This pizza crust is incredibly easy to make. The hardest part is waiting for the dough to rise, but when it does the result is a not-too-soft and not-too-hard pizza crust that tastes divine. I know we said before that Gluten Free Pantry’s french bread mix made the best pizza crust ever, but we were wrong. (It happens sometimes…) This recipe – based on our gluten free white bread recipe – results in a lighter crust and has little to none of that gluten free after taste. No having to make sure that every inch of this crust is covered with sauce! In fact, this is the closest to a wheat flour pizza crust that we have eaten so far – and we have eaten many a gluten free pizza.

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Yield: 4 servings or one 14-inch pizza crust

Prep time: 10 minutes

Rise and bake time: 1 hour 30 minutes

 

What you’ll need:

1 cup warm water (90 – 120 degrees)

1 tablespoon sugar

1 teaspoon yeast

1 3/4 cups Cup 4 Cup all purpose gluten free flour

TIP: You can find a copy cat Cup 4 Cup recipe here.

½ teaspoon salt

OPTIONAL: 1/2 cup grated parmesean or mozza

OPTIONAL: These ingredients add lift and stretch but can be left out without affecting the flavour.

1 ½ tablespoons expandex modified tapioca starch

TIP: Expandex is hard to find here in Canada. We ordered ours online. You can leave it out without changing the taste. It really just adds more lift to the texture.

2 tablespoons whey protein

TIP: We use “100% Whey Protein” which can be purchased at health food and body building stores. Be sure you buy one that’s unflavoured.

 

What you’ll do:

Mix water and sugar together and add yeast. Set aside for at least 5 minutes.

In the meantime, put remaining ingredients in a large bowl and mix well.

Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients and add yeast mixture. Stir well. The dough will be sticky and quite wet.

Spoon the dough into the centre of a greased or parchment lined 14 inch pizza pan. Using a spatula or icing spreader, carefully spread the dough out to the edges of the pan. Remember that it will double in thickness, so don’t worry about it being too thin. As long as you can’t see the pan through the dough, you’re golden.

Cover with plastic wrap or a moistened tea towel and set in a warm, draft free location to rise for 1 hour.

When you are ready to make the pizza, preheat your oven to 400 degrees.

Remove the cover from the dough. It will look something like this:

Spread with pizza sauce. Catelli makes a good gluten free pizza sauce (gf at time of posting) or you can make your own or use our recipe which you’ll find here.

Put on toppings of your choice.

TIP: The pizza in the photo at the top is Hawaiian – ham and fresh pineapple.

Cover with grated mozzarella cheese and bake for 30 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes and enjoy!

TIP: Leftovers – like you’ll have any 🙂 – are best reheated in a covered frying pan on medium heat with a spoonful of butter or margarine to spread the heat evenly and keep it from sticking.

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gluten free recipes from Red Deer, Alberta, Canada