Perfect pan pizza

This pizza is so good and so perfect that the boyfriend and I couldn't even wait to eat it so that we could take a picture of it. The boyfriend even said that this pizza was as good as his favorite delivery pan pizza, which is incredibly high praise since he orders one at least once a week. This pizza really needs to be baked in a cast iron skillet. If you don't have one I would really suggest buying one immediately. It will be the best $30 you will ever spend. This recipe is for a 10" skillet but I don't see any reason you couldn't use a 12" as well, your crust will just be thinner.

Ingredients:

1/2 a recipe no knead bread dough
2 tablespoons olive oil (or 1 tablespoon oil and 1 of butter)
1/2 -3/4 cup pizza sauce or spaghetti sauce
1/2 block mozzarella cheese (not the fancy fresh kind, that has too much water), shredded
1 handful freshly shredded or grated parmesan cheese
Toppings: ours included onion, tomato, spinach, green pepper, feta, half sausage (for the boyfriend), and half green olive (for me)

Directions:

Make the bread dough as directed up until the second rising. At that point place oil (or oil/melted butter) in a cast iron skillet. Allow the dough to do its second rising in the cast iron skillet. It will spread out and fill the bottom of the pan without you needing to do much work at all. Preheat the oven to 550. After it has filled the bottom and has gone through the hour of rising, poke the dough with your finger tips to release some of the air bubbles. Lift up the sides of the dough and let if flop down to release any final bubbles. Top with sauce and mozzarella then all of your toppings except parmesan. Place it in the oven and bake for 15-20 minutes or until the sides have crisped up and the cheese has melted and begins to brown just a little bit. Take it out of the oven and carefully lift up one side of the pizza to check the bottom. If it isn't as crispy and brown as you want then place it on the stove over medium-low heat for a minute or so to crisp it up a bit. Top with parmesan. Remove from heat and let it rest for a few minutes, then cut and eat.