Top Pan Pizza

Maggie Conlon
Maggie Conlon @WarsawNan
Orlando, FL

You can't make a great pizza at home without a perfect, crispy crust. This recipe (technique actually) shows how to achieve that!

"Top Pan Pizza" was an Italian restaurant on Central Avenue in Phoenix where I had a second job 40+ years ago. (Yes, I'm very old.) Their pizza was incredible, and they frequently were voted "Best in Phoenix". Their secret was how it was cooked to achieve a perfect crispy crust, and I'm sharing that secret here.

Top Pan Pizza

You can't make a great pizza at home without a perfect, crispy crust. This recipe (technique actually) shows how to achieve that!

"Top Pan Pizza" was an Italian restaurant on Central Avenue in Phoenix where I had a second job 40+ years ago. (Yes, I'm very old.) Their pizza was incredible, and they frequently were voted "Best in Phoenix". Their secret was how it was cooked to achieve a perfect crispy crust, and I'm sharing that secret here.

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Ingredients

30 mins
4 servings
  1. Yeast-based pizza dough*
  2. Your favorite pizza toppings

Cooking Instructions

30 mins
  1. 1

    Use a good, yeast pizza dough. We buy an excellent ready-to-use dough from the Publix grocery deli department. Some pizzerias will also sell you their dough. GREAT time saver, and the quality can't be beat! Let the dough come to room temperature, about 1 hour out of the fridge.

  2. 2

    You need a deep-dish pizza pan and a pizza peel for this method.

  3. 3

    Add 2 T. of peanut oil (or any high smoke point cooking oil) to the pizza pan. Place the pan in oven and preheat to 425° while you prepare the pizza.

  4. 4

    Rub flour into your pizza peel. Stretch and press the dough into shape on the peel.

  5. 5

    Top with your favorite pizza ingredients.

  6. 6

    When oven and oiled pan have preheated to temperature, and at least 10 minutes, carefully slide the pizza from the peel into the hot pan. Bake until crust is golden and cheese melted and bubbly, about 8 minutes. Ovens vary, so keep an eye on it.

  7. 7

    While the pizza is cooking, clean off the peel. Place cooked pizza on peel for easy cutting and serving. Enjoy!

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Maggie Conlon
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My 5 siblings and I were raised in the 1950s and 60s midwest by a major foodie dad who was a great cook. We all learned to cook at a young age. I love to cook for my 2 daughters, 7 grandkids, 8 great-grandkids, and extended family. My 4 year old great-grandson makes my day when he says "Nan sure is a good cooker!". :-). I'm trying to get all my favorite recipes saved here so my family and friends all have easy access to them even after I'm gone. My Cookpad collection is their inheritance, so I try to add my comments and memories to each recipe; that way they'll remember me with a smile when they use the recipes years from now. Recently I've called on my grandkids (all adults and avid cooks) to send me their own favorite recipes, with their prep photos, so we can collect everyone's favorites together in one place.
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