Easy Skillet Deep Dish Pizza

Saucy, gooey deep dish pizza made easily in one skillet! Pat your pizza dough into a greased skillet, load it up with your favorite toppings and bake ’til bubbly. You’ll love this for weekends and easy weeknight meals!

Easy Skillet Deep Dish Pizza – Saucy, gooey deep dish pizza made easily in one skillet! Thecomfortofcooking.com

The most exciting thing I’ve eaten in the past three days? A toasted bagel with butter. It’s been a can’t-think-about-food kind of week, with all of us (including baby) under the crushing weight of a stomach flu. But, as the week wraps up, so is this exhausting ordeal that is caring for other sick people while you’re also sick. And hallelujah for that! Because there is nothing I’ve ever done as a mom that’s more difficult.

As we’re all feeling much better, we’re slowly easing back to basic cooking. That’s meant pasta, roast chicken, and all of the best belly-filling comfort foods. Including a little homemade skillet pizza.

Having zero patience (or skill) to stretch out a pizza dough, I have always loved this method. You just oil up a skillet, pat your pizza dough around the sides, and stuff it full of your favorite toppings. So easy and delicious!


Easy Skillet Deep Dish Pizza – Saucy, gooey deep dish pizza made easily in one skillet! Thecomfortofcooking.com

Easy Skillet Deep Dish Pizza – Saucy, gooey deep dish pizza made easily in one skillet! Thecomfortofcooking.com

This cheesy, scrumptious deep dish pizza has been a longtime weeknight favorite. I almost always have a frozen ball of pizza dough, and while it thaws, I tear through my fridge and cupboards for topping ideas. I usually just use whatever we have on hand! That’s often pepperoni, bell peppers and olives or spicy pepperoncini. A few fistfuls of shredded mozzarella on top, and you’re done!

Just pop it in the oven for as little as 10 minutes (depending on your pizza dough). Once your crust is puffy and golden, and that melty mozzarella is bubbling, your dinner is done!

Slice into a serving of this hearty, delicious and simple deep dish skillet pizza. You’ll love it (and so will kids) for a quick and easy weeknight meal that everyone can help create!

Easy Skillet Deep Dish Pizza – Saucy, gooey deep dish pizza made easily in one skillet! Thecomfortofcooking.com

Easy Skillet Deep Dish Pizza – Saucy, gooey deep dish pizza made easily in one skillet! Thecomfortofcooking.com

Easy Skillet Deep Dish Pizza – Saucy, gooey deep dish pizza made easily in one skillet! Thecomfortofcooking.com

Easy Skillet Deep Dish Pizza

Easy Skillet Deep Dish Pizza

Yield: 4

Ingredients

  • 1 ball pizza dough, store bought or homemade
  • 1/3 cup pizza sauce
  • 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella, divided
  • Topping Ideas
  • • Cheese: Mozzarella, Mexican cheese, Asiago, Parmesan, Romano, bleu cheese, feta, provolone
  • • Meat: Chicken, Italian sausage, bacon, ham, beef, chorizo, pepperoni, prosciutto, shrimp
  • • Vegetables: Tomatoes, artichokes, roasted red peppers, onions, green peppers, jalapenos, spinach, cherry tomatoes, olives, mushrooms, banana peppers, squash, sweet corn, peas, avocado
  • • Other: Pineapple chunks, black beans, fresh basil, garlic, sprouts, capers

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
  2. Generously spray a cast iron skillet (or round baking dish) with nonstick cooking spray, or grease with olive oil.
  3. Form pizza dough into a round in prepared skillet. Swirl pizza sauce around surface of dough. Sprinkle with 1/4 cup shredded mozzarella, or any other cheese you prefer. Add your desired toppings. Sprinkle with remaining mozzarella.
  4. Cover loosely with foil and bake for 10-30 minutes (see note below), or until crust is golden brown and cheese is bubbly. Let rest for 5 minutes before cutting into 6 slices.
  5. Enjoy!

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  1. I’m feeling you with the flu – I’m suffering too! Sucks so bad, I am so wishing for Spring! This pizza looks just perfect though – saving for when I’m better!

  2. I am so glad to hear you are all feeling better now Georgia! It must be such a challenge to have to take care of someone else as well as yourself *hugs*

    This deep-dish pizza looks amazing! I wouldn’t mind me a slice of that (or five!) right now :) x

  3. I love deep dish pizza and this one looks fantastic. It’s on my list to make!

  4. 5 stars
    This looks SOOOOO GOOD! Everything homemade pizza should be!

  5. 5 stars
    Thank YOU for this recipe. I have the skillet for this. I never ever thought to
    make my own deep dish pizza. Duh. I am EXCITED.

  6. sorry that you were under the weather, hope you are feeling back to yourself now! For someone who loves pizza as much as I do, I have never made a deep dish pizza. You know what I will be making next pizza night!

  7. 5 stars
    Oh yum! This pizza looks so good. Love me some thick crust plus there are all sorts of veggies!

  8. It’s easy to make this skillet deep dish pizza. Thanks for sharing your recipe. Great!

  9. I hope you’re feeling better. Can’t enjoy that gorgeous pizza when you’re holding your stomach. Poor you.

  10. 5 stars
    I love this!! I cannot resist a deep dish pizza!!

  11. Who needs to go to a restaurant when you can eat like this at home! YUM!

  12. This looks delicious!! Have you tried this with your wheat pizza dough?

  13. I haven’t yet, but I’m sure it would work just as well!

  14. Thank you Georgia!

  15. Is making pizza that simple?

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