Cast Iron Personal Pan Pizza

June 3, 2017 40 Comments

It probably costs as much to make homemade Pizza as it does to buy Pizza. But think of all the fun you’ll have making your own and there is nothing like the taste of homemade pizza.

The kids like this because everybody can make their own pizza exactly how they want it. How many times as a kid do you remember picking off the onions, pepperoni, green pepper……..well you get the picture.

Even if you don’t have a supply of Cast Iron Pans, make your own pizza on any pizza pan, just give it a try. However, if you have a set of different size Cast Iron Pans, even better! Everyone can determine what size pizza they want by the pan size. You can reuse the hot pan. My husband made his Personal Pan Pizza first, then I made mine in the same Cast Iron Pan that he did. There was no need to wash it or even cool it down. That’s why I love Cast Iron Pans, season them correctly and they are virtually non stick!

Start by preheating your oven to

425 degrees. Grease your pan with oil.

I use bacon grease but olive oil is good too.

Once the oven is preheated put the

pan in for about 10 minutes.

While the oven and pan are preheating,

prepare your dough and ingredients.

Shape your dough to the size you want

before you put it in the hot pan. The

amount of dough you use depends on

how thick you like your crust.

Make an edge all around the dough.

Remove the pan from the oven after about

10 minutes. Immediately place the formed

dough into the HOT pan. If you heated the

pan properly it will sizzle when you drop

the dough into the pan. Don’t worry about

how it looks, you won’t see it once

you add your ingredients.

Use your favorite pizza sauce and spread

the amount you want onto the pizza dough

leaving about 1/2″ of the edge uncovered.

I like to add most of my cheese next. I do

this because it glues all my ingredients

together so they don’t fall off when I eat a

piece of pizza. I still add cheese on top too,

but the majority goes on now. Of course you

can make your pizza any way you like!

PEPPERONI – Now the fun part. Start

adding your favorite ingredients.

MUSHROOMS – These mushrooms may

look a little strange to you. That’s because

I used my dehydrated mushrooms on my

pizza. They were on sale a while back so I

washed them, sliced them and dehydrated

them. I soaked them for about 6 hours to

rehydrate them, drained and added to my pizza.

BACON – My bacon came right out of my

freezer. We cook up bacon 2 pounds at a time.

I save the bacon grease for future use, crumble

the bacon and put it in a freezer bag and

then the freezer. It is so easy this way and I

always have bacon for adding to any dish.

ONION – My last ingredient is onion.

I don’t like raw onions so I either cook

larger pieces ahead of time and then

place them on my pizza before baking or

cut them up really small, add them

to my pizza and then bake. Keep in mind

you want to do all these steps as quickly as

possible so that the Cast Iron Pan doesn’t

cool off too much. That’s where

preparation comes in handy.

Place your pizza into a 425 degree preheated oven. For this 10″ Cast Iron Pan Pizza, it takes exactly 18 minutes in our oven. So once you figure out the perfect time in your oven, it shouldn’t change. I took me a few times of making pizza to get my set time for a perfect pizza every time.

Now that your pizza is cooked, remove it from the oven and sprinkle more cheese on top. Even with all these ingredients, I was able to pick up a piece of pizza and nothing fell off.

The last step is VERY important. Remove your pizza from the Cast Iron Pan. Cast Iron will retain its heat and if you do not remove the pizza from the pan, it will continue to cook and possible burn your pizza crust. We use a rubber spatula to make sure the pizza is completely free from the pan and then slide it onto a large cutting board. Let it sit for a few minutes and cut into serving size pieces.

The pizza on the left is mine and the pizza on the right is my husbands. My husbands pizza has almost a many ingredients on his pizza as mine, however, he placed most of his ingredients under the cheese so you don’t see them.