Garlic Bread Pizza Crust.
I’ve been seriously craving the Pizza Hut dinner box. I mean… SERIOUSLY.
Yes, Pizza Hut. Please tell me you’ve seen it advertised.
Now I firmly believe that people in this world are cut from two cloths: those who love Pizza Hut, and those who hate it. I, unabashedly, adore it and have since I was a child. Which didn’t help my cause, considering alllll my family members – including that guy I’m now married to – decided that they would rather have the hometown pizza joint’s pizza instead of the mass chain produced pie almost every.single.freaking.time.
Okay. Whatever. I totally understand. Sometimes I want that too. I’m not saying that the hometown pizza isn’t delicious. It usually is. But Pizza Hut is, like… Pizza Hut. It’s always the same. And it’s comforting to know that if I order a pan pizza, I’m going to ingest one of the thickest but fluffiest but chewiest smothered-in-butter, crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside crusts. And if I order a thin crust, I’m going to get super slim and crispy crust and pretend that I’m eating healthy pizza with extra cheese, which is delicious even if you have to eat six pieces just to feel full.
The fact is that I love food so much (I mean, like SO MUCH) that every singly solitary bite I put in my mouth? I want it to be fabulous. I want to 100% love it. I want to live it. I want it to thrill me. And more often than not, I want it to make me feel good. No… great. Or amazing.
I am no where near a snob about my eats. It’s just that since we want to love, enjoy and FLIP OUT over nearly every bite we take? We spend time choosing what we will be eating during the week, especially if it includes going out to a restaurant. Really? We just want to freaking love it. I want to remember it.
Hence why I’ve been suffering through each and every Pizza Hut dinner box commercial for about three weeks. Going out for a nice little date or getting a $10 dinner box? Easy delicious.
Actually, I’m lying. The real reason I’ve been suffering? Is, uh… because I was embarrassed to tell my husband that no, I really don’t want to go out for filet with lobster sauce or pear gorgonzola pizza. I’d rather sit here in my sweat pants and order the damn PIZZA HUT DINNER BOX! Food blog what?? I just caaaaaan’t stop thinking about how good it sounds.
But that all changed this week.
As we were hanging … the commercial came on and I couldn’t hold it in anymore. I screamed “OMG I want that dinner box SO bad! I don’t know why, it just looks amazing. Pizza… breadsticks… CINNASTICKS! Ugh. I can’t even take it.”
But! But but but… he’s all “I KNOW! I’ve been craving it too. It looks so good. I want to dominate it with a liter of diet Mountain Dew. But I didn’t want to tell you because I love homemade pizza so much!”
Hmmmmm. Okay. Communication wins again.
So… we still haven’t ordered the Pizza Hut dinner box. I think we had full plans on doing so this weekend, but… but… then I made this. A few weeks ago while traveling, my husband had a garlic bread pizza crust and didn’t really stop talking about. I didn’t stop thinking about it. I increased my go-to dough recipe a bit for a thicker, fluffier crust, then covered every square inch with melted butter and garlic and even parmesan.
Absolutely
no
words.
Garlic Bread Pizza Crust
makes one pizza
1 1/8 cups warm water (100-105 degrees)
3 teaspoons active dry yeast
1 1/2 tablespoons honey
1 1/2 tablespoon olive oil
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon dried basil
5 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 garlic cloves, pressed or very finely minced
2 tablespoons parmesan cheese
In a large bowl, combine water, yeast, honey and olive oil. Mix with a spoon, then let sit until foamy, about 10 minutes. Add in 2 1/2 cups flour, salt, garlic powder and dried basil, stirring with a spoon until the dough comes together but it still sticky. Using your hands, form the dough into a ball and work the additional 1/2 cup flour (you don’t need to use all if it is not needed) in to the dough, kneading it on a floured surface for a few minutes. Rub the same bowl with olive oil then place the dough inside, turning to coat. Cover with a towel and place in a warm place to rise for about 1 1/2 hours.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
After the dough has risen, punch it down and place it back on the floured surface. Using a roll pin or your hands, form it into your desired shape (sometimes I use baking sheets and do rectangles or free form pizzas). Place the towel back over the dough and let sit in the warm place for 10 minutes. While the dough is rising again, melt 3 tablespoons of butter. Mix it with the garlic and 1 tablespoon of parmesan cheese.
Bring the dough back out and using a spoon or pastry brush, douse the outside edges with the butter and garlic mixture. You can spread the butter all over, just make sure to focus on the edges. Use it all up! Continue to make your pizza with your desired toppings. Bake the pizza for 23-25 minutes (or longer if needed, depending on your toppings), or until crust and cheese are both golden. While pizza is baking, melt remaining butter and combine with the last tablespoon of parmesan.
Remove pizza from over and immediately brush the outside edges with parmesan butter, using it all up. Sprinkle a bit of parmesan over top if desired. Serve!
Note: I realize that if you buy yeast in the packets, it can be a pain to measure 3 teaspoons. If you don’t want to do that, I suggest making a double recipe of this crust. However! I also prefer buying jars of yeast these days instead of packets, and just keeping it in the fridge, so I suggest doing that.
Yes. Really.
311 Comments on “Garlic Bread Pizza Crust.”
Your honey wheat recipe is my go-to and it is absolutely delicious! I expect nothing less from this crust-sounds amazing!
Growing up every Monday was pizza night for my family. The best part? Hoping and praying noone ate the last two slices so I could have cold pizza for breakfast with a coca-cola on the side. Since I have no time management whatsoever, I ate on the way to class… cold pizza in one hand, mascara in the other… knee on the wheel. Oh high school me.
I think Monday pizza night is a fabulous idea. Gives you something to look forward to on Mondays!
o m g this looks so good! yum yum and yum!
So I’m in the hate category when it comes to Pizza Hut but somehow you made it look good. There’s something about it’s taste that just tastes fake to me. I bet this version doesn’t have that.
This looks so incredible. I can’t imagine a better pizza crust!
Haha growing up my family always ordered Pizza Hut (Papa John’s/Little Caesar’s = the devil, apparently.) Soo I love it too! Especially dipped in Ranch…I have a sophisticated palate :) Your pizza looks amazing, btw!
Oh my Friday goodness! This pizza crust looks absolutely amazing. Given that we make pizza every single Friday night for pizza and movie night, I know that I will be making this crust very, very soon. Happy Friday!
How funny. I love Pizza Hut pizza too. I think it is from the reading program they did… I used to win those free personal pan pizzas. Yum!
This recipe looks AMAZING. I seriously have to try it the next time I make pizza.
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LOVE LOVE LOVE reading your blog daily! I keep my yeast in the fridge as well. Do you let it come to room temp before using it?
Nope I don’t – I just use it straight from the fridge!
The $5 Pizza Hut lunch buffet rocks!! We used to go there all the time in college – lots of food for little money. We are a Pizza Hut household : )
I am so glad you posted about this dinner box. We were lazy last night too and decided to order from Pizza Hut. My husband wanted the pizza box but I told him that there was no way we could eat all that so we settled with a medium pizza. I grew up around Pizza hut and nothing else so I will forever be a pizza hut fan!
Pizza Hut – hate!! :) This pizza?? – LOVE. You are the pizza master!
This just makes sense. Of course I want my crust doused in butter and garlic and cheese! Why would I choose to have it any other way? Our favorite pizza place-Jet’s, also a chain-has a “turbo crust.” It’s covered in butter, garlic salt, Parmesan, and Italian herbs. I don’t know why they even ask people if they want their crust turboed. Who in their right mind wouldn’t????
OMG I want that pizza place to be in my neighborhood.
You are terrible! I have Pioneer Woman’s lasagna (well, obviously her recipe, I made it) sitting in my fridge waiting to be cooked for dinner tonight and all I can think about is how much I want this pizza.
I’d say I’m secretly on the loving Pizza Hut team. If asked, I won’t say it’s my favourite, but gosh darn what I wouldn’t do for a piece of stuffed crust right now. Oh, you should make that next so I can make it at home and pretend it’s gourmet or something.
I’ve made a stuffed crust before! http://www.howsweeteats.com/2011/03/basil-and-goat-cheese-stuffed-crust-pizza/
Not quite as cheesy as pizza hut, but from what I understand that is pretty easy to do with some string cheese!
I’m more of the “local pizza joint” girl but I can definitely get on this garlic bread pizza crust!
LOVE Pizza Hut pizza and have ever since I was little, too. I’ve been craving pizza lately something awful and THIS is the perfect thing to make to celebrate the FINAL BAKING post of my 365. It’s OVER TODAY!!!! Now I can post salads and smoothies, and candy, and stove top dinners, and no-bake desserts, and, drinks, and, and, AND…..the possibilities are ENDLESS!!!!
Can you tell I’m excited???!!! ;-)
And Jessica, I want to thank you for being such a MAJOR inspiration for me this past year! Your blog is incredible and I am forever grateful that I’ve found it and that we’ve become “friends”!!
Oh, and thanks for the input for the Magic Bullet. I think I will purchase one to send my daughter off to school with.
You are so sweet Lynne! Thank you for always reading. It really means so much to me. Congrats on finishing your 365 days!
That looks ridiculously good! I’m so glad you added honey, that always makes the homemade pizza crust in my opinion!
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You’re putting Pizza Hut out of business Lock this recipe up so Papa John doesn’t steal it. Hes a sneaky one
So, for tomorrow’s girls night I am making this and the cupcakes from yesterday. Yummy!!!
OB.sessed. with making pizza crust and pizza hut and you. I can’t even take this post…I want pizza for breakfast.
Pizza Hut in a box gives me very fond college memories :)
Your pizza looks about 1 million times more amazing!
Hey Jessica! This might seem like a silly thing to say but I just wanted to let you know that when work is really rough (which is has been lately) and I need a therapeutic outlet, I stop by how sweet it is because you really do portray cooking to be calming fun and wonderful (like I know it is! and can be) so thank you for your inspiration
Thank you SO much Jasper! That means so much to me.
You just blew pizza hut out of the water! Who is pizza hut? Who? Never heard of em? Ha!
This is seriously incredible. I hope to make it next party I have for an app. Love the thought of just a bit of honey.
Happy Friday to you!
I have started making homemade pizza weekly and I am in a constant state of love-hate flux with the crust – this looks marvelous! I will have to try next week!
This is like everything that is good about pizza night all at once! Looks insanely good!
Drooool… now I really want pizza.
Unfortunate thing? I’m going out for Thai tonight. Thai is not pizza.
Absolutely no words. Not ashamed to admit I adore Pizza Hut, aaaaaand I drooled just now..
I am so agreeing with you. I had to google Pizza Hut locations b/c I have no idea where one near me is! I grew up on the stuff and there is nothing like it. Sure other places may be better and more homemade, but when a girls got a craving, a girls got a craving! This pizza looks amazing!!
Never thought of putting herbs in the pizza crust and now I feel like such a bonehead!
OH me oh my! You say garlic? Um we will have to try this ASAP!
I grew up eating Pizza Hut and I still love it. Took me 4 years to convince my husband that it was delicious. I’ve never made homemade pizza but I’m going to try it out with your recipe this weekend!
I used to love, love, love Pizza Hut to the point that I’d do a “personal pan” for lunch several times a week…I must admit that when I go in to my local Target store there is a Pizza Hut right inside the door, I have to ward off the temptation!! In reality, it’s not as good as it used to be!! I love making my own pizza…my “Tomato-Feta” is yummy!! I will try your crust recipe, I bet it will be even yummier!! Love reading your blog!!
I am always tempted in Target too!
Oh my gosh…as if pizza couldn’t get any better, leave it to you to make it even more amazing! I know what I will be having for dinner tonight! :)
I love pizza hut my family hates it…..I gave in an ordered the box…they are still mad….I am thinking your recipe might just get me back in their good graces!
That crust looks delicious, crust is my favorite part of the pizza! I will have to try this crust recipe asap!
this is amazing! that first shot of the pizza up there looks absolutely divine!!
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This is giving me flashbacks to the Book It! program at school. Did you have that? When we would read a certain number of books, we’d get a coupon for a free personal pan pizza. My mom always made homemade, but I didn’t like all that stuff she put on it, so we’d save the coupons for when she made pizza.
Oh heck yes. OBSESSED with Book It.
This sounds absolutely delicious and those pictures are making my mouth water! I’ll definitely have to give this recipe a shot! Thanks for sharing!
I need this in my belly!
this looks fabulous.. yes when I saw it Pizza Hut and Dominos came to mind. :-) LOOKS SO GOOD!
This looks really good :) But here’s a tip regarding the yeast ~ if you don’t want to measure 3 tsp, measure 1 tbls. It’s the same thing. Also ~ 1 packet is 2 and 1/4 teas, not 3.
First off, I feel your pain. I have to walk past Pizza Hut every day. It’s torture. Also, cannot believe how amazing that pizza looks. I need it NOW!
My sole pizza love goes to Pizza Hut’s stuffed crust pizza. It’s heaven. Whoever first put cheese INSIDE the crust should be crowned Pizza King…or something.
Agreed, I am a HUGE stuffed crust fan.
I love making my own pizza dough… my boyfriend and I had pizza two nights in a row… I don’t count homemade pizza as junk food! :) This is a great dough to try! Thank you!
This is pretty much amazing. The end.
holy. cow. I need this in my life!!!!!!!!
I love pizza hut! When I was little we used to go and I would feel all adult with my very own pepperoni individual pan pizza.
This recipe looks delicious!!
Same here!
Oh my! I want to punish myself with this pizza right now. Looks even better than Pizza Hut. Deliciousness!
I am in LOVE with that pizza on your page! Absolutely stunning and incredible. HAVE to try this recipe!