Cast Iron Pizza

A few months ago we went to a local book store to hang out.  I ran across a Cast Iron Cook book and thumbed through it and thought, "I can do this." Today we tried cast iron skillet pizza.  Normally I make my own pizza dough in the bread maker, but today because I decided a little too late in the evening so we bought some pre-made pizza dough from our Publix Bakery.

Ingredients
1-1.5 lb pizza dough
2 tbs olive oil
Pizza sauce 

Optional toppings
Pepperoni
Italian sausage crumbles
Fresh mozzarella
shredded cheese
Baby portobello mushrooms
sliced black olives
diced green bell pepper


Preheat oven to 475
Oil a 14 inch cast iron skillet with 2 tbs olive oil.  Make sure you get the bottom and the sides.  Roll out dough or hand stretch to fit the bottom of the skillet.  Put a layer of shredded cheese.  Spoon some pizza sauce over the mozzarella.  Layer Pepperoni, shredded cheese, Italian sauce crumbles, more sauce, veggies, and finally the fresh mozzarella.

Bake for 30 minutes or until crust is golden brown and mozzarella begins to caramelize.