Deep Dish Pizza
This deep-dish pan pizza has a tender, slightly crisp press-in crust topped with tangy pizza sauce, melty mozzarella, and your favorite toppings. It uses an instant-yeast dough and is ready in about 40 minutes, making it ideal for a quick weeknight dinner or casual gathering.
Equipment
- 9-inch round cake pan
- Large bowl
- measuring cup
- microwave-safe bowl or measuring cup
- nonstick cooking spray
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 to 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour 217-279 g
- 1 package Fleischmann's® RapidRise Yeast 2 1/4 teaspoons
- 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
- 3/4 teaspoons salt
- 2/3 cup water 158 ml; very warm (120° to 130°F)
- 3 tablespoons olive oil 45 ml
- 1/2 to 1 cup pizza sauce
- Other toppings as desired
- 1 to 2 cups mozzarella cheese shredded
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425°F.
- In a large bowl, combine 1 cup flour, undissolved Fleischmann's® RapidRise Yeast, sugar, and salt.
- Place the very warm water in a microwave-safe measuring cup or bowl and heat until it reaches 120 to 130°F; add the olive oil to the warmed water.
- Add the water and oil mixture to the flour mixture and mix until well blended, about 1 minute. Gradually add enough of the remaining flour to make a soft dough that forms a ball and is slightly sticky.
- Turn the dough onto a floured surface and knead, adding additional flour if necessary, until smooth and elastic, about 4 minutes. Let the dough rest for 10 minutes.
- Grease a 9-inch round cake pan with nonstick cooking spray. Press the pizza dough into the prepared pan.
- Spread pizza sauce over the dough, top with desired toppings, and sprinkle with shredded mozzarella cheese.
- Bake on the lowest oven rack for about 20 minutes, or until the cheese is bubbly and the crust is browned.
Notes
If you don’t have a 9-inch round cake pan you can also use a 9-inch square pan, 9×13-inch pan or make this a traditional pizza.
Be sure to use INSTANT yeast NOT active dry.