The present invention is a pan for cooking pizza dough and method of using same. The pan consists of a first pan mountable below a second pan. The first pan has a flat bottom and a plurality of fingers projecting upwards from the bottom. The second pan having a flat bottom provided with a plurality of apertures dimensioned and configured to receive the fingers of the first pan. The first and second pans have mounting elements for releasably mounting the second pan on top of the first pan. The apertures of the second pan and the fingers of the first pan are dimensioned and arranged such that the fingers of the first pan project through the apertures of the second pan when the second pan is mounted on top of the first pan. The pans can be used to cook pizza dough by first spreading the pizza dough into the second pan and then mounting the second pan to the first pan such that the fingers of the first pan project through the apertures of the second pan and into the pizza dough. The pizza dough can then be cooked by placing the pans and pizza dough in an oven.