Iron Skillet Pizza

We love Pizza in our house any way you can make it. I saw this recipe for Iron Skillet Pizza in one of my favorite cookbooks, Mema’s Manna. I purchased this cookbook at Bass Pro Shop of all places. I found myself in the cooking section and could not put this book down. 

There were so many recipes similar to my own that I couldn't pass up buying this cookbook. There are still many more I want to try but this particular recipe caught my eye. It uses a cast iron skillet which I love, there is nothing better than cooking and entire meal in a skillet and pizza to top it off. 

The pizza dough was really easy to make, but I did find that the recipe yields a good amount of dough. This particular recipe makes enough for (2) two large skillet pizzas. My crust ended up being really thick, so the next time I will make two skillets or I will freeze the other half of the dough.

The recipe was a bit vague on how much crust it made. The title is Iron skillet pizza so I assumed one skillet but in the directions it states to divide the dough and add to a well greased skillet.

 I have changed the directions to reflect that it is best to use two crusts or freeze the remaining half of the dough. All in all we loved the pizza and the crust tasted excellent so I will definitely make this pizza again.

These are the ingredients you will need: Sugar, Salt, Pizza Sauce, Flour, 1 Packet Yeast, Shortening, Water, Shredded Mozzarella Cheese, Pizza Toppings of your choice and two large iron skillets.

In a large bowl, dissolve the yeast in warm water. Add the salt and sugar and let sit until foamy. Add 2 cups of flour.. beat well. Add melted Crisco and mix well. Blend well using a stand mixer with the dough hook attachment. 

add remaining cup of flour and mix until just combined.

Knead dough on a well floured surface until the dough is no longer sticky Place the dough in a oiled bowl and let rest for 30 minutes.

Oil the skillet really well and press dough into skillet. I used one smaller skillet and still had to much dough. This dough really rises up. So like I stated above two large skillets I think will work best.

add pizza sauce 

and any pizza toppings of your choice and top with cheese.

Put in hot oven on the bottom rack and bake for about 20 minutes or until brown. Remove pizza from oven and let sit for 3 minutes. Run a butter knife around the edge of the pizza to loosen it from the skillet. Let the pizza sit for an additional 10 minutes before removing, slicing and serving.