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

Make your own copycat version of Pizza Hut®'s stuffed crust with this dough flavored with beer, brown sugar, garlic, and onion powder.

• 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

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, adding 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 2

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

Step 3

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

Step 4

Punch dough down gently and divide into 2 portions. Place dough on the prepared pans. Cover and let rest, about 5 minutes. Stretch dough out 1 inch past the edge of the pans.

Step 5

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