Oh, haiyyy. Just gimme a minute to lick the final cinnamon streusel dessert pizza crumbs off my sticky fingers and attempt to be coherent enough to write something.
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Or get another slice. Cause coherent thoughts might not be happening.
This pizza, and by pizza I mean subtly sweet thick crust topped with a heavy sprinkling of cinnamon streusel crumbs and drizzled with a warm maple glaze, is so distractingly good. And much like yesterday’s awesome chili was inspired by my hoarding of those blue corn and flax tortilla chips from Target, today’s dreamy cinnamon sugar greatness was brought on by a summer trip to the Wisconsin Dells and a fine dining experience at the one and only: Pizza Ranch.
I kind of cringed when I wrote that because I’m visualizing of all you fancypants readers sitting there drinking your tea with your pinkies out who will now judge me.
Or more like GET JEALOUS. Fancypants, get real witcha self.
What I found out relearned at the Pizza Ranch is that dessert pizza is basically the world’s most lovable food.
Show me a person who doesn’t like dessert pizza and I will show them this photo/diagram of deep dish cinnamon streusel dessert pizza, and how that barely sweet pillowy crust is just saturated with that butter and sugar cinnamon streusel while still holding on to its textured crumbs on top and how the whole thing is being altogether bear-hugged by that warm maple glaze.
Thaaaa Textuuuure. Gives me chills.
“But when would I even eat this?”
Okay. I know this is breaking the rules on a few levels, but hear me out:
Eat it for breakfast. It’s so thick and pillowy and bready, and the cinnamon flavors are so cozy and I swear the flavors taste the better when you are wearing sweatpants and a fleece. At least that’s true if you live in Minnesota and you own items of clothing called “fleeces”. It reminds me of a cinnamon roll in dessert pizza form, or coffee cake pizza. It begs you for a steaming mug of coffee, a big glass of milk, or a shmear of sweet cream butter. But I did not just say that.
I think normal people have it for dessert or something. And I guess that’d work.
Deep Dish Cinnamon Streusel Dessert Pizza
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 8 1x
Description
This Deep Dish Cinnamon Streusel Dessert Pizza has buttery brown sugar streusel crumbles and creamy maple glaze. 30 minutes from start to finish!
Ingredients
Pizza
- half of this batch of dough or any other pizza dough**
- cinnamon sugar to taste
- 3/4 cup + 2 tablespoons flour
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 2 tablespoons cold butter, cut into small pieces
- 2 tablespoons olive oil**
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Glaze
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon real maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon heavy cream
Instructions
- Crust: Preheat the oven to 425. Generously oil a round cake pan. Place the ball of dough in the cake pan and press outwards until the edges of the dough are creeping up the sides of the pan. Sprinkle the dough lightly with cinnamon sugar.
- Crumbs: Pulse the flours and sugars in a food processor with the butter and oil (or form crumbs with your hands). Pulse JUST until crumbs form and sprinkle over the pizza on top of the unbaked crust.
- Bake for anywhere from 8-10 minutes. When the crust and topping are golden brown, remove from oven and allow to cool slightly.
- Whisk the powdered sugar, maple syrup, and cream together. Adjust consistency with a little extra water or milk. Drizzle over the warm pizza. Cut into wedges and serve with coffee or a big glass of milk. Mmm.
Notes
**I was already making the cinnamon swirl bread when I made this recipe, so I just used half of the base dough for my crust in this recipe. I’ve also used store bought dough rolled into a circle and that worked just fine, too. You can adjust the amount of dough depending on how thick you want it.
**Use canola oil if you’re worried about the taste of the olive oil. I didn’t notice a taste at all.
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 10 mins
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: American
Keywords: dessert pizza, cinnamon streusel dessert pizza, cinnamon dessert pizza
I have one quick announcement to make unrelated to deep dish cinnamon streusel dessert pizza: Our house offer was accepted on Monday and come October-ish, we will be living in a cute lil’ old house by a beautiful lake! asjdflkajshgkldjas;fj
I’m sitting on cloud nine holding a slice of dessert pizza.
Hey, this looks delicious! What size cake pan did you use?
This did not cook correctly at all. After 10 minutes the dough was still raw and not brown at all.
So sorry to hear this, Brandy. 😕 Thanks for sharing this feedback with us – we appreciate it!
I just made this. Too much flour and not enough butter for the topping I would make it with another tablespoon of butter of cut out 1/4 cup of the flour. Mine was grainy and not crumbly at all. Also, you list salt in the ingredients but don’t say where to add it in. My attempt was poor because I used a can of refrigerated pizza dough and it was way too much for a round cake pan. I would use a 9 X 14 and spread same amount of crumbles so that both would be more evenly done. As you can tell my attempt was a complete fail. Doughy bottom and Un-crumbly top.
I wish you would have rated this 🙁 I saw the 5 stars and made it and it turned out awful.
I purchased a 16oz ball of pizza dough…so do I use 1/2 of that or the whole thing? Also my cake pan is a 9 inch round
Thank you
The first time I had dessert pizza was at Pizza Hut YEARS ago. They had apple or cherry, and both had a streusel topping. But they were thin crust, not deep dish.
My question is, could I add cherry pie filling and turn this into a CHERRY Deep Dish Cinnamon Streusel Dessert Pizza? If so, do you suggest any other alterations, as in using less sugar or leaving out the maple syrup in the glaze? Thank you!
Oh!! lindsay it looks so delicious:)
I work at the original Pizza Ranch in Hull, IA and skillet dessert pizza is the best. I eat it like 3 times a week (:
yessss!
Made this, yum! Added some walnuts for a nice added texture…will make again!
Mm sounds good!
I just stumbled onto your website and I’m obsessed! I want to try everything. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Jess!
I’m planning on making this soon (as soon as possible preferably, because this pizza looks like THE MOST DELICIOUS THING EVER!!!) and I had a question: How big is the pan that you used? And how big were your slices? I’ll be making this for about 8 people and don’t want to be stingy on the dessert, I can make two if need be 🙂
Thank you!
Good question! It was an 8 inch round cake pan. 8 or 9, I’m not sure. And I did cut it into 8 slices and they were large slices, mostly because there was so much crust and crumbly topping! if it was thin pizza, it wouldn’t have been enough for 8 hungry dessert eaters IMO, but I think if you do a thick crust you’ll be fine! 🙂
Thanks so much Lindsay! Can’t wait to make this (again) (and again) (and again) 😉
We’ve been in MN for five years (counting years by the winters here), and definitely have fleeces by now 🙂 We love the Dells each year, too. This pie is absolutely breakfast, snack, and dessert to me! Living outside the box 🙂
that looks delish!
wow this looks absolutely delectable! im definitely going to tried this out. thanks for sharing!
That is great news about the new house, what an exciting time for you both! As far as the dessert pizza, it looks amazing- sweet and full of carb-y goodness! I wish I hadn’t just made a cheesecake earlier in the week (and proceeded to eat the majority of it myself) or I’d be all over this!
Some of my favorite food-related childhood memories have to do with lunch buffets at chain pizza joints! The dessert pizza was by far the best reason for going. I seriouslly can’t wait to try this!
I love that this recipe has all pantry staple ingredients! I have some spare time this evening and I’m planning on making it tonight to take to work to share for breakfast tomorrow. What I love just as much as your recipes is your engaging style of writing. You’re witty and funny, and I actually read your blog, not just your recipes!
You’re sweet. Thanks Katie!
Not sure I can go another day without eating this!! So amazing!!
I have zero doubts that this is delicious. But…. Pizza Ranch? It is the worst!! Put me in the Fancypants category I guess!!
I would bet your dessert pizza is way better.
I really like your blog. I enjoy your stories and your recipes! Thanks for all your hard work 🙂
Thanks Kris!
You did NOT just remake the Pizza Ranch dessert pizza. Ahhh if you were here I would KISS you! As a fellow Minnesotan and also have a deep love for dessert pizza. Thank you…well my hips might not thank you but SMOOCHES! Love this! Congrats on the house!
This looks like my kind of pizza. Congrats on your new home. I hope it has a big-o-kitchen.
A dessert pizza that is deep dish?! Love it!
I am SO making this recipe this weekend. I may make ita hand-tossed version instead of deep dish. And I will most certain eat it for breakfast. Every day. Until it’s gone.
I’ve been dying for a dessert pizza recipe. My family does not like dessert pizza…wierdos, I know…I love it! Pizza Ranch and Godfathers are the BEST!
I haven’t tried Godfather’s but I’ve heard good things!
There is a sweet heaven and I think I have just entered it. Seriously.