I had never made a cast iron skillet pizza before and wanted to use my new stand mixer. I was incredibly surprised how good this came out. I’ll probably never order pizza again and it only costs $3.47 per pizza! The crust is like the pan pizzas from the Pizza Hut of the '90s, my favorite!
I baked the pizza in my 11" skillet at 450F for around 20 min. After checking the bottom crust I cooked 5 more minutes on the stove, medium heat.
I used this recipe for the dough.
Dough (makes two balls)
- 4.25 cups Bread Flour = $0.93
- 2.25 tsp Rapid-rise Yeast = $1.00
- 1.5 tsp Salt = $0.02
- 2 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil = $0.36
- 1.75 cup Warm Water = Free
Total = $1.16 ($2.31 for two dough balls)
Toppings
- 3 tbsp Pizza Sauce = $0.27
- 1.5 cup Mozzarella Cheese = $1.42
- 1 oz Pepperoni = $0.47
- 1 Jalapeno Pepper = $0.15
Total = $2.31
Total for everything = $3.47 per pizza.
Lovely looking pie! I’ve been doing cast iron pizzas for some time now. You can cut your cooking time down by 10-15 min if you do the following:
Start cooking on stove: burner on high for ~4-5 min to set the dough. When you first turn the burner on, also turn on the broiler.
Toss it under the broiler for another ~5min or until your cheese crisps up just the way you like it.
The higher heat of the stove and broiler (even though it’s not at the same time) mimics the super hot pizza ovens a bit better (imo).