Thick & Pan
Thick & Pan
Tall, soft, pan-baked pies — from retro Pizza Hut Thick 'n Chewy to deep, chewy pan crusts.
Recipes · 7
O'Scugnizzo's Upside-Down Pan Pizza
A Utica-inspired rectangular pan pie at about 60% hydration, lightly enriched with honey, olive oil, and a spoon of sourdough starter alongside a pinch of yeast. A long cold ferment builds flavor, and it is baked upside-down with sauce and Parmesan added after it comes out of the oven.
No-Knead Cast-Iron Pan Pizza (Kenji)
Kenji Lopez-Alt's beginner-friendly pan pizza: a wet, no-knead, no-stretch dough at about 69% hydration with a little olive oil. Mix, rest, then let it slack and rise in an oiled cast-iron pan before a hot bake for crisp, fried edges.
Buttermilk Pan-Risen Deep Dish
A soft, airy, easy-to-bite pan crust at 55% hydration with pure olive oil and dry cultured buttermilk for flavor and color. A 48-hour cold ferment, then the dough rises right in a heavily greased pan to about an inch thick before it is topped cheese-first.
Godfather's-Style Original Pan Dough
A pan dough engineered to hit the form factor of a 14-inch Godfather's original pie: bread flour at about 56% hydration with sugar, oil, and dry non-fat milk for a soft, tender crumb. The generous yeast points to a same-day or short ferment.
Dough Doctor's Deep-Pan Thick Crust
A reliable cold-fermented pan dough from Tom Lehmann built on strong bread flour at 64% hydration with a touch of sugar and butter-flavored shortening. A 24-48 hour cold rise then a relaxed double-stretch fills a deep, dark pan for a light, bready crust.
Pizza Hut-Style Pan Pizza (Lehmann Formula)
Tom Lehmann's classic pan-pizza formula at 58% hydration, enriched with a little sugar and oil for that fried, golden bottom. Balled, cold-stacked overnight, then sheeted into a generously oiled deep-dish pan and proofed before baking.
Pizza Hut Thick 'n Chewy (1970s)
The mid-1970s Pizza Hut Thick 'n Chewy, from a former Pizza Hut cook — a 64% AP-flour bread dough, cold-risen and baked in an oiled cutter pan at a blistering 550°F.