Pizza Hut Pan Pizza Clone 

Serves: 14 inch or 3 smalls | Cook Time: 12-15 min

Ingredients

Dough

• 1lb Package of Better Batter Gluten Free Pizza Crust Mix (3 ¼ cups, 454g)
• 1½ cups warm water (340–354.) 105°–110°F)
• 2 tablespoons (30g) oil vegetable oil or avocado oil
• 1 Package (2 ¼ tsp, 7g) of Instant Yeast (included in 1lb Bags)

Sauce

• 1 6oz can tomato paste
• 1 ½ c warm water
• 1/8 tsp black pepper
• 1/8 tsp dried basil
• 1/8 tsp Fruit Fresh (absorbic acid)
• ¼ tsp salt
• ¼ tsp dried oregano
• ¼ tsp dried thyme
• ½ tsp dried parsley
• ½ tsp dried rosemary
• ½ tsp dried minced onion

Other Ingredients

• ½ c high heat vegetable oil
• 1/8 tsp butter flavoring
• 3 cups part skim mozzarella cheese
• 1-2 cups assorted other toppings, if desired
• Cast Iron Pan (s)
  

 

 Instruction

Mixing:

By Hand: Place all ingredients into a large mixing bowl. Use your hands to stir and knead until ingredients form a dough, about 10–12 minutes. Mixture will be loose and sticky but will thicken during proofing.
Stand Mixer: Place all ingredients into the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Mix on low for 2 minutes. Turn speed to medium and mix for another 5 minutes. Mixture will be loose and sticky but will thicken during proofing.

Cover bowl with plastic wrap. Let dough rest and hydrate for 45–60 min at room temperature (until doubled). (This could take up to 90 minutes in a colder environment. This could take up to two hours. (This must happen before we proceed with the rest of the recipe.)

Cold proof option** This option can happen after warm proofing. Alternatively, cold‑proof up to 24 hours; bring to room temperature ~90 min before use.

Combine ingredients. Meanwhile, combine oil and butter flavoring. Rub oil all over the inside of the cast iron pan, then pour the remaining oil into the pan, until it is about 1/8 inch deep. Set aside.

Place dough on a lightly floured surface and roll out to fit the size of the pan – you may divide the dough evenly if using multiple small pans to make personal pizzas.

Place the dough into the prepared pan – pressing with oiled or floured hands until the dough meets the edge of the pan. With your fingers, form a 'lip' around the edge – about ½ inch. Cover the pan and set into a warm area to rise for an hour.

Preheat Oven. Place your oven to the highest heat – for an electric oven, set the heat to 500 degrees. For a gas oven with a bottom broiler, you can either set it to 500 degrees or use the Hi Broiler function. Allow the oven to get hot while the dough is rising.

Mix Sauce. Meanwhile make the sauce: combine all Sauce ingredients in a small saucepan over medium heat, and simmer until it thickens slightly, it takes about ten minutes. Then set it aside.

Put Sauce on Pizza. When the dough has risen, spoon the sauce onto the pizza until it covers the pizza to a depth of about 1/8 inch. Top with cheese then with any additional toppings you may want.

Place into the hot oven and bake for about 12-15 minutes, or until the crust puffs and the crust and cheese become golden brown.

Remove the pan from the oven and allow to cool for about 5-7 minutes – it will be very hot! – then use a pizza cutter to cut it into wedges. Serve in the pan at the table.

This post was originally published by Patrick Auger. Original photo by Patrick Auger.