Cast iron skillet pizza is the easiest way to make homemade pizza at home! This simple recipe takes just 5 ingredients and 15 minutes to make.
Cast iron skillet pizza is the quick and easy way to make restaurant-quality pizza at home in less time than it takes to order delivery. With just 5 simple ingredients and 15 minutes, you can enjoy a perfectly golden crust with melty, bubbly cheese—all without a pizza stone or any special equipment.
This foolproof method uses high heat to create the ideal pizza in no time, making it the perfect weeknight dinner or homemade pizza night dinner. Whether you’re craving classic cheese, pepperoni, or your favorite toppings, this easy skillet pizza is a must-try for any pizza lover!
Ingredient notes and substitutions
- Pizza dough: If you’d like to use homemade pizza dough, you can make homemade pizza dough in about 20 minutes with this recipe. If you’d like thin crust pizza, use less pizza dough for the pizza and stretch the dough thinner in the pan.
- Pizza sauce: You can use any type of pizza sauce that you prefer, or you can make homemade pizza sauce in about 20 minutes.
- Cheese: Feel free to vary the type of cheese according to the toppings you like.
How to make cast iron skillet pizza
Here you’ll find instructions and step-by-step photos showing how to make this recipe. The full recipe, including ingredients, is given below.
Step 1: Adjust the oven rack to the middle position, and preheat the oven to 500F.
Step 2: Grease a 12-inch cast iron skillet with the olive oil.
Step 3: Roll out the dough into a 12-inch circle on a lightly floured surface.
Step 4: Transfer the dough to the prepared skillet and press into the bottom and slightly up the sides of the skillet.
Step 5: Spread the sauce onto the bottom of the dough leaving an inch border without sauce.
Step 6: Sprinkle most of the mozzarella cheese over the sauce.
Step 7: Arrange the pepperoni slices over the cheese, and sprinkle the remaining cheese over the top.
Step 8: For crispier crust, place the skillet on the stove, and cook over medium heat for 2-3 minutes. Transfer the skillet to the oven, and bake for about 6-10 minutes, or until the cheese has melted and the crust has turned golden brown.
Step 9: For softer crust, bake for about 6-10 minutes, or until the cheese has melted and the crust has turned golden brown. Carefully remove the skillet from the oven, and let the pizza cool for 5-10 minutes.
Step 10: Remove to a cutting board, and slice to serve.
Recipe Tips!
- Variations: You can use this recipe as a base to make all sorts of flavors of pizza. We like to use barbecue sauce, leftover slow cooker bbq chicken, and a combination of cheddar and mozzarella cheese to make barbecue chicken pizza.
- Skillet: If you don’t have a cast iron skillet, be sure that your oven-safe skillet can withstand high heat.
Storage
Store any leftover pizza in an airtight container in the refrigerator. The pizza will keep for up to 3 days when properly stored in the fridge.
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Cast Iron Skillet Pizza
Equipment
- 12-inch cast iron skillet
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 pound pizza dough at room temperature
- 1/2 cup pizza sauce
- 1 cup shredded whole milk mozzarella cheese
- 10 slices pepperoni
Instructions
- Adjust the oven rack to the middle position, and preheat the oven to 500F.
- Grease a 12-inch cast iron skillet with the olive oil.2 tablespoons olive oil
- Roll out the dough into a 12-inch circle on a lightly floured surface.1 pound pizza dough
- Transfer the dough to the prepared skillet and press into the bottom and up the sides of the skillet.
- Spread the sauce onto the bottom of the dough leaving an inch border without sauce.1/2 cup pizza sauce
- Sprinkle most of the mozzarella cheese over the sauce.1 cup shredded whole milk mozzarella cheese
- Arrange the pepperoni slices over the cheese, and sprinkle the remaining cheese over the top.10 slices pepperoni
- For crispier crust, place the skillet on the stove, and cook over medium heat for 2-3 minutes.
- Transfer the skillet to the oven, and bake for about 6-10 minutes, or until the cheese has melted and the crust has turned golden brown.
- For softer crust, bake for about 6-10 minutes, or until the cheese has melted and the crust has turned golden brown.
- Carefully remove the skillet from the oven, and let the pizza cool for 5-10 minutes.
- Remove to a cutting board, and slice to serve.
Notes
- Pizza dough: If you’d like to use homemade pizza dough, you can make homemade pizza dough in about 20 minutes with this recipe. If you’d like thin crust pizza, use less pizza dough for the pizza and stretch the dough thinner in the pan.
- Pizza sauce: You can use any type of pizza sauce that you prefer, or you can make homemade pizza sauce in about 20 minutes.
- Cheese: Feel free to vary the type of cheese according to the toppings you like.
- Nutrition values are estimates.Â
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