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slice of deep dish pizza with pepperoni on a spatula with stringy melted cheese
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Deep Dish Pizza

Delicious cheesy baked deep dish pizza, loaded with fresh-baked flavor so you can load it up with all the toppings you please!
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time40 minutes
Course: pizza
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cheese, chicago, Chicago pizza, deep dish, heavy pizza, marinara sauce, pepperoni
Servings: 8 slices
Author: Courtney O'Dell

Ingredients

Instructions

  • In a large mixing bowl, stir together the water and yeast until just combined. Cover the bowl with a kitchen towel and allow it to sit for about 3 minutes, or until foamy.
  • Whisk in the olive oil and honey until the added ingredients are homogenous with the yeast mixture.
  • Gently whisk in the four until no pockets of four remain and the dough begins to pull away from the sides of the bowl.
  • Turn the dough onto a floured surface and knead for 5 minutes to work the dough and yeast. Pace the dough back into the bowl and allow it to rest for 15 minutes covered with a kitchen towel or plastic wrap.
  • While the dough rests, preheat your oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit. Roll the dough out into a disc and place it in an oiled 9-inch cast iron skillet. Top the pizza with marinara sauce followed by mozzarella, pepperoni, and parmesan cheese.
  • Bake the pizza for 20-25 minutes, or until the cheese is bubbly and golden brown, and dough is puffy and golden brown on the sides.
  • Serve and enjoy!

Notes

You can add layers and layers of flavor to this deep dish pizza - we're just adding the toppings for one layer of toppings - but a traditional Chicago-style deep dish pizza will have a couple of thick layers of cheese and sauce - more like a pie than a pizza!
This recipe can be seen as a base recipe - one for you to build your own favorite deep dish combination off of! Go wild trying your own customization!

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 342kcal | Carbohydrates: 45g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 21mg | Sodium: 576mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 6g

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