Jan's Copycat Version of Pizza Hut's Stuffed Crust Pizza

Perfectly chewy crust stuffed with cheese, just like the pizzeria chain. Top this copycat pizza hut cheese crust with sauce and your favorite toppings.

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Total Time: 30 mins
• Calories: 87 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons salt
• ¼ cup warm water
• 3 tablespoons shortening
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 2 tablespoons cornmeal, or as needed
• 1 tablespoon instant yeast
• 5 cups bread flour, divided, or as needed
• 1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle warm beer
• 1 tablespoon olive oil, or to taste, divided
• 16 sticks string cheese

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Grease 2 pizza pans with remaining 2 teaspoons olive oil; dust with cornmeal.

Step 2

Combine 4 cups bread flour, beer, water, shortening, yeast, brown sugar, salt, garlic powder, and onion powder in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook attachment; mix until combined. With the mixer running, add remaining flour, a little at a time, until dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl and forms into a ball, about 2 minutes.

Step 3

Lightly grease a large bowl with 1 teaspoon olive oil. Place dough into the bowl. Cover with a clean towel and let rise until doubled in size, about 1 hour.

Step 4

Punch dough down gently and divide into 2 equal portions. Place each portion onto a prepared pan. Cover and let rest for about 5 minutes.

Step 5

Stretch each dough out 1 inch past the edge of the pan. If dough shrinks back when stretched, cover and let rest for 5 more minutes before stretching again.

Step 6

Arrange 8 sticks cheese, ends touching, around the edge of 1 pan. Fold overhang over cheese and press dough to seal. Repeat with the second pan.