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Two balls of pizza dough rest on a wooden cutting board with fresh herbs scattered around. Nearby, there is a bowl of shredded cheese, a mortar and pestle with basil leaves, a small jar of honey with a wooden dipper, and a checkered napkin—perfect ingredients for an irresistible pizza dough recipe with honey.

Homemade Cast Iron Pizza Dough Recipe with Honey

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  • Author: Lisa
  • Total Time: 2 hours
  • Yield: Two 12 inch pizzas 1x
  • Diet: Vegetarian

Description

Make pizza night your favorite night of the week with the best homemade pizza dough in a cast iron skillet! This easy from scratch dough is a great beginner recipe with a shorter rise time and it can be baked in a normal oven. It has a rich buttery crust with a slight sweetness from the honey, perfect for dipping! Simply add your favorite pizza toppings and bake! Even though it feels like fancy pizza, it’s a simple recipe with tons of flavor. You will think you are dining at your favorite pizza joint!

Ingredients

Units Scale
  • 1 1/3 cups of Warm Water
  • 2 1/4 tsp Active Dry Yeast
  • 1 tbsp Sugar
  • 2 tbsp Melted Butter
  • 2 tbsp Honey
  • 2 tbsp Olive Oil
  • 3 1/2 cups of Flour
  • 3/4 tsp Salt

 

Garlic Crust Topping

  • 1 tbsp Margarine
  • 1/4 tsp Garlic Powder
  • 1/4 tsp Italian Seasoning
  • Salt and pepper to taste (a few shakes of each)

Instructions

  1. In a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the active yeast with the water and let set for a few minutes. The water mixture should look a bit foamy and cloudy.
  2. In the same bowl add in the sugar, melted butter, honey, olive oil, and the flour one cup at a time. Mix on low speed with a dough hook. You can also kneed your dough manually.
  3. Once the flour is combined, add the salt. Do NOT add salt until the dough is completely combined.
  4. Mix/kneed only until the salt is completely combined to avoid tough or weak dough.
  5. The dough should be stretchy but not bounce back when poked with a wooden spoon or your finger.
  6. Coat the dough with a small amount of olive oil and bulk rise the dough in a covered bowl on the counter until it doubles in size (at least a 1 1/2 hours but no more than 3).
  7. After an hour and a half, divide dough into two equal sized pizza dough balls. This recipe will make two 12 inch skillet pizzas.
  8. When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
  9. Place each dough ball into the center of a cast iron skillet, pizza stone, or pizza pan and slowly stretch each ball pressing it outward in a circular motion with the palm of your hand being careful not to rip the dough.
  10. Top with your favorite pizza sauce and toppings.
  11. In a small, covered bowl, melt the margarine and seasonings in the microwave in 10 second intervals.
  12. Using a basting brush, brush the crust with garlic butter seasoning mixture.
  13. Bake at 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes or until the crust is golden brown.

Equipment

Notes

This recipe makes two 12 inch pizzas.

I prefer margarine for the butter mixture for the crust. It bakes better and tastes better in my opinion, but you can use real butter if you prefer.

Do not let the dough sit for too long with toppings prior to baking or it may get soggy in the middle.

Bake within 4 hours or refrigerate for up to 3 days or freeze for up to 3 months.

  • Prep Time: 10
  • Rise Time: 90
  • Cook Time: 20
  • Category: Pizza
  • Method: Bake
  • Cuisine: American, Italian

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