting take out! You can use fresh organic ingredients, load it with protein and veggies, and this pizza makes a delicious and healthy-ish dinner for any night of the week!
Easy: I love this easy pizza dough recipe because it just has 5 ingredients! It takes just a few minutes to mix up the dough and then you just let it sit for 24 hours at room temperature.
Flexible: You can use this pan pizza dough recipe for any flavor pizza you like. I even provide some topping ideas below.

Ingredients
- Bread Flour: I use organic bread flour for extra chewy factor.
- All Purpose Flour: I use organic all purpose flour, Cairnspring Mills is my favorite!
- Yeast: I use organic instant yeast.
- Salt: You want to use a fine sea salt for the dough so it mixes in well.
- Olive Oil: I use a little organic extra virgin olive oil for the dough and to grease the skillet.

Tools Needed
- Scale: Always use a digital food scale for the best results, especially when making bread or pizzas.
- Mixing Bowl: All you need is a mixing bowl to mix up this dough.
- Cast Iron Skillet: I bake this pizza in a cast iron skillet for the best results. If you don’t have a cast iron skillet, you could use all the dough and bake in a 9×13-inch baking pan.
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Step by Step Instructions
Step 1
Mix together the bread flour, all purpose flour, salt, instant yeast, olive oil, and water in a medium bowl. The dough will be shaggy. Cover with plastic wrap and let it rise for 24 hours at room temperature.
Step 2
Preheat the oven to 500°F. Grease two 10-inch cast iron skillets with olive oil.
Step 3
Divide the dough into two equal portions and place one in each skillet. Lightly press with your fingers and dimple the dough to stretch it out to fit the pans.






Step 4
Add 1/4 cup sauce onto each pizza dough and spread out evenly.
Top the pizzas with cheese and any other desired toppings.
Step 5
Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until the edges and cheese look golden brown.



Baker’s Tips
- I use instant yeast in this recipe. If you only have active dry yeast, then be sure to bloom the yeast before mixing the dough. You can do this by adding the yeast and warm water to the bowl first with a pinch of sugar. The yeast should turn bubbly within about 5 minutes. Then you can add in the remaining ingredients.
- Make sure the water is lukewarm, not hot. Too hot of water can kill yeast.
- Do not over sauce your pizza. You only need a little sauce for this recipe, about 1/4 cup per pizza.
- You can top this with any toppings you like!
- Store extra dough in a bowl covered with plastic wrap in the fridge for up to 7 days.


Topping Ideas
- Cheese: 1/4 cup marinara sauce, 3/4 cup mozzarella
- Pepperoni: 1/4 cup marinara sauce, 3/4 cup mozzarella, pepperoni
- Supreme: 1/4 cup marinara sauce, 3/4 cup mozzarella, pepperoni, Italian Sausage, green pepper, red onion, mushroom
- Sausage & Mushroom: 1/4 cup marinara sauce, 3/4 cup mozzarella, Italian Sausage, mushrooms
- Napoli: 1/4 cup marinara sauce, 3/4 cup mozzarella, tomato, fresh basil
- Veggie: 1/4 cup marinara sauce, 3/4 cup mozzarella, tomato, zucchini, bell pepper, red onion

FAQ’s
Store covered in a bowl in the fridge for up to 7 days.
It’s best to bake this pizza in a cast iron skillet as it retains heat very well. But, you could also use an oven safe skillet or a cake pan too. A 9×13-inch cake pan will fit all of the dough for a larger pizza as well.

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Pan Pizza Dough Recipe
Ingredients
Pizza Dough
- 142 grams bread flour
- 127 grams all purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons fine sea salt
- 1 teaspoon instant yeast
- 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil (plus more for greasing pan)
- ¾ cup warm water
Toppings
- ½ cup marinara sauce
- 1 ½ cups shredded mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- Mix together the bread flour, all purpose flour, salt, instant yeast, olive oil, and water in a medium bowl. The dough will be shaggy. Cover with plastic wrap and let it rise for 24 hours at room temperature.
- Preheat the oven to 500°F. Grease two 10-inch cast iron skillets with olive oil.
- Divide the dough into two equal portions and place one in each skillet. Lightly press with your fingers and dimple the dough to stretch it out to fit the pans.
- Add 1/4 cup sauce onto each pizza dough and spread out evenly.
- Top the pizzas with cheese and any other desired toppings.
- Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until the edges and cheese look golden brown.
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