Growing up, I LOVED Pizza Hut’s personal pan pizza. When I was in high school we had those cute little individual pizzas in the cardboard boxes, and as much as I loved those, I would get sick of them and have to take an individual pizza break.
If you were a kid of the ’90’s you would know what I’m talking about.
Mine did. And I LOVED them. I’m not talking about those rectangular pizzas, or the hectagon shaped “Fiestada”. Remember those?? I loved those, too.
I didn’t really get excited a whole lot as far as school food was concerned, but I loved the pizzas, chicken fingers (I had to dip your roll in the mashed potatoes and eat it with the chicken), and chili with those crazy big ass grease laden grilled cheeses.
These round pizzas made their debut when I was in high school, and we had a separate counter to buy them from – they weren’t in the regular lunch line.
I used my 6″ cast iron skillet, which was perfect. The olive oil in the bottom of it makes a nice crust; so don’t skimp on it. Of course, you can add whatever toppings you want. For some reason, there’s something about a plain cheese pizza when they’re small like that.
I know, I know, that’s soo not me.
Here’s your printable-
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups warm water
- 1 package instant yeast
- 4 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/3 cup olive oil, plus more for drizzling skillet and dough
- Pizza sauce
- Mozzarella and Provolone cheeses
- Italian seasoning
Instructions
- Combine the water and yeast; let sit for about 5-10 minutes, until frothy.
- Combine the flour and salt on low in a a stand mixture.
- Add olive oil and water/yeast mixture and stir on low until the dough pulls away from the sides; add more flour if too sticky.
- Drizzle with olive oil and toss; cover with a towel until ready to bake.
- Preheat oven to 500 degrees and add the cast iron skillet (or regular pan will work) for 15 minutes.
- Remove skillet and drizzle it with olive oil.
- Press about 1/4 of the dough and drizzle with more olive oil.
- Spoon desired amount of sauce, top with with cheese and sprinkle with Italian seasoning.
- Bake for 10-15 minutes; until edges of crust is slightly browning.
2 Comments
Shea
June 4, 2015 at 6:25 PMYou’ll love it Krista – Thanks!!
Krista
June 2, 2015 at 9:25 PMThese look delicious! We do pizza every Friday and I know my kids would love to make their own!