Who doesn’t like pizza! What makes it even better is homemade pizza dough. This Easy Cast Iron Pizza has the perfect simple and quick dough recipe. It’s pillowy, bubbly, crispy and delicious in flavor. Add your favorite toppings and enjoy! I cooked the pizza in my Gozny, but you can make it in the oven as well.

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Ingredients needed to make an Easy Cast Iron Pizza

• Bread flour: most preferred type of flour for pizza dough because of its high protein content which develops more gluten. This makes the dough more elastic and stretchy.

• Water: warm water as the liquid base for the dough.

• Salt: adds flavor to the dough.

• Sugar: helps the yeast ferment creating a lighter, more airy dough.

• Instant yeast: helps dough rise faster.

• Olive oil: adds flavor and texture to the dough and creates a crispy crust.

• Pizza sauce: the base for any pizza. I used a tomato based pizza sauce, but white sauce or pesto are also great options.

• Cheese: part skim, low moisture mozzarella cheese is perfect on any homemade pizza. Shredded freshly off the block, it has nice coverage and pull.

How to make homemade pizza dough

The key component to this Easy Cast Iron Pizza is the dough. I’ve tested and cooked different doughs throughout the years. And this recipe is perfect for a skillet or pan pizza. It’s thicker, airy and crispy. Full of texture and flavor.

In a large mixing bowl, add the pre-measured bread flour, warm water, salt, sugar, instant yeast and olive oil. Make sure the water is around 100 degrees Fahrenheit.

Now, with clean hands, starting mixing the ingredients together, blending everything. Once you have a sticky ball, remove it from the bowl and start kneading it on a clean flat surface. Scrape any dough that sticks to the bowl or flat surface and continue kneading until you have a smooth non sticky dough ball.

Place it back in the bowl and cover with a clean kitchen cloth or plastic wrap. Allow the dough to ferment in room temperature for 3 hours allowing it to rise.

Within these 3 hours, remove the dough from the plastic wrap covered bowl, stretch it 3-4 times and place it back into the bowl, covering it with plastic wrap.

The stretching allows the gluten to be released making the dough elastic and airy.

How to make an Easy Cast Iron Pizza

Now that the dough has risen and stretched, it’s time to shape it into the cast iron pan.

For this Easy Cast Iron Pizza recipe, I used a 12 inch Yeti cast iron skillet. Drizzle some olive oil over the surface and spread around on the base and sides. Next, place the pizza dough in the pan and stretch it out to reach the walls.

Cover it with the plastic wrap one last time and let it sit and rise for 1 hour.

Time to grill the Pizza

I used my Gozny Dome for this cook, but any pizza oven or kitchen oven will do the trick.

Preheat the grill to a max high of 475 degrees.

The dough should have risen and stretched around the entire cast iron skillet. Once the grill or oven is hot, place the pan with the pizza dough inside. This will pre-cook the dough inside and prevent a soggy bottom.

After 4-5 minutes, once the dough builds color going from pale to beige, remove it from the grill and start adding the toppings.

Start with the cheese first! I used a whole block of part-skim mozzarella cheese and freshly shredded the cheese onto the pizza. Pieces of fresh mozzarella are also a great option.

Next goes the pizza sauce. I used a store bough, bottled option here. If you have a great homemade pizza sauce recipe, use it here!

Finally, add the rest of your toppings. I went with simple pepperoni since that’s what my kids like the most.

Place everything back in the pizza oven and cook until the toppings and edges crisp up.

This will take another 5-8 minutes.

When done, remove it from the grill and let it cool off. Run a butter knife around the edge of the cast iron skillet and slowly and carefully lift the Easy Cast Iron Pizza placing it on a flat surface.

Slice into individual slices and enjoy!

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Easy Cast Iron Pizza

This Easy Cast Iron Pizza has the perfectly simple and quick dough recipe. It's pillowy, bubbly, crispy and delicious in flavor.

Course Main Course, Snack

Cuisine American

Keyword pizza dough, cast iron pan recipe, pizza oven, homemade pizza, back to school food recipes, grilled pizza.

Prep Time 3 minutes minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes minutes

Servings 4 People

Calories 630kcal

Author Maciek Zurawski

Ingredients

Pizza Dough Ingredients

• 300 grams Bread flour
• 210 grams Warm water (100 degrees Fahrenheit)
• 6 grams Salt
• 6 grams Sugar
• 6 grams Instant yeast
• 10 grams Olive oil

Pizza Ingredients

• 1 cup Pizza sauce
• 8 oz Mozzarella cheese
• 1 cup Pepperonis

Instructions

• To make the dough, in. a large mixing bowl, add the pre-measured bread flour, warm water, salt, sugar, instant yeast and olive oil.
• Starting mixing the ingredients together, blending everything. Once you have a sticky ball, remove it from the bowl and start kneading it on a clean flat surface. Scrape any dough that sticks to the bowl or flat surface and continue kneading until you have a smooth non sticky dough ball.
• Place it back in the bowl and cover with a clean kitchen cloth or plastic wrap.
• For 3 hours, remove the dough from the plastic covered bowl, every 30 minutes and stretch it 3-4 times and place it back into the bowl, covering it with plastic wrap
• Drizzle some olive oil over the surface or a cast iron pan and stretch the risen dough until it reaches the pan walls. Again, cover it with the plastic wrap used on the bowl and let it sit and rise for 1 hour.
• Preheat the grill or oven to a max high of 475 degrees.
• Place the cast iron skillet in the grill and pre-cook the dough for 4-5 minutes. Remove from the grill once the dough goes from pale to a light beige color.
• Start adding your toppings. Start with cheese first. Next add in the sauce and final toppings.
• Place everything back in the pizza oven and cook for 5-8 minutes or until the toppings and edges crisp up.
• When done, remove it from the grill and let it cool off.
• Run a butter knife around the edge of the cast iron skillet and slowly and carefully lift the EasyCast Iron Pizza placing it on a flat surface.
• Slice and serve. Enjoy!

Notes

You can also make this in a kitchen aid mixer if you have one handy. Let the mixer continue to knead the dough until it becomes plump and bounces back when poked. Scrape the dough from the bowl and shape it into a ball.

Pre-cooking the dough will help avoid sogginess inside and on the bottom of the pizza dough.

For convenience, pre-shredded cheese of any kind will work. Make sure to use soft cheeses since those melt best. Stay away from the hard Italian cheeses unless they are in addition to the base cheese option.

Nutrition

Calories: 630kcal | Carbohydrates: 63g | Protein: 29g | Fat: 29g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 11g | Trans Fat: 0.5g | Cholesterol: 64mg | Sodium: 1719mg | Potassium: 415mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 610IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 421mg | Iron: 2mg