Deep Dish Pizza Recipe

Name: Deep Dish Pizza Recipe
Cook time: 12 min
Ingredients: 0.667 cup ⅔ cup warm water ); 1 tsp active dry yeast; 1 tsp granulated sugar; 1.75 cup all-purpose flour ); 1 tsp salt; 8 oz sliced mozzarella or provolone cheese ); 8 oz grated mozzarella cheese ); 1 cup pizza sauce ); 1 tbsp olive oil; 0 each Freshly grated Parmesan cheese

Unknown · preppykitchen.com · 2025 · Original

Chicago Deep-Dish (asserted)

Chicago Deep-Dish (Chicago): buttery cornmeal crust in deep pan, cheese UNDER sauce (Uno/Malnati), ~2" deep, 35-45 min bake

Style norms: 50–60% hydration · 425–500°F bake (this recipe: 450°F)

Baker's percentages

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

Flour

368g

Water

—

Hydration

—

Salt

1.6%

Yeast

0.81%

Oil

3.7%

Sauce

250g

Cheese

452g

Dough weight

395g

Process

Bake temp

450°F / 232°C

Bake time

8-12 min

Oven

home standard

Surface

cast iron pan

Ingredients (10)

flour⅔ cup warm water )0.667 cup · 158.1g
yeastactive dry yeast1 tsp · 3g
sugargranulated sugar1 tsp · 4.2g
flourall-purpose flour )1.75 cup · 210g
saltsalt1 tsp · 6g
cheese mozzarellasliced mozzarella or provolone cheese )8 oz · 226g
cheese mozzarellagrated mozzarella cheese )8 oz · 226g
sauce tomatopizza sauce )1 cup · 250g
oilolive oil1 tbsp · 13.6g
cheese otherFreshly grated Parmesan cheese—

Toppings (5)

Position matters: under the cheese steams, over the cheese roasts, post-bake stays fresh.

over cheese¼ cup fine yellow cornmeal )0.25 cup · 40g
over cheesebutter2 tbsp · 28.4g
over cheeseItalian sausage )12 oz · 340g
over cheesepepperoni slices )2 oz · 56g
over cheeseFreshly chopped basil

Pizza Lab

Baker's percentages

Process

Ingredients (10)

Toppings (5)