Name: Mini Deep Dish Muffin Tin Pizza
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Cuisine: Italian, American
Ingredients: 1 pound of store-bought pizza dough or Homemade Pizza Dough cut into 12 even-sized pieces; 1 - 12 to 15 ounce can of store-bought pizza sauce or Authentic Homemade Italian Pizza Sauce; 12 slices of whole milk mozzarella cheese; Pecorino and Parmesan blended grated cheese; Cooking spray or olive oil brushed on the muffin tin; Optional: oregano, fresh chopped basil, red pepper flakes, granulated garlic powder or finely minced fresh garlic, freshly chopped Italian flat-leaf parsley; See notes for Topping suggestions; Note: To make a filled deep dish mini pizza cut the ball in half to make 24 pieces and roll out to fit the muffin tin to have a top and bottom. Fill and bake.

These Mini Deep Dish Muffin Tin Pizzas will be a huge hit in your home and if you have big pizza fans in your home like we do, get ready to make these often.

We love making these little mini pizzas because they can be topped with anything your family loves and make them personalized all at the same time.

These make 12 individual deep-dish pizzas and you'll just need a few ingredients to get started.

We like to have cooked meats like pepperoni, and loosely cooked sausage, on hand, and some precut vegetables everyone loves for toppings, we have a list below of suggestions for your mini pizzas.

The easy part is you can use all store-bought pizza dough, sauce, and cooked meat toppings, or make them all homemade with our family recipes below.

We love making these for a family get-together or to bring to a last-minute dinner party for an appetizer, they're always the main topic of conversation and the first finger food to vanish.

These are seriously easy to put together and with a few tips and tricks below you may love this idea so much that they will be a new delicious addiction.

Mini deep-dish pizzas are perfect for an after-work or school snack, or late-night cravings for a quick pizza bite and they also freeze well, so make sure you check our easy tips and suggestions.

Perfect for a fun family cooking project that will make a great memory teaching kids how to cook in the kitchen with one of the most popular Italian foods many folks love which is pizza.

Scroll down to get the instructions and if you would like the recipe for homemade pizza dough and pizza sauce, they'll be included in the printable recipe card as links.

pizza baked in a muffin tin with cheese, sauce and mozzarella

Deep Dish Pizza Appetizers?

First of all, these really are just a small hand full, you may want to make two muffin tin pans because I am warning you, that these mini pizzas are super delicious and will be gone in a New York minute.

The pizza is delicious plain with cheese or when hosting a party set up a topping bar with all the favorites for them to build their own.

The easiest deep dish pizza ever made in a muffin tin is just super delicious and simple to make.

Just a reminder everything you need can be homemade or store-bought in your local supermarket but you can also try our recipe for Homemade Pizza Dough.

Tips:

Leave the dough out to room temperature so it rises for at least 1 hour
Use just around 2 tablespoons of dough for each tin ( make 12 balls per muffin tin)
These can also be made with a bottom crust, fill with tomato sauce and cheese, any kinds of topping you prefer, and topped with more dough to make a filled pizza similar to a pot pie peppers
add some red pepper flakes or chopped raw long hot peppers
use fresh herbs when available instead of dried
Always use slices of cheese not shredded for the best results and whole milk mozzarella
drizzle with extra virgin olive oil
Always spray the tins with cooking oil first before baking
We prefer using ceramic lined made muffin tin, so nothing sticks, and they'll pop right out
These mini pizzas freeze well after baking, just cool, add them to a cookie sheet, freeze them, and toss them into a freezer bag. To reheat just place in a baking pan and bake at 400 degrees for around 7 minutes or onto an air fryer basket and air fry at 400 degrees for 4 minutes.

Ingredients You Will Need:

Store-bought or homemade pizza dough
Store-bought pizza sauce or homemade pizza sauce
Whole milk slices of mozzarella cheese ( I do not like shredded)
Optional: dried herbs if preferred like oregano and basil use fresh when available
Cooking spray oil
Extra Virgin olive oil
Optional: cooked sausage, pepperoni slices, sliced mushrooms, sliced olives, chopped garlic, diced onions, or whatever your favorite pizza toppings are

More Recipes We Love

Chicago Deep Dish Pizza

Homemade Pizza Dough

Additional Toppings:

peppers
olives
eggplant
pepperoni
crushed meatballs
finely chopped leftover cooked buffalo chicken and cheddar cheese
loose cooked sausage
ham, and pineapple
mushrooms
finely chopped broccoli and cheddar cheese
finely chopped zucchini or spinach with ricotta and garlic minced
finely minced shrimp and garlic
anchovies
loose cooked ground beef, cheddar cheese, finely chopped onions
tuna, cheddar cheese, and minced onions
leftover cooked meats, pizza sauce, and cheese of choice
Note: all toppings must be chopped into small pieces, add the sauce first, topping then cheese

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Mini Pizza

We love pizza and is loaded with lots of cheese it's a winner in our home.

Remember you can make a double-crusted pizza almost like a filled pot pie but with your favorite toppings sauce and cheese inside the dough.

Set up a topping bar for your little mini pizzas with some of the suggestions and they can add what they want the assortment makes everyone happy because these make the perfect appetizer pizza bites ever!

These Mini Deep Dish Muffin Tin Pizzas are great anytime for late-night snacks or when the craving for pizza hits and it's these are just the right size!