This cast iron skillet pizza recipe is amazing! Mozzarella cheese, homemade dough, fresh basil, marinara sauce and all of your favorite toppings make this the best dinner ever! It’s almost like a delicious homemade deep dish pizza!
Homemade Pan Pizza Ingredients
We are making pizza at home now more than ever! If you’re looking for quick and easy pizza recipes, this cast iron skillet pizza is perfect.
Pizza night is a weekly routine in our house! Whether we order out, or make our own homemade pizza, this dish is a staple!
If you’re looking for a fancy but easy pizza night recipe, you have to try this cast iron skillet pizza!
Ingredients Needed For This Delicious Cast Iron Skillet Pizza Recipe:
You can easily make homemade pizza with a few ingredients from the pantry.
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup water
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Cornmeal for skillet
Pizza Toppings:
- Pizza Sauce
- Mozzarella cheese, shredded or sliced
- Choice of toppings
- Pepperoni
- Italian Sausage
- Bacon
- Ham
- Green Pepper
- Onion
- Mushroom
How to Make the Best Homemade Pizza Cast Iron Skillet Pizza
Crust Instructions:
Step 1
In a large mixing bowl whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt until well combined.
Step 2
Add water and olive oil together in a measuring cup.
Step 3
Slowly add the water mixture to the flour mixture, mixing the two together as you add the
water mixture.
Step 5
Mix the dough with a wooden spoon or your hands until the dough becomes soft but not
sticky and well combined. If the dough is dry add water a tablespoon at a time until the
dough is soft.
Step 6
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Preheat cast iron skillet in the oven for 3-5 minutes.
Step 7
While the pan heats, roll out the dough into a round shape, like a dough ball, big enough to cover the
bottom of your pan, plus about an inch up the sides. Allow the dough to relax and re-
stretch if needed. Homemade pizza crust is really the best and you can decide whether you want your homemade pizza dough recipe to have a thick crust or crispy crust based on how thin you roll it out.
Putting Your Cast-Iron Skillet Pizza Together
Step 8
After the pan is preheated remove from the oven and place on a wire rack. Sprinkle the
bottom of the pan with cornmeal and place dough in the bottom of the pan, working the
edges up the sides. Be careful, the pan will be HOT!
Step 9
Place the pan back in the oven and bake for 3-5 minutes, remove when dough starts to
rise.
Step 10
Brush the outer edges with a thin layer olive oil and spread the pizza sauce evenly over the dough,
bringing it right to the edge of the pizza. I like doctoring up the pizza sauce with some red pepper flakes, garlic powder, kosher salt, and dried Italian herbs.
Step 11
Top with mozzarella and your choice of pizza toppings. My favorite are green and red peppers, caramelized onions, sausage, mushrooms, the more veggies the better! I also like to use a parmesan cheese and mozzarella cheese mixture. Everything goes on top of the dough!
Step 12
Bake for 10-12 mins, or until the mozzarella is golden brown and bubbling and the crust
is cooked through.
Step 13
Slice and serve immediately. Store leftovers in airtight container in refrigerator.
How to Make Homemade Gluten Free Pizza
If you have a gluten allergy of sensitivity, you can make homemade gluten free pizza by changing a few ingredients of this recipe.
Replace the all-purpose flour with a gluten free all-purpose flour that has xantham gum in it (like King Arthur gluten free all-purpose flour).
Also, double check that your baking powder and your corn meal are gluten free, and make sure that you use gluten free toppings (for example, some pepperoni is not gluten free).
Prep Time
10 minutes
Cook Time
15 minutes 12 seconds
Total Time
25 minutes 12 seconds
Ingredients
- Crust:
- 2 ⅓ cups all-purpose flour
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup water
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Cornmeal for skillet
- Pizza Toppings:
- Pizza Sauce
- Mozzarella cheese, shredded or sliced
- Choice of Toppings:
- Pepperoni
- Italian Sausage
- Bacon
- Ham
- Green Pepper
- Onion
- Mushroom
Instructions
Crust:
- In a large mixing bowl whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt until well combined.
- Add water and olive oil together in a measuring cup.
- Slowly add the water mixture to the flour mixture, mixing the two together as you add the water mixture.
- Mix the dough with a wooden spoon or your hands until the dough becomes soft but not sticky and well combined. If the dough is dry add water a tablespoon at a time until the dough is soft.
Pizza:
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
- Preheat cast iron skillet in the oven for 3-5 minutes.
- While the pan heats, roll out the dough into a round shape, big enough to cover the bottom of your pan, plus about an inch up the sides. Allow the dough to relax and re-stretch if needed.
- After the pan is preheated remove from the oven and place on a wire rack. Sprinkle the bottom of the pan with cornmeal and place dough in the bottom of the pan, working the edges up the sides. Be careful, the pan will be HOT!
- Place the pan back in the oven and bake for 3-5 minutes, remove when dough starts to rise.
- Brush the outer edges with olive oil and spread the pizza sauce evenly over the dough, bringing it right to the edge of the pizza.
- Top with mozzarella and your choice of pizza toppings.
- Bake for 10-12 mins, or until the mozzarella is golden brown and bubbling and the crust is cooked through.
- Slice and serve immediately. 10. Store leftovers in airtight container in refrigerator.
Family Pizza Night Recipes
Did you love this cast iron pizza recipe? It’s a favorite in my house. We can’t get enough of pizza night in our house! That means we need to switch it up and find fun new ways to enjoy our favorite dish!
What is your favorite pizza topping? Comment below!
