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.

Dissolve yeast in warm water with salt and sugar. (Do this in a large bowl)


Add 2 cups of flour.. beat well. Add melted Crisco and Yeast mix well.


add another cup of flour

and knead on a well floured surface.


Place the dough in a oiled bowl and let rest for 30 minutes.

Oil your skillet or skillets

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


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


Put in hot oven (450 degrees) and bake until brown.

Iron Skillet Pizza

1 - 14 oz jar pizza sauce
8 - 12 0z bag shredded mozzarella cheese

Pizza Toppings of your choice
1 - Recipe Pizza Dough
Large Iron Skillet (My skillet is 11 inches)

Pizza Dough Recipe:

1 1/2 -cups warm water
1 - package dry yeast
1 - tsp salt
3 - cups all purpose flour
3 - tablespoons melted shortening
1 - teaspoon sugar

Dissolve yeast in warm water with salt and sugar. Add 2 cups of flour.. beat well. Add melted Crisco. Mix well add another cup of flour and knead on a well floured surface. 

Place the dough in a oiled bowl and let rest for 30 minutes. Divide dough and place in two well greased iron skillets. 

Add sauce and any pizza toppings of your choice and top with cheese. Put in hot oven (450 degrees) and bake until brown.

Cooks Note: The pizza dough recipe makes enough dough for two skillet pizza's. If you only want to make one, divide the dough equally in half and wrap one half in plastic wrap and then place in a large zip lock bag. Place in the freezer to use at another time. Place remaining half in a well oiled skillet.