Airy, Crisp, and Totally Irresistible: Detroit-Style Pizza

Name: Airy, Crisp, and Totally Irresistible: Detroit-Style Pizza
Cook time: 12 min
Ingredients: 248.5 g Bread Flour; 186.4 g Water; 10 g Extra Virgin Olive Oil; 5.5 g Salt; 2.5 g Sugar; 1.5 g Active Dry Yeast; 1 lb mozzarella or mild cheddar cheese; 0.3333333333333333 cup Detroit pizza sauce

Unknown · feelingfoodish.com · 2025 · Original

Detroit (asserted)

Detroit (Detroit): Wisconsin brick cheese to the edges (frico crust), racing stripes of sauce applied after bake, 8x10 or 10x14 blue steel pan

Style norms: 65–75% hydration (this recipe: 75%) · 475–525°F bake (this recipe: 500°F)

Baker's percentages

Every ingredient as a percentage of the flour weight (flour = 100%) — the way bakers compare doughs across batch sizes.

Flour

249g

Water

186g

Hydration

75.0%

Salt

2.2%

Yeast

0.60%

Oil

4.0%

Sauce

67g

Cheese

454g

Dough weight

454g

Process

Bake temp

500°F / 260°C

Bake time

8-12 min

Oven

home standard

Surface

blue steel pan

Ingredients (8)

flourBread Flour248.5g
waterWater186.4g
oilExtra Virgin Olive Oil10g
saltSalt5.5g
sugarSugar2.5g
yeastActive Dry Yeast1.5g
cheese mozzarellamozzarella or mild cheddar cheese1 lb · 453.6g
sauce tomatoDetroit pizza sauce0.3333333333333333 cup · 66.7g

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Process

Ingredients (8)