For years I have made thick crust, Chicago style pizza. But lately I’ve been interested in trying my hand at some thin crust. I’ve found a method I like. Actually the recipe comes from the internet (the first hit googling ‘Pizza Dough’) and the cooking technique came from a page I found with StumbleUpon.

Ingredients:
3 1/2 cups flour
1 cup warm water
2 tablespoons yeast
2 tablespoons honey
1/4 cup olive oil
1/2 teaspoon salt

Cheese
Pizza Sauce
Toppings

Cast Iron Skillet

Makes 6-8 personal pizzas
Mix and knead the top list of ingredients together. I did this with a dough hook (first chance to use one) and it was amazing. I had perfect dough in about 5 minutes with almost no elbow grease. Put in a warm spot covered and let it rise for 45 minutes. I used the oven, and left it on the lowest setting for 5 minutes first. Now you have pizza dough and we can start on the fun bit.

Put your cast iron skillet upside down in the oven on the lowest rack. Turn the oven on as hot as it will go and give it at least fifteen minutes to warm up. While it’s warming. Grab a section of dough the size of a ping pong ball. Use your hands to flatten it down in to a nice round even pizza shape (no thickening of the crust. After you have the shape started, grab a rolling pin and roll it out until it’s about a 10-12 inches across. It should be a little bigger than the base of your skillet because it’s going to pull back. Now peel up the dough you just rolled out and place it on a piece of aluminum foil. Top with sauce, cheese and what ever toppings you desire, try to leave as little crust around the edges as possible. Turn the oven off and place the foil with pizza on the cast iron skillet and watch carefully. The pizza is only going to take three or four minutes to cook, and it going to go from undercooked to burnt really fast. When it’s done and the edges of the crust are just turning burnt (dark brown, but not quite black). Take it, cut it and eat. Turn the oven back on for a few minutes while you get the next pizza ready and repeat until you’re out of dough.