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Copycat Little Caesar’s Pretzel Crust Pizza
tasteofhome.com · 2022 · Original
Style not identified
DietNot vegetarian: sliced pepperoni.
Against 5,130 pizza recipes
71% hydration: wetter than 61% of the 1,480 doughs that parse, baked at 425°F, hotter than 35% of recipes that state an oven.
Baker's percentages
Every ingredient as a percentage of the flour weight (flour = 100%), the way bakers compare doughs across batch sizes.
Flour
500g
Water
356g
Hydration
71.1%
Salt
1.5%
Yeast
1.80%
Oil
0%
Sauce
n/a
Cheese
226g
Dough weight
897g
Process
Bake temp
425°F / 218°C
Bake time
n/a
Oven
home standard
Surface
stone
Ingredients (8)
- water1-1/2 cups warm water1 cup · 237g
- sugarsugar2 tbsp · 25g
- yeastactive dry yeast1 tbsp · 9g
- flourall-purpose flour4 cup · 500g
- saltsalt1 tsp · 6g
- waterhot water1/2 cup · 119g
- saltpretzel or coarse salt1/4 tsp · 1.5g
- cheese othershredded Mexican cheese blend2 cup · 226g
Toppings (5)
Position matters: under the cheese steams, over the cheese roasts, post-bake stays fresh.
- over cheesebaking soda2 tbsp · 25g
- over cheesePIZZA:
- over cheesesalsa con queso dip1/2 cup · 100g
- over cheesesliced pepperoni1/2 cup · 75g
- over cheesebutter1 tbsp · 14.2g
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