Old Chicago Style Deep Dish Pizza

March 27, 2013

305

The other day I was craving a pizza, but not just any pizza, a deep dish pizza like the kind that Chicago is famous for. With a nice chewy crust and loads of topping, all covered in a gooey cheese. Yeah, so I knew I would only be able to have one piece....that's okay, one piece of this deep dish pie is enough. What makes this such an awesome pie is making it in a big ol' cast iron skillet. If you don't have one at least 12" or bigger, this amount of dough can make 2 pies!

(Dough)
1 pkt. yeast
2 tsp sugar
1 1/8 cup hot water (between 110-115F)
3 cups of all purpose flour
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup corn or vegetable oil
(Toppings)
Pizza sauce or a 14 oz. can of whole tomatoes, drained and crushed and then season with Italian seasoning.
Cooked, crumble sausage
Pepperoni
Diced Ham
Olives
Mushrooms
Onion
Cheese
whatever you like on a pizza!

Directions: Dissolve yeast and sugar in warm water in a bowl. Let stand for 5 to 10 minutes until the yeast softens and begins to form a creamy foam. Combine yeast mixture, flour, corn oil, and...
See the full directions on my site

Nutritions

Calories
297

Sodium
297mg
12% DV

Fat
8g
12% DV

Protein
5g
10% DV

Carbs
37g
12% DV

Fiber
1g
7% DV