*****I have done my first guest post at the request of the Oklahoma Women Bloggers and it just posted today! It’s all about the farmer’s market with a couple of lovely recipes and a salad that is to die for so please go over and take a look, post a comment, and enjoy the post!******
I hope all my American friends had a lovely 4th of July. We stayed home, Mr. Picky Eater working on projects for a show we are participating in July 20th and I was just taking it easy. Those of you who have followed me for a while know that last year I was very sick. I spent a great deal of time in different medical facilities where at first phlebotomists could not find my generally big fat veins and then I got stuck so many times new sites had to be found. Now it seems my little issue has returned with a vengeance – so irritating! I will be fine but in the meantime I feel crappy most of the time and have issues passing out at the most inopportune times – of course I can’t really think of an opportune time to do that, can you? Let’s get on with the recipe because it’s great AND I promised my co-worker I would post it this weekend.
If you follow my FB page and have seen my yard sale albums, you might remember that I purchased these two iron skillets at a sale a month or so ago for $1 each. Such a great buy because the skillets are in pristine condition and they sell for about $30 each in stores!
I’ve always wanted one of those iron skillet grill things to make Panini sandwiches and since the non-grill one fits perfectly into the one with a grill on the bottom, it’s so easy.
You can make this pizza after you get home from work in the evening and still eat at normal time, I promise!
Iron Skillet Pizza Crust
Ingredients:
1 packet Pizza Crust Yeast – I used Fleishman’s
About 2 Cups of all-purpose flour
1 ½ teaspoons Sugar
¾ teaspoons salt
2/3 Cup very warm water
3 Tablespoons of oil – I used olive oil
Pizza sauce
Mozzarella cheese and toppings.
Directions:
Pre-heat oven to 425 F and oil iron skillet getting it in the corners really well.
Combine 1 cup of the flour, un-dissolved yeast, sugar and salt in a bowl.
Add water and oil and mix with a wooden spoon for about a minute.
Add some of the rest of the flour, a little at a time, until it makes a ball but is still a little bit sticky.
Flour your board or clean cabinet and put the dough ball on there kneading until it is not sticky but soft and pliable. For those like me who didn’t know what “soft and pliable” meant for a long time – just do it for about 4 minutes and you’ll see the difference.
Put the dough in the iron skillet and work it evenly up on the sides of the skillet. Notice there was no rising time?
Iron Skillet Pizza Crust
Ingredients
- 1 packet Pizza Crust Yeast – I used Fleishman’s
- About 2 Cups of all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons Sugar
- ¾ teaspoons salt
- 2/3 Cup very warm water
- 3 Tablespoons of oil – I used olive oil
Instructions
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Pre-heat oven to 425 F and oil iron skillet getting it in the corners really well.
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Combine 1 cup of the flour, un-dissolved yeast, sugar and salt in a bowl.
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Add water and oil and mix with a wooden spoon for about a minute.
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Add some of the rest of the flour, a little at a time, until it makes a ball but is still a little bit sticky.
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Flour your board or clean cabinet and put the dough ball on there kneading until it is not sticky but soft and pliable. For those like me who didn’t know what “soft and pliable” meant for a long time – just do it for about 4 minutes and you’ll see the difference.
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Put the dough in the iron skillet and work it evenly up on the sides of the skillet. Notice there was no rising time?
Pick your pizza sauce. I make my own and if you want to then here’s my recipe.
Pizza Sauce
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/4 cup onion, grated
1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
4 garlic cloves, minced
1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes (this time I used fresh tomatoes and it was great!)
1/4 teaspoon sugar
2 tablespoons fresh basil, chopped
1 tablespoon olive oil
Directions:
Cook it until it reduces at least by half.
You can leave it chunky, or smooth it out like I do with either a traditional blender or an immersion blender.
I only use about half of it because we like light sauce and I freeze the rest for another night.
Pizza Sauce
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup onion grated
- 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 4 garlic cloves minced
- 1 28 ounce can crushed tomatoes (this time I used fresh tomatoes and it was great!)
- 1/4 teaspoon sugar
- 2 tablespoons fresh basil chopped
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
Instructions
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Put all ingredients in a large pot. Cook it until it reduces at least by half.
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You can leave it chunky, or smooth it out like I do with either a traditional blender or an immersion blender.
Recipe Notes
I only use about half of it because we like light sauce and I freeze the rest for another night.
Deep Dish Iron Skillet Pizza
Ingredients
1 Pizza crust in an oiled Cast Iron Skillet
1/2 Cup Pizza Sauce- More or less depending on taste.
2 Cups Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
Desired Pizza toppings
Spread half of the pizza sauce onto the dough.
Add half of the cheese then whatever toppings you want – we used Canadian Bacon.
Add the other half of the sauce, cheese, and more toppings because it is deep dish and can hold it.
Put it in the oven to cook for 15 – 25 minutes. Watch it after 15 minutes because it will depend on your own oven how long it needs to bake. Mine took the full 25 minutes.
Deep Dish Iron Skillet Pizza
Ingredients
- 1 Pizza crust in an oiled Cast Iron Skillet
- 1/2 Cup Pizza Sauce- More or less depending on taste.
- 2 Cups Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
- Desired Pizza toppings
Instructions
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Spread half of the pizza sauce onto the dough.
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Add half of the cheese then whatever toppings you want – we used Canadian Bacon.
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Add the other half of the sauce, cheese, and more toppings because it is deep dish and can hold it.
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Put it in the oven to cook for 15 – 25 minutes. Watch it after 15 minutes because it will depend on your own oven how long it needs to bake. Mine took the full 25 minutes.
It was wonderful! I froze a couple of pieces individually and took them for lunch last week – they were prefect!
Try it soon – you are going to love it! It tastes better and is much cheaper than delivery!
Okay, last thing – we are getting ready for a show with a bunch of our repurposed and upcycled furniture. I’m the idea person and Mr. Picky Eater is the muscle. I’m showing you these pictures because I want your honest opinion – so give it to me! I do know a lot about camouflage-wear but I do know that it is popular across the country and especially here in Oklahoma. We took this broken Lane cedar lined chest from last week’s move of the neighbor – MPE fixed it – and two curbside chair finds that had nothing wrong with them at all and put my spin on camouflage on them. I’m more artsy than crafty so I had no intention of making any of it look like manufactured camo but after he finished doing what I asked – I loved it and he hated it! What do you think? I want your honest opinion!
Curbside Chair – Before
Chair number 1 – After with stylized camo
Chair number 2 – After
Lane Cedar Lined Chest – Before. Just a pile of rubble!
Lane Cedar Lined Chest – After
My mother gave me one of the square cast iron skillets for my birthday in 1955 – still one of my prized and most useful possessions. Your chairs and hope chest look great. Hope you’re feeling better very soon.
Lillian
Wow – you’ve got lots of experience with a square skillet! I’m going to spend time seeing what I can do with it. I especially like it because it is smaller than my round one. Thank you for your good wishes and comments on the refurbish!
I’m so sorry you are not feeling well. I’ll bet that pizza helped though. It looks wonderful! Homemade pizza is the best. I’ve never bought the pizza crust yeast. I just use the Fleischmann’s Rapid Rise. How does it differ?
Also, three thumbs up on the furniture! I especially love the delicate leaves on the chest.
Thanks Stacy! Gosh, I wish I could tell you how it differs but I don’t know. I saw this on the shelf and bought it! 🙂 I appreciate you comments on the work – thanks!
I’ve never gotten into the camouflage deal. So, personally, I am not too crazy about it. . . and pink camo just doesn’t do it for me. But, I will bet there are a lot of people who really would like it.
The pizza, however, looks fantastic. I’ll have to try it the next time we are cravin’ pizza.
Thanks Joan! I’m not a camo aficionado myself but I’m more interested in what would sell at this show and there are even websites for camo wedding gowns – and honestly, some of them are pretty!
Now that’s a pizza pie! (in my best NY Italian accent)
🙂
Thank you!
I got a first hand peek at the pizza live and in person and it looked wonderful. The camo turned out great. I love the pink!! Great job!!
Thanks on both counts!
Love, love, love pizza – Makes everything better – Heading over to see your guest post 🙂
Thank you so much for going over!
The pizza looks great. I occasionally make deep dish pizzas in my big round cast iron skillet, but I have trouble getting the crust to stay up the sides. I wonder if the corners on the square ones help with that. As for the camo, I love the cedar chest. I would happily put it or something similar in my house and my daughter agrees with me. Neither one of us really is big on camo in non traditional colors, though. The chairs don’t do much for us because of the pink. That’s not to say that there might not be a market for them, just personal preferences.
Yay! Thank you so much for your honest opinions! I truly appreciate it….I honestly had no trouble keeping the dough up on the square pan so maybe it is the shape of the pan. I hope you get a chance to try it soon! Once again, thank you so much for the opinions you and your daughter offered!
Your pizza looks sooooooooo good. Though sorry you aren’t feeling well. Arrrgh.
Thumbs up on the furniture. You and MPE are talented folk 🙂 And p.s. I now have pan env. What a steal!
Thank you Liz! I truly appreciate your opinions!
I like the pink camo. I did not know there was pizza crust yeast. Learned something new. Hope you are feeling better soon. Checking out your gust post.
Thanks for going over Debra! I loved doing that post – I had done it for my own but when the opportunity came up, I wanted to use it since the readers most likely have access to the same foods!
Looks good since getting away from GMO junk pizza has been the one thing my boys have not been happy with. I can so make this with “real food.”
I am including a link to a video I watched yesterday geared toward aspartame. I remember people on there talking about passing out. If you are eating/drinking products that contain this ingredient it could be the problem. Good news is that the majority of people who stopped ingesting products with aspartame did get better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI7_8FDzuJE&list=PLLEcJkMk5ieKK9Dmai_dwVXmQ05Q-LJoE&index=19
That is the wrong video.
http://www.youtube.com/movie/sweet-misery-a-poisoned-world
That pizza looks soooooo good *slobbering!
Mamma mia 😉
Pizza fat and delicious style!
Cheers
CCU
So glad to see your little chocolate chip face Uru! Thank you!
I’ve never thought of using my grill pan for deep dish pizza…but what an excellent idea! I now have a huge craving for pizza…yours looks so perfectly cheesy!!!
PS…I hope you get your health woes settled…and feel 100% soon.
Thank you and that iron skillet makes the biggest different in crust!
That pizza looks really good! Congrats on the guest post! How exciting!!
I’m sorry you’ve been under the weather and I hope you feel better very soon *(bear)hug*
Thank you! I appreciate your good thoughts. I’ll be fine – getting old is only for the tough! 🙂
WOW! LOVE the deal you got on the cool skillets – what a steal! And this recipe looks super duper yummy. I also love the pink camo chair with the white back – you and MPE are quite the team. But I am bummed that you are not feeling well. Trust that bug ‘flies the coop’ soon and leaves you alone. Take good care!
I have not yet ventured into cooking with an iron skillet, but from the looks of this pizza, I need to!
I watched my Nana cook with one at every meal so it was a little less scary last year when I decided to learn to cook! Thanks for dropping by and please come by again!
I’d never heard of Pizza Crust Yeast. I would definitely try this recipe except that I’m trying to stay on a strict low carb diet. Looks yummy though!
Thank you so much for dropping by Beth! If it weren’t for all the boys who “drop by” about time to eat, I couldn’t make this either but my husband and I have several sons and a son-in-law who will eat everything. Recently a new generation arrived and he, at 14 months, ate an entire piece himself!
Everything tastes better in an iron skillet. Must. Try. Soon.
Oh, Kelli, I’m so sorry you’re not feeling well. Get better soon. In the meantime, that pizza looks AMAZING! I’ve been dieting and having the worst pizza craving lately. And deep dish is my favorite. So basically, you’re just torturing me right now. 🙂
Thank you for the compliment! If I am torturing you, then my work is done….:)
Kelli, sorry to read your post so late but WOW! me loving those chairs! I love how you transformed them! 🙂 & you know me how I feel about pink (LOVE!!!) 🙂 you also did a great job with the chest 🙂
MMMMMMM. The pizza looks wonderful and I love the chairs! Thank you for sharing on Thursday’s Treasures. I’m featuring on Week 94.
Thank you Debi – today just gets better and better – I got an unexpected nap, my husband made supper and now this! 🙂
That pizza looks amazing. We do a homemade pizza night every Thursday night, so we’ll have to try out this recipe. Thanks!
Thank you so much! I’ve got a thin crust pizza recipe coming up!!