Pizza Hut Pan Pizza {copycat recipe}

If you love take out Deep Dish Pizza, you need to try this homemade pan pizza recipe. It's easy so easy to make your own at home and the kids can personalize them with their favorite toppings.

Prep time: PT25M

Cook time: PT15M

Total time: PT130M

Rating

5 stars (85 reviews)

Keywords

deep dish pizza

Ingredients

1 1/3 cups Warm water (105F)
1/4 cup Non-fat dry milk
1/2 tsp Salt
4 cups Flour
1 Tbsp Sugar
2 1/4 tsp active dry yeast
2 Tbsp olive oil (for dough)
6 Tbsp Vegetable oil or olive oil (2 Tbsp per pan)
premade pizza sauce or use my favorite Pizza Sauce Recipe
12 oz. mozzarella cheese, grated (about 2 cups)
favorite toppings, sausage, pepperoni, black olives etc.
4 Tbsp butter (melted)
1 Tbsp garlic (minced can also use 1 tsp garlic powder.)

Cuisine

Italian

Steps

Put yeast, sugar, and dry milk into water, stir and allow to proof for 5 minutes until foamy and bubbly.
In a bowl combine oil, flour and salt.
Pour in yeast mixture and stir to combine.
Turn out on to a flat surface and knead for about 10 minutes or use stand mixer
Divide dough into three balls. In three 8" cake pans ( or can use 1 - 8 inch pie plate and 1 - 9 x 13 dish) , put 2 Tbsp of oil in each making sure it is spread evenly
Put 2 Tbsp of oil in each pan making sure it is spread evenly
Using a rolling pin, roll out each dough ball to about a 8" circle
Place dough into pan.
Cover with a plate or towel and allow to rise in a warm place for 1- 1 1/2 hours
Spoon 1/3 cup sauce on each pizza and spread to within 1 inch of edge
Distribute 3 oz. of shredded mozzarella cheese on each pizza
Add favorite toppings (sausage, pepperoni, etc.)
Top with 1 oz. mozzarella cheese
Preheat oven to 450 degrees
Cook until cheese is bubbling and outer crust is brown - about 15 minutes
I then brush outer edge of crust with garlic butter
Garlic Butter
- Combine butter and garlic and allow to sit for 20 minutes so that garlic flavor infuses butter.

Nutitrion

Serving Size: 1 serving
Calories: 366 kcal
Carbohydrates: 35 g
Protein: 12 g
Fat: 20 g
Saturated Fat: 12 g
Cholesterol: 33 mg
Sodium: 325 mg
Sugar: 3 g

Reviews

Dixie Hancock on 2026-03-06 (5 stars):
Turned out wonderful
Alannah Bailey on 2026-03-03 (5 stars):
I love this recipe! I’ve gone back to it multiple times and have great results. My family loves it and no longer wants Pizza as take out. I appreciate you sharing this with us. My advice to others making it would be; Have extra flour on hand when kneading if you are doing it by hand. But only coat your hands as you knead or else your dough will end up with too much flour. Also, it is important to let it sit in heat but at a perfect temperature. *Too hot ruins the yeast.
Barbara on 2026-02-28 (5 stars):
This is the only pizza dough I’ve made that was worth eating!
SY on 2026-02-18 (5 stars):
Easy to follow and worked well!
Andy Boyle on 2026-02-16 (5 stars):
Perfect crust,I made 4 pizzas instead of 3. This way the crust is the perfect thickness,also the 2nd proof should only be 30 minutes. Otherwise the taste and texture was perfect. Bake 20 plus minutes,too.
Amber on 2026-02-14 (5 stars):
Fantastic crust and easy to make
NATASHA L RAY on 2026-02-13 (5 stars):
Its so much like pizza hut deep dish crust that my whole house smelled like pizza hut when they were done!
Natasha Ray on 2026-02-06 (5 stars):
I see why this is rated as highly as it is!!! Its amazing! Tastes EXACTLY like the pizza hut deep dish crust i grew up with! I cant thank you enough!!!