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I still have the original pan dough scratch recipes from my years with Pizza Hut and I would add a couple of things for you. The water temp should be 105 degrees precisely and you add the salt to the water\yeast mix immediately before pouring into the mixer. We usually had the water in the bowl not a separate measuring cup and then added the dry ingredients after the bloom. You can ball up the dough first and then set aside to rise so you do not over work the dough after rising. In fact, it would be better to have the dough stretched into the pan and then let it rise in the pan so there is no more work done to the dough, overworked dough will be tough. Use some PAM and spray the outer edge of the crust for a better crispy brown edge. You can't really reach the temps of a pizza oven in a regular oven so it takes some experimenting on the time. 20 seconds can make a difference as well as 10 degrees in temp. The science is pretty intense if you want it all to be baked with no doughy spots.

We are totally doing this. I literally said to myself as I was driving home tonight from work. I really would like to have a personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut like they used to make them in the 80s. Their pizza today is nothing like it used to be I’m so glad I found your video. My wife and our seven kids will love making these as a family….

I retired from KitchenAid last year. The unofficial name at the factory for your red mixer is a Scorpion. I built some of the first mixers of that style made. I hope you get years of use from it.

I also worked for pizza hut back in the late 80's. I did the dough every morning. We used pre-mixed flour bags. But what i do remember is the Oil they used , it was a butter flavered oil and we used about 4 Tbsp. Of it in the pan. We also let the dough proof in the pan for about 45 min. In warm proof bins. Just a added bonus: you can make cinnamon sticks too!! Sprinkle cinnamon sugar over cooked dough, cut into strips. YUM!

Came across your video, and seems you're about as passionate about the original Pizza Hut Pizza as I am. Sadly, its no longer the same. I am 53 years of age, and situated in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. My very first job at 15 1/2 was starting off as a dishwasher for the very first Pizza Hut that opened in Manitoba. Eventually I moved into prep buttering bins of garlic butter French bread and assisted making the dough, sheeting the dough, placing it into the famous adonized steel pans. I can't remember what oil they used, but it was salted butter wirh a light dash of soy oil. The pizzas would then be capped with a white cover, and set into a humid/heat controlled proofer to rise. After a few hours, they were rolled into the cooler, and some transfered to a very long clear glass cooling unit just above where the cooks would make pizzas. The key is rolling out the dough as thin as possible, and allowing it to rise in the refrigerator. Then, we would put sauce to the edge, add toppings, cheese and dash with what Pizza Hut called was Fairy Dust (powdered parmesan, dry basil and oregeno). You did nail the temp at 475, but try baking your pizzas for 12 min mid rack, and then high broil for 1 min. Cheers.

Pizza Hut was the first job I ever had. I'm now 52, but I remember a great deal about it. I was a closing cook. We had to make the pizzas (naturally), but we also had to prep everything for the next day. Only 2 things were done differently in store, but they're not major at all. The dough was proofed after being put into the pan, and cheese was sparingly spread on initial layer (as an anchor) and the rest came after toppings were placed. One of the last things we did before closing up for the night was to oil the pans for the next day. We used 2 different pumps - one for personal and one for the rest. Personal pans got a very small amount of oil so it was the smallest pump. The other pan pizzas got 1, 2, and 3 pumps each depending on size. 1 for small, 2 for medium, and 3 for large. The pump dispensed 1oz of oil per pump so small = 1oz, medium = 2oz, and large = 3oz. I saved this recipe in a playlist bc I've looked for a PH styled recipe, but what I REALLY want to find is the recipe for the breadsticks. I can never find one that gets the seasoning right. I remember - when I worked there - reading the ingredients label, but there was TOO many listed. I only remember oregano. The dough was the same pan pizza dough you just made. But before the seasoning was put on, we had a breadstick presser like mold (almost like a cookie cutter) that laid out the cut lines for the individual sticks. It was calibrated for the pans and light pressure was used as the goal was to imprint, not cut. Then the seasoning came just before it was baked. If you wanted cheese, it was simply added last before baking.

Thaaanks! The pizza was delicious. I followed all the steps and I was stunned how easy is to prepare Pizza Hut pan pizza on your own. The best part: you can add the toppings you want.

I worked at Pizza Hut in the 90s when I was in high school. So many memories unlocked. We sold beer and wine so this video is shockingly accurate.

I made this on New Year's Eve with a few of my own twists: -I halved the dough quantity, but stretched it out in a big 14" pizza pan. The crust was a little thinner than pan pizza usually is (about the thickness of Pizza Hut "hand tossed" but with the taste and texture of pan crust. -I used Classico brand pizza sauce, with a spoon of sugar added to the entire jar to give it the sweetness of PH sauce. -For cheese I went with Sargento mozzarella and provolone blend. Very flavorful! -I topped with pepperoni, sweet Italian sausage, bacon crumbles, mushrooms, red onion, and green bell pepper (basically a Supreme). A great start to the new year! Hope yours is starting as good as mine!

This video took me back to the “book it” club. When I was in school, if I read enough books I could “win” a personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut. LOL. Incentivizing reading. The good ole days. LOL

I worked at Pizza Hut all through college (and after), when they made the dough fresh every morning. I spent many years making all the dough every morning. I'm confident if I had the flour recipe PH used back in the day for each dough type (Pan, Hand-Tossed, & Thin crust) I could replicate the taste of PH pizza. I'm also 100% sure that if Pizza Hut went back to making the dough fresh every morning instead of using the frozen garbage they've been using for ~25 years, they'd rise back up to the top of the Pizza food chain. The difference in prep of the dough we did to what you did was we portioned and rolled the dough through our roller and then placed them in the pans, and them let them rise in our proofer (45-ish mins). There are more intricacies I could go over, but that's the gist of it (for the pan pizza). Great video. New subscriber as of today. Not sure why this video popped up in my suggestions, but it was fun, so I'm in. Lol

I just made this and it was a hit for my family! I didn't have powder milk so I google if reguler milk was ok to use as a substitute and it said yes. So I used it and the pizza came out just like yours and the pizza crust was very crispy. Also the extra special seasoning you add was a plus . I have not seen anyone else add that seasoning to the pizza crust, Thank you

I made this and it was excellent. My family kept going back for more. Thank you for sharing!

I used one of the dough balls, halved it, then cut it into fourths and rolled it into thick strings, then tied them to make garlic knots. Used the garlic, herb, Parmesan mixture to brush on top of each knot after they baked at 425 for ten minutes. They were perfect! I even used the sauce for a marinara style dip. I think my kids liked them even more than the pizza. lol This was a great recipe. Thank you!

I've made hundreds of pizzas before finally finding exactly what I was trying to achieve. Great video on old Pizza Hut. It was a great place, lost in the mists of time.

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Great idea looks amazing & fun makes for a realistic evening dinner thank you!

Awesome job! Loved the garlic butter recipe at near the end.

trust me when I say, add a bunch of oil to the pan before adding in the dough, then add MORE! you're smart for using the cast iron pan, the ones they use were just like metal pie tins but thicker, they built up a seasoning over time just like cast iron.

Good job, you recreated a billion dollar pizza like a real pro! I actually remember pizza hut all you can eat buffet for $6.99 back in the early 2000s!

Looks soooo good. Great job! and I love this video! Great personality you have!

I was excited when I found a buy-one-get-one-free deal from Pizza Hut in my email. So, I went for it. The family was excited but, when we opened the boxes, we were like "what on earth happened to Pizza Hut??? " We hadn't visited a Pizza Hut in years. Where were all the toppings and all that awesome cheese? It appears they took 1/16th or even less of the toppings from a medium pizza and spread them over two medium pizzas. There was 1 sliver of red onion on one pizza. The other pizza had three. There were 2 slivers of green peppers on one and 6 slivers on the other pizza. Mushrooms....where??? The three different kinds of meat were almost non-existent. One of us found a slice of pepperoni. Gone are those awesome days when you would get awesome take out food at great prices. The other day I was walking past a fried chicken place. They were offering a special: 10 pieces of chicken for $40. Can you imagine that??? We were never much for take out but now it's going down to never. What an incredible rip off!! After that experience, I checked out their reviews....they were horrendous....mostly one star with comments like "don't go there", "don't waste your money", "they skimp on the toppings" (lots of those) "the guy yelled at me when I called and complained" and more. I normally check reviews but I fell for the deal. The other thing is, I walked in the store with a huge smile on my face but I was met with a man who looked like he wanted to kill me....not once did this man smile and he had a cold robotic voice....like "yes"..."no" ...your total is... Anyways, never, ever, ever again. What a complete waste of money. We'll take the $24.99 plus tax and buy all the toppings needed to make our own Pizza Hut Pizza. Thanks so much for sharing your recipe. We can't wait to try it.

I was a kid in the early 70's when I worked at PH. The recipe for dough went something like this. 50lbs flour 14 pounds of water 7oz yeast 2 cups of oil salt (I believe 3/4 cup) mix on huge mixing machine for 5 minutes place in 50 gallon rubber garbage can with snap on lid to rise overnight The sauce was made from grinding 5 large cans of tomatoes and mixing in a packet of PH special seasoning mix Best pizza ever in those days and we only had thin crust and used a machine to press out dough. We would use a meat tenderizer to score holes in the dough to keep it from bubbling up The Pizza Hut special in order of ingredients the dough the sauce the cheese pepperoni canadian bacon onions green peppers mushrooms sausage black olives bacon bits

I worked at Pizza Hut a looooong time. Made plenty of dough. We never ever put oil in the dough. 2 squirts of oil for medium pizza in the pan, 3 for large, that's what browns the crust, it's basically fried. Not sure about the milk powder because the dough came in pre mixed bags of flour. Really sincerely doubt the milk powder thing. Its a very yeasty dough and sticky after it's proofed.

I worked at Pizza Hut in the early 80’s and you got the recipe very close. We used vegetable oil in instead of olive oil. Also, measure the dough balls for the size and then rolled (sheeted) into a circle, placed into a well oiled pans covered and let rise in the walk-in for about 3 hrs. Out of walk-in press down, add toppings then bake. Good job though and wish we had worked with wine too!

Yes loved there salad bar so many memories ❤

Loved this video. Will be making this this week. Really like the sauce too. But what do you do and how with the other 2 balls of the dough. Just found you. From Knoxville TN

Great Video!!!! I don't have a mixer but I have hand kneeded the dough and it works too. Yummy!!!

Next time you make this, try adding a tsp of anchovy paste and a tsp of lemon juice to your sauce. It'll get you even closer to authentic Pizza Hut sauce. (helps to toss in a bay leaf too)

They could serve them fast because they were prepared a day before and crust soaked in a thin layer of butter flavored canola oil. All the server need to know were the toppings added. The pan came out of the refrigerator room off a rack and was prepped with the toppings and within 12 minutes you order was hot, buttery and crispy.

I think I'll try making that. Looks delicious!🤙🤙

all the recipies ive watched and yours is the greatest. i will try it beautiful.

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A method my mother used was to place the bowl in the oven, with the 40 watt incandescent oven light on. This kept the ambient temp at the perfect temperature. Your oven's temperature will always be consistently the same, so no matter is you have the AC on in the summer, or the furnace in the winter, inside the oven the interior will always be the exact same. This makes the rise time for the dough exactly the same.

What perfect example of a good hearted person of the 80’s

Milk powder adds calcium as well. I've been adding it to my bread & pizza doughs for many years! Sometimes, if you're lucky, you can find the pan pizza pizza pans like from Pizza Hut at auctions. I have never proofed/bloomed my yeast, well, not for a long time anyway. I just add it in before adding the water! Someday it's gonna bite me, but so far, so good! I named my truck "Big Red" so I don't think you want my contribution of creativity for naming your KitchenAid. Thanks for sharing!

I am a pastry chef and I actually bought a pan from Pizza Hut off eBay think forty bucks I have made the same Pizza in this pizza pan that I bought and it came out exactly the way I remembered Pizza Hut pizza taste like you could put on the bottom of the pan yes oil Parmesan cheese cornmeal whatever makes it easier for the pizza to come out of the pan or cast iron

Worked for PizzaHut for 7 years and is still my favorite place. Sad that they went with frozen dough in the late 80s. Wasnt the same after that. We also had premade tubs of garlic butter, was so good on the cheese bread.

Looks so good ❤

I got a cast iron pan at a garage sale across the street from a house I rented eight years ago. Bought it for $1.00! It has been amazing and love it.

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I'm 49 and yes I remember those days good times.

Thanks for the tip on cast iron skillet< haven't seen one since I was a young girl, hard to find one that looks like yours. Looking for the link.

Came across this video after one of many “Pizza Hut just isn’t the same anymore” rants w/ my mom. It’s one thing we absolutely, terribly, miss: Pizza Hut of yesteryear. My parents were young adults in the 80s, and would often hang there with friends for pizza and arcade games. Time goes by, they get married, and I come along in ‘90. I became a part of the PH crew and now going to the Hut was a family event. Dinners with grandparents, Birthdays… so much love for Pizza Hut ❤ Sigh.

My girlfriend doesn't get my love for Pizza Hut. I grew up with it and still love it, lol. I remember the sad bar! Im bummed because the one near me closed. What am I to do? this is great thanks!

Your fucking shirt had me rolling!! Haha 💀😭

Great video! Brought back memories of Pizza Hut! Going to try the recipe for sure!

This was a fun time! Thanks 😊

I miss the old Pizza Hut. It surely doesn't taste the way it use to nowadays. I love how your pizza turned out and it was so easy to follow your recipe. Totally making this. Oh btw I think a great name for your mixer would be Scarlet because it's the classic red. My Kitchen Aid is in cornflower blue which they don't make anymore.

Pizza crust is normally warmed ( run quickly through ) in oven before any sauce is brushed on If you're baking the pizza in the oven, whether on a pizza stone or not, I always pre-bake the dough for 4-5 minutes before adding toppings, to make sure the pizza dough cooks crisp on the outside and soft and airy in the middle. Once you add the Pizza Sauce and toppings, return it to the oven to finish baking

you guys are classic! I made this yesterday and its bang on like what we used to eat in the 90s Tara bang on. Now time for the Super Supreme!

Fun video! When I make these for my family i only have 1 cast iron so I make one in the cast iron and one in the non-stick. I prefer the cast iron but the non-stick works 100%.

Your pizza looks 100 times better than pizza huts and you seem like a fun girl to hang out with ❤️

Lovely video, I like your easygoing home-style format. Its very refreshing. A tip is that instead of using your dough hook to mix your dry ingredients, grab the whisk attachment and use it by hand. It will speed up the process and get it more evenly distributed.

This brought out emotions I didn't know that I had. Thanks for the steps, I'm on it.

did you preheat your skillet before placing in the oven? i mean a heavy cast iron pan takes a while to heat up right?

Love the shirt! Lol Pizza Hut's pan pizza used to be the absolute best!Super supreme is what we always got when we went. Mom managed Pizza Huts and all of us kids worked at one at some point. So disappointed in how they have gone down hill over the past 10-15 years.

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I always reluctant to try bake pizza in cast iron pan. Maybe i should give it a try after watching your video. Thanks.

I'm 41 and I remeber doing this all the time. They had the salad bar too. You got to use those old glasses with indentations in them for your drink. Good times. Their pizza is a shell of what it used to be. Also, that shirt is wild 😂😂😂😂 I love it. Definitely subbing now.

I thought I was the only one who believed pizza was better back in the 70s/80s.

Glad I found this. I’m definitely going to make this. You totally remind me of a really great friend I had. (May she Rest In Peace) You did an amazing job explaining the recipe. Bravo 👏🏻

Love your channel. You make learning to cook new recipes a lot of fun!

You have a great personality and made me laugh quite a few times during this process. I'm going to have to give this a try. I do have a lodge 10.25 in cast iron pan. I used to love those personal pan pizzas the way they served them back in the day. Thanks for the video. Just subscribed. Oh yeah, I dig the pizza slut shirt! Lololol

I’m very happy you made this video since vast people greatly want the original Pizza Hut pan pizza which is a delicious thick pizza.

I worked at Pizza Hut back in the day. Each personal pan got a half a tablespoon of evenly spread vegetable oil in the bottom of the pan. We then proofed the dough (5 ounces) a second time in the pan for about an hour after spraying the edge of the pan twice with cooking spray.. There were two lines inside the pan. When the dough rose to the point where it was between the two lines it was ready for refrigeration for at least an hour before being sauced, topped and cooked. Spending all that time inside the pan allowed the dough to really soak up the oil. Which helped with browning, crisping and taste. If your local Pizza Hut wont sell you some of the pans and covers they are usually available on ebay. Before topping we used a round stamper that flattened the dough and formed a crust. I don't do this when making them at home . It seems silly to rise them for all them time just to stomp them down. I would also suggest experimenting with different hydration levels. PH dough was not nearly as dry as the dough in this video seems to be. I would suggest less oil and more water. Just my unsolicited two cents if you are trying to make a clone. If you love what you are making now I would stick with it. Also, there is a recipe for an excellent thin dough on pizza making forums. If you like that sort of thing. Easily as good as Pizza Hut's.

I don't have a fancy mixer like that, but as soon as I get one I'm coming right back to this video. I'll probably make this every week lol I love pan pizza

Just made/ ate this, freaking delicious. Only additions i made was a pinch of sugar in the sauce and seasoning the pan Thank you!!!

I worked at pizza hut,the pans weren't cast they were a heay rolled steel. second the sauce wasn't cooked it was just tomatooe paste with an equal amount of water add the seasoning and mix,thirdly as soon as the dugh has finished mixing it should be light and loose roll out the dough so it's a 1/4-1/2" from the edge of the pan and let the dough rise in the pan as soon as it has risen 1/2 way up the side of the pan refridgerate for 3 hours and then bake at 425 for 8-12 minutes

Tara It turned out perfect ! Tks. My daughter and I had a blast making this but we left out the box of wine this time. We even have the same mixer.

Awesome! Going to try this!!

Where have you been all my life? That looks great and I cant wait to try it! :)

Ya are close the oil was butter flavor. Was a cook back then at the hut. The pans were just steel pans not cast iron . Also there was some top cheese to keep things from burning.

Awesome!!!!!! Thank you for sharing. It looks exactly like the great pan Pizzas! I think I can even smell it!! God's blessings....🥰🥰🥰

You brought back so many memories 😅❤ This was a huge part of my childhood, once a week we would go. There was nothing else like it. Pizza Hut is still pretty good ngl. Thanks for this video, i am dying that i can't eat that pizza you made. i can literally taste it. i need to make one immediately!

Wooow! I'm usually skeptical of channels that claim they can recreate food items, but Holy hell, you nailed it!! This is like childhood pizzahut. The good pizza hut. Saved this for sure

Hey, I enjoyed youir fun video recipe, totally going to make this tonight. Good job!

They just recently shut down my childhood pizza hut. Ive been looking for a good pan pizza recipe and this is it! Definitely going to try this.

This looks really good thank you I’ve never had the Pizza Hut. I will have to try this. 🌸😘

I’m made this so many times already. This is so good. Ty :)

I worked at pizza hut in the early 80's. I loved their pan pizza and salad bar. whenI make this at home I use frozen italian bread dough thawed out. its soooo easy. if you cant find italian bread dough you can use french bread dough. I am a pizza connoisseur and I cant tell a difference.

It looks so good 😍

I love that style off pizza I get it every time I go to the hut. I'll will divinity try this

364 days after you posted, I watch this video. You know what's for dinner tonight. Background - National Weather Service: Winter Weather Advisory for Central Illinois - Ice and Snow.

I worked at Pizza Hut when I was younger. I watched to see if you did it the way we did. Yep, lots of oil in the pan. I don't know how much oil was in each pump, but each pan took three pumps of oil. Then we dropped in the dough and put it in the cooler until needed. The oil makes the crust crispy on the bottom.

I worked at pizza hut for 5 years back in the day. I never liked anything but the BBQ pizza but they dont even have that anymore 😢😢😢. I was working there when they came out with the chicago deep dish and cheesy bite pizza both. That chicago was really good though i have to say. The crust was like a butter biscuit. And the big new yorker was decent as well. I am glad to see that they have the pepperoni cups now.

I sure appreciate the tutorial. I'm cooking in a semi truck as a long haul driver. It's a confined living space so kitchen equipment has to be kept to a minimum, but I keep burning the bottom in the electric skillet while working on getting the crust cooked. Yeah I don't have a cast iron in my life... Or an oven.

Looks legit

good stuff, thanks for the video

Thanks for the making this video! I'll have to try it. I haven't had Pizza Hut in years. Reason being is that it's terrible and not what it used to be. I'm with you with the age group north of mid 40's. Lol. As a kid, Pizza Hut was really good and there was always a wait when we went there.

One of my birthdays was at pizza hut back in the day. Fond memories! I'll have to make my own pizza now thanks to you for giving a recipe. It was so delicious that first bite!

Hey there thank you so much for a very good recipie and sharing it with us, which is my favourite and also thank you for bein such a lovely bubly couple it was very nice to wacth your video. Thank you! l got the Pan by the way one than one so l am going to give it try! Thank you!🥰😍🤩

Hysterical!! Just hysterical!! Good job!

How about: The Big Red One. Has different meanings depending on which word you emphasize. 😊 I’ve got to try that pizza. I think I’ll I like the sauce, but I may add a little sugar to soften the tomato paste and paste.

It is ironic that you call your grill dirty girl. That's the same name I gave my oven Wow! When you took your first bite into that slice, I could practically taste it. I could hear the crunch like I remember. Like you said, sitting down at the table with your family ordering your own personal pan pizza. Wow, it's been so long. Can't wait to make those dreams a reality! Thank you so much for sharing. You knock this one to clean out the park. That's a home run for sure. Thank you again

Just so you know. We always let the crust rise in the cooking pan. When you handle it to make it fit the pan, you take the fluffiness out of the crust. I worked at Pizza Hut for 3 years in the late 80s and early 90s. Made over 50k pizza dough pans.....

Used to work at PH...all pan pizza crusts were sprayed with food release(pam) for browning...bread sticks too and they were just pan pizza dough with the sprinkles. Ta DAAA

I'm gonna try to make this! I'm in my 30's ❤! So I feel that nostalgia 😂. Though I'm not deep in my 40's. But was nice to watch and learn something new!

I absolutely loved this! I’m doing this! 🤙🏼 Nice t shirt too lol