Deep Dish Pizza Crust

Adapted from Allrecipes

My husband requested that I mixed it up and tried a new pizza dough recipe.  After a couple of tries with other recipes, I stumbled on this one.  It is fantastic!  It's very reminiscent of Pizza Hut's pan pizza crust.  

Ingredients:

• 2 ¼ tsp active dry yeast
• ½ tsp brown sugar
• 1 ½ cups warm water (110 degrees)
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 Tbs olive oil
• 3 1/3 cups all-purpose flour, divided

 Directions:

• In a large bowl, dissolve the yeast and brown sugar in the water and let sit for 10 minutes.
• Stir the salt and olive oil into the yeast solution.  Mix in 2 ½ cups of the flour
• Turn the dough onto a clean, well floured surface and knead in more flour until the dough is no longer sticky.  Place the dough into a well oiled bowl and cover with a cloth.  Let the dough rise until double; this should take about 1 hour.  Punch down the dough and form a tight ball.  Allow the dough to relax for a minute before rolling out.
• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.  If you are baking the dough on a pizza stone, you may place your toppings on the dough and bake immediately.  If you are baking your pizza in a pan, lightly oil the pan and let the dough rise for 15 minutes before topping and baking it.
• Bake pizza in preheated oven until the cheese and crust are golden brown, about 15 to 20 minutes.