Recipe(tried): Deep Dish BBQ Ham and Pineapple Pizza

DEEP DISH BBQ HAM AND PINEAPPLE PIZZA
Total Time: about 7 hours (6 hour dough rise, 25 to 35 minutes baking)

1 1/4 cups room temperature water, about 70 to 80 degrees F (10 oz)
1 teaspoon white granulated sugar (0.38 oz)
2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast (0.25 oz/1 packet)
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (don't use bread flour, we want a biscuit like dough) (18 oz)
1/2 cup yellow cornmeal (3.5 oz)
1 teaspoon table salt (0.25 oz)
1/2 cup cooking oil (7 tbsp corn or canola oil and 1 tbsp olive oil) - corn oil adds a buttery flavor to the crust (3.5 oz)
BBQ Pizza Sauce (recipe follows)
FOR THE TOPPINGS:
1 lb Cooked Ham, sliced 1/8 inch thick and cut into 1 inch pieces.
10 oz canned pineapple chunks, drained, cut into 1/4 inch thick pieces
8 oz mozzarella cheese, shredded

TO MAKE THE PIZZA DOUGH:
Add sugar and yeast to 1 1/4 cups water, stir well. If not using instant yeast, allow the yeast to bloom in water for about 15 minutes.
If using instant yeast, you can use the water mixture right away.

Stir in flour, cornmeal and salt. Mix well. Stir in cooking oils. Mix for 1 minute then knead for 3 minutes. (You can use a stand mixer or by hand.) Add more flour or warm water, a tablespoon at a time, as needed, to make a workable dough. Don't over-knead, we want a biscuit like dough for deep dish pizza. Form dough into a ball, place in a large mixing bowl, coat dough lightly with oil, cover bowl and let dough rise in a warm place for 6 hours. This long rise time develops a rich flavor in the dough that comes through in the baked crust. You can use the dough after about 1 hour of rise, but it won't have the deep flavor.

Punch down dough and allow it to rest 10 to 15 minutes.

TO THE ASSEMBLE THE PIZZA:
Roll out or press dough into a 12-inch deep-dish pizza pan. Press dough evenly onto bottom and up inner sides of deep dish pizza pan.

Spread BBQ pizza sauce evenly across bottom of pizza dough. Distribute the sliced cooked ham pieces evenly across the pizza sauce. Distribute the drained pineapple chunks evenly across the ham and pizza sauce. Sprinkle the shredded mozzarella cheese evenly over the top of the pizza.

BAKE:
Bake the deep-dish pizza in a preheated 425 degrees F oven until the top is golden and gooey and the crust is a light golden brown, about 25 to 35 minutes.

BBQ PIZZA SAUCE

1 (26 oz) can Hunt's Garlic & Herb Pasta Sauce
1/2 cup Sweet Baby Ray's Barbecue Sauce
1/2 teaspoon Hickory Flavor Liquid Smoke, Wright's or Colgin brand
1/4 teaspoon seasoning salt

Mix ingredients in saucepan. Bring to a simmer and cook uncovered, stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes until the sauce is thickened.

Makes one (12-inch) deep-dish pizza or 14 inch regular crust pizza