My go-to Gluten-Free Pizza Crust recipe is a simple staple for your Gluten-Free kitchen, and one of the best no-knead gluten-free pizza recipes out there.
You are going to love this gluten-free pizza crust!
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Gluten-Free Pizza Recipe
Perfectly thick and chewy, and no kneading required, this quick and simple gluten-free pizza recipe recipe will have you adding pizza into your regular meal rotation.
More of a bread sticks person? Try my Gluten-Free Cheesy Bread Sticks.
Making a Gluten-Free Pizza Crust can seem like a daunting task but luckily you now have a fantastic gluten-free pizza crust recipe.
Pizza is one of those foods that you dream about and think of fondly when you remember your past gluten days.
But you don't have to be afraid of it. This pizza crust recipe is super simple and doesn't require any kneading.
It's gluten-free and only uses a few ingredients, making it the best gluten-free pizza recipe.
Gluten Free Dairy Free Pizza
This gluten-free pizza recipe is already dairy-free. It uses olive oil. You can top this gluten free dairy free pizza crust with your favorite dairy-free cheese to make a gluten free dairy free pizza.
Another options is to leave the cheese off all together and brush on some dairy-free butter and sprinkle it with garlic salt, after its cooked.
What other flours can I use in this pizza crust recipe?
I have tested this gluten-free pizza crust recipe with Bob's Red Mill 1-to-1 Gluten Free Flour Blend. It works incredible in this recipe and it's my other go-to flour blend.
If you want to mix your own blend for this pizza (per my original recipe) combine 1 cup white rice flour, ¾ cup brown rice flour, ¼ cup tapioca starch.
I haven't tried this gluten-free pizza dough recipe with other flour blends. If you do, please come back and let me know which gluten-free flour blend you used.
We've used this gluten-free pizza recipe several times just this month, and we've started passing the recipe on to friends and family member to show them how easy making your own pizza at home can be.
We usually par-bake a couple of extra gluten-free pizza crusts and store them the in the freezer for super busy nights when we need to make dinner quickly.
Simply pull a crust out of the freezer, heat your oven, top, and bake. Just like store bought pizza crusts, only better.
Can I substitute something for the egg in the gluten-free pizza dough?
Sure, you can use a flax egg (2.5 tablespoons water + 1 tablespoon ground flax seed) to make the gluten-free pizza dough.
Make sure to let your flax egg sit for 5-10 minutes until it get thick and egg-like.
Just note that the crust won't be a fluffy in the center. I haven't tried other egg replacers in this recipe.
You mention a pizza stone in your directions, I don't have one.
First, I highly recommend getting a pizza stone if you don't have one. It really makes a huge difference when you make gluten-free pizza.
But no worries. If you don't have one, simply use a heavy baking sheet.
If you don't have a heavy baking sheet then you can use a cookie sheet. Let it preheat in the oven just as you would a pizza stone.
You can do this before you make your gluten-free pizza dough.
Can I use a toaster oven to make pizza?
I have never used a toasters oven to make pizza, but I have used one to reheat pizza.
If you make this gluten-free pizza dough in a toaster oven please come back and tell me about your experience.
If I ever I make this gluten-free pizza dough in a toaster oven I'll make sure to update this post with my results.
Step by step instructions on how to make gluten-free pizza crust
How to make gluten-free pizza:
- Mix your warm water, sugar, and yeast. Let it sit until proofed.
- Add ingredients to mixer and mix until combined.
- Scrap the sides of the bowl until the dough is in a loose ball.
- Using oiled hands, spread the dough into a circle about 10-12 inches in diameter.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes or until the center is set. Remove from the oven.
- Spread marinara sauce (or sauce of choice). Leave a little bit of space between the sauce and the edges.
- Sprinkle on cheese of choice.
- Add any additional toppings and place back in the oven. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until the cheese is melted and starts to turn brown.
Making homemade gluten-free pizza recipe has always been comforting to me. In a lot of cases, you'll make the gluten-free pizza crust recipe in about as much time as it would take to get delivery or run to the store, so it's not that much of a time sacrifice when you think about it.
Plus, homemade gluten-free pizza has such a unique taste, something you can't get from a delivery. And a lot of times, I prefer the taste of homemade gluten-free pizza.
My gluten-free pizza dough is sticky
Yep, most gluten-free pizza dough is sticky. Simply use a oiled spatula to transfer the gluten-free pizza dough from the bowl to your parchment paper.
Then rub some oil on your hands before you spread the dough. There is a video in this post showing you how, if you need a visual.
I made a video for gluten-free cheesy bread sticks, but it uses the same ingredients and techniques as this gluten-free pizza recipe.
The only difference is the toppings. It shows you just how easy it is to make your own gluten-free pizza crust.
If you make this gluten-free pizza crust recipe please stop back by and let me know what you thought.
If you are looking for a grain-free, or low carb version, you'll love this Low Carb Cauliflower Pizza Crust from Wholesome Yum. Keto Chicken Crust Pizza is also a great pizza crust option.
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Gluten-Free Pizza Crust
My go-to Gluten-Free Pizza Crust recipe is a simple staple for your Gluten-Free kitchen. Perfectly thick and chewy, and no kneading required.
Ingredients
- ¾ cup warm water (between 110-120 degrees F)
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 packet yeast (¼ oz.)
- 2 cups (285g.) gluten-free flour blend (for this recipe I used Bob's Red Mill Gluten-Free 1-to-1)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg
- 1 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon cider vinegar
Instructions
- Set pizza stone or heavy baking sheet on lowest rack of oven, and preheat to 450°F.
- Mix water, sugar, and yeast and let sit for 5 minutes, or until it looks foamy.
- In electric mixer bowl, mix flour blend and salt. Add in egg, olive oil, vinegar, and yeast mixture.
- Mix on low speed for 1 minute.
- Using an oiled spatula, transfer the gluten-free pizza dough onto a piece of parchment paper. Using oiled hands, spread dough into a 10-12-inch round.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes.
- Add toppings and bake for an additional 8-10 minutes.
- Enjoy hot.
Notes
- Working with or measuring gluten-free flour: spoon the flour into the measuring cup and level. Do not scoop your measuring cup into the gluten-free flour. The best method really is to weight it but I don't have the ingredient weights for all my recipes yet.
- Yeast: This recipe works with active yeast and instant yeast.
- Oil: If you don't have olive oil you can use your oil of choice.
- Gluten-Free Flours: This recipe works with several types of gluten-free flour blends but we find that our homemade gluten-free flour blend and Bob's Red Mill 1-to-1 Gluten-Free Baking flour work best in this recipe.
- Mix your own flour: If you want to mix your own blend for this pizza combine 1 cup white rice flour, ¾ cup brown rice flour, ¼ cup tapioca starch.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
8Serving Size:
8Amount Per Serving: Calories: 110Total Fat: 2gCholesterol: 2mgSodium: 336mgCarbohydrates: 21gSugar: 1gProtein: 2g
Ashleigh
Might be a silly question, but do I keep the dough on the parchment and put both the dough and parchment on the stone? I have a stone but have not used it.
chrystal
Yes, the parchment gets a little brown, but it will be fine. The parchment helps transfer the dough to the oven.
Best,
Chrystal
Carolyn
Can you use nut free and grain free tiger nut flour to make the pizza dough.
chrystal
I haven't tried it myself, but I would imagine it would work differently in the recipe.
Best,
Chrystal
Amanda
Thank you for this recipe! I’ve been GF for years and I miss deep dish pizza! This crust is a good replacement!
chrystal
You are very welcome.
Best,
Chrystal
Chris
So I've tried more than a few different recipes and I gotta say that this one is the best so far.
I got sick and tired of paying $$$ for prepared dough and started experimenting. After almost giving up I found this recipe.
I used King Arthur GF All-Purpose Flour and a strong sprinkle of Italian Seasoning. I mixed it with the standard mixer attachments. That use of the parchment paper for transfer? BRILLIANT!
After all was said and done it came out really good. Thanks for the recipe! I will definitely check out the rest of your recipes.
chrystal
Hi Chris,
I am so glad you liked it. I hope you find many more gluten free recipes that you like.
Best,
Chrystal
Jeannette Fogarty
Can I eliminate the sugar since my daughter in law can’t have sugar?
chrystal
You can leave it out, and you can leave the yeast out as well 🙂
Best,
Chrystal
Sweetpea
Can someone explain the parchment paper? What is the purpose? Why don't we just roll the dough out into the baking stone and bake?
chrystal
The parchment paper helps to easily transfer it to the hot pizza stone or baking sheet.
Best,
Chrystal
Lindsay
THANK YOU for this!! I suddenly dropped gluten, due to a doctor's concerns about my thyroid antibody levels, during pregnancy nausea and food (meat and veggie!) aversions. Non-oat foods that actually tasted good were so gritty, and Pamela's oatmeal bars left enough chia seeds through out my mouth, that I gave up on them. Other foods were no's over listeria risks... Really started to wonder how I'd stay GF--permanently or through future pregnancies. Yet the taste and texture of pizza, and other reviews of your recipes, give me hope that this diet change could be sustainable. My husband and kids love this!
chrystal
You are very welcome. I am so glad you like it.
Best,
Chrystal
Julia
Looks great! Going to make this tomorrow ! Can you make the dough and let it sit for a few hours before baking it?
chrystal
Yes, you can let the dough sit.
Best,
Chrystal
Anastasia
Why did mine turn out like a pancake batter consistency? I used the paddle attachment. Yeast was very foamy. All measurements correct.
chrystal
The batter is on the soft side, but it shouldn't be pancake batter soft. What flour blend did you use?
Best,
Chrystal
Sarah
Hello, I am very excited to try this. My husband is wanting pizza so bad but our diet does the last few years makes it hard. Could I use coconut sugar or honey in place of sugar? We can’t have sugar, gluten, or dairy. I found a great vegan cheese I can use. Hoping to surprise him for Father’s Day!!! Thanks for the recipe.
chrystal
Yes, you can use honey to activate the yeast.
Enjoy!
Chrystal
Win Biernacki
Can the dough be made ahead (at most a day) and refrigerated until time to bake?
Kathy Davis
Chrystal, I found your recipe and have made it several times with my own homemade tomato pizza sauce and my own pesto sauce. Both are delicious. I also tried using King Arthur Gluten Free Measure for Measure flour instead of Bob's Red Mill. It came out the same. BJ's offers the King Arthur in a 5 pound bag. Thank you for giving us such a great recipe. I gave up gluten years ago and my joints stopped aching and my heartburn symptoms are so much better.
chrystal
Hi Kathy,
I am so glad you are enjoying this recipe. Thank you for sharing what flours you've tried and worked.
Best,
Chrystal
Mamadou
Can you store dough in fridge?
Thank you
chrystal
Yes, bring it back to room temp before baking.
Best,
Chrystal
Cameron Autery
Can I use almond flour for this dough?
Thanks!
chrystal
Not in this recipe, sorry. It's probably best to search for a paleo pizza crust recipe or an almond flour pizza crust recipe.
Best,
Chrystal
Sophia
Question, do we leave the pizza on the lower rack as it cooks with the sauce and ingredients?
chrystal
Yes, leave it on the lower rack as it cooks with the toppings.
Best,
Chrystal
sol
i liked this recipe due to how simple it is, and while my dough came out well for the most part, i noticed that the crust was quite bitter on its own. could this be due to the cider vinegar, or did i just not season it well? thank you for the recipe regardless!
chrystal
Hi Sol,
The crust shouldn't have been bitter but you are welcome to leave the vinegar out. What flour blend did you use?
Best,
Chrystal
sol
i used simple truth’s gluten free all purpose flour mix, thanks again
chrystal
I haven't personally used this blend in this recipe. I see that the simple truth gluten free flour mix has Quinoa, Millet, Amaranth which probably added to the bitter flavor.
I hope that helps.
Best,
Chrystal
Veena Sethaputra
I noticed there is no resting time needed even though it contains yeast. Is that correct? Should I not rest the dough?
chrystal
You can rest it. The time it takes to cook and the high temp help it rise. Resting it will make the dough fluffier.
Best,
Chrystal
Stacy
Should we use regular mixing/beater blades or dough hooks?
chrystal
You can use the dough hook or the paddle. I don't recommend using the wire beater attachment.
Best,
Chrystal
Hope
If making your own flour blend should you add guar/xanthan gum as well? Most pre made flour blends already have it included. I followed your homemade blend, but I think I will add it just to be on the safe side.
chrystal
Hi Hope,
Not every recipe calls for xanthan gum but it doesn't hurt to add it. I have it as an option with my blends.
Best,
Chrystal
Melody
Hi there! Can you freeze the uncooked crusts?
chrystal
I recommend par-baking them: bake the crust for 15 minutes, cool, then freeze. Once you're ready to make them, add toppings and bake for 10-12 more minutes.
Best,
Chrystal
Lindsay
How would you make this a day ahead for a family about 40 minutes away? I'm hoping to make this on Saturday for a family of 8 to have on Sunday. Would you bake the dough to a certain point, then refrigerate? Or freeze?...
Any thoughts on Bob's Red Mill + sheet pan method making doughy pizza? I'm experimenting with cooking times + dough size to try and get it right. When I opted to gift pizza, I foresaw no problems. Yet in the 2-3 times I've made it since, I've noticed doughy areas. Not sure if the first pizza had doughy spots I didn't notice. I have been weighing my flour for a precise 2 cups. I switched instant yeasts (to my big, unexpired open pack); but the little packs for the first and second seemed identical...
chrystal
You can make this the day before. I would bake it for 15 minutes, let it cool to room temp, then refridgerate it. Add toppings, wrap, and then travel and bake when you get there.
The sheet pan method is a little trickier since the dough is spread out and it will cook from the edges into the center. You can try making smaller sheet pan pizzas or spreading the dough thinner. Also, if you have a flat baking sheet, place that in the oven as it preheats and place your sheet pan on top of it. It will work similarly (but not the same) as using a pizza stone.
Best,
Chrystal
Lindsay
Thank you!! The family said that "the pizza crust was amazing!". They now have your recipe too.
chrystal
I am so glad. Thank you for letting me know.
Best,
Chrystal
Beth
Thank you so so much for this recipe! Since I’ve been forced to go gluten-free for health reasons, I’ve tried many other pizza dough recipes before but none turned out as good and the others were pricier to make! This one is affordable and awesome! I found it works great with the great value(Walmart’s brand) of gluten free flour which is the cheapest premixed GF flour I’ve found so far. This crust totally supports making a stuffed crust pizza too!!!! My husband and I no longer even desire the pizza chain pizzas anymore, so thank you again for posting this recipe!!!
chrystal
You are very welcome. I am so glad you both love it. Thank you for taking time to stop by and let me know and for sharing which flour blend you used.
Best,
Chrystal
Sue
I have made this several times now for GF family members. All say it’s the best GF pizza they’ve had. I use King Arthur GF Measure for Measure. Very easy although the dough is very gooey and wet. Oil hands really well though and it is easy to flatten!
chrystal
I am so glad your family loves it. Thank you for taking the time to stop back by and let me know and for sharing which flour blend you used.
Best,
Chrystal
Aprill
Does the dough need to be precooked before adding ingredients or sauce. I have a non gluten free recipe that cooks it all at the same time.
chrystal
Yes, the directions give a step by step which includes precooking it.
Best,
Chrystal
Barb
Thank you for this recipe. I have recently gone gluten free, and it has brought pizza back into my life! My husband can’t wait for Friday pizza day! Yay use Namaste perfect flour blend (Costco) and it’s perfect every time.
chrystal
I am so glad you both like it. Thank you for letting me know.
Best,
Chrystal
Kathy
Can this be cooked on the grill outside, as opposed to being baked in the oven? What would you recommend for time and temp and techinique?
chrystal
Hi Kathy,
Yes, we put ours on the pizza stone in the grill at 450-500 degrees. It cooks a little quicker, so watch the grill time.
Best,
Chrystal
Shelby
I love that I can always count on your recipes to come out tasting phenomenal! I was so happy to have a soft pizza crust tonight instead of the normal thin hard prebought pizza crusts. The only thing I would change next time I make this would be adding some spices to the dough mix. Thank you for being my favorite gf blogger with the best recipes!!!
chrystal
Awe, thank you for the sweet comment Shelby. I am so glad you are enjoying my recipes.
Best,
Chrystal
marty
Hi, I don't have a stand mixer, just a hand held mixer with the basic mixing attachment. Will I able able to make this recipe or will I need to do some hand kneading?
Thanks
chrystal
You can use a handheld mixer.
Best,
Chrystal
Kathryn
Hi, I just tried this recipe in the UK with Doves Farm gf flour, and it worked really well. I wanted to find something not too difficult to do, but which would avoid all the additives that you get in pre-prepared pizzas or pizza dough, and this fitted the bill. Lovely light base. My daughter (who has coeliac) and I both enjoyed it.
Thank you.
chrystal
I am so glad! Thanks for sharing what flour blend you used.
Best,
Chrystal
Silvia A.
I've made it twice in the last two weeks. Both times, I tripled the recipe to make four large pizzas in my ilFornino outdoor natural gas oven. Gluten-free and non-gluten-free people both said it was the best pizza they'd ever had. Fantastic recipe!
Thanks You!
Silvia
chrystal
I am so glad everyone loved it! Thank you for letting me know.
Best,
Chrystal
Cathy
How well does leftover pizza hold up reheated the next day?
chrystal
It holds up great.
Best,
Chrystal
Hannah
I want to just keep the dough,in its dough form before the actual pizza base. is it possible to refrigerate or freeze?
chrystal
Yes, you can refrigerate it. Bring it to room temp before you bake it, so it cooks through.
Best,
Chrystal
Alia
This was the best gluten free pizza crust I’ve ever made! Thank you!
chrystal
You are welcome. I am so glad you like it.
Best,
Chrystal
Einar Mikkelsen
I noticed that the dough is never proofed, which makes sense since there is no gluten. Is the yeast there just for flavor?
chrystal
It's there for flavor and texture. With the high heat, and pizza stone, they yeast helps it to rise while in the oven. You can leave it out if you want but the texture will be slightly different.
Timmi
I don't have a paddle or hooks...can you hand mix?
chrystal
Yes, you can hand mix the dough. Just note that the dough is really soft, which is why I advise to spread it out with oiled hands.
Best,
Chrystal
Ruth
For years I never came across a decent gluten free pizza crust worth attempting twice. For me, pizza was "all about the bread". But this gf recipe easily rivals a gluten crust. Thanks for this gem, I truly didn't think it was possible - I'll never search for another crust, that's for sure.