Like the chain of pizzerias, it has a perfectly chewy dough that is loaded with cheese. Add sauce and your preferred toppings to this pizza hut imitation cheese crust.
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Additional Time: | 1 hr 5 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 35 mins |
| Servings: | 24 |
| Yield: | 2 16-inch pizzas |
Ingredients
- 5 cups bread flour, divided, or as needed
- 1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle warm beer
- ¼ cup warm water
- 3 tablespoons shortening
- 1 tablespoon instant yeast
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 tablespoon olive oil, or to taste, divided
- 2 tablespoons cornmeal, or as needed
- 16 sticks string cheese
Instructions
- 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.
- 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.
- Grease 2 pizza pans with remaining 2 teaspoons olive oil; dust with cornmeal.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Substitute olive oil for shortening if desired.
- Substitute 2 cups shredded cheese for string cheese if desired.
- Bake pizzas in a preheated 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) oven until the center is set and crust is crispy, about 30 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 87 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 2 g |
| Cholesterol | 14 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 5 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Sodium | 357 mg |
| Sugars | 1 g |
| Fat | 6 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
This is a clever use of cheese sticks!
Love this crust! It freezes well too.