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    Gluten Free Pizza Dough (Thin Crust)

    Published: Nov 4, 2022 · Modified: Oct 22, 2023 by Cinde LittleThis post may contain affiliate links4 Comments

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    This thin crust gluten free pizza dough recipe, made with individual flours, is easy to make. I almost can’t believe I’m saying that but the key here is to be set up to bake with individual flours.

    Contents show
    1. Gluten Free Pizza Options: Frozen, Precooked Crust or Homemade Dough
    2. Can I Use a Gluten Free Flour Blend for Pizza Dough
    3. Learning the Gluten Free Lifestyle
    4. Best Tips for Making Gluten Free Pizza
    5. Stages of Gluten Free Pizza Dough
    6. Best Equipment for Homemade Pizza Dough
    6.1. Pizza Steel
    6.2. Pizza Peel
    6.3. Pizza Gift Basket Ideas
    7. Gluten Free Pizza Dough (Thin Crust)
    7.1. Ingredients 1x2x3x
    7.1.1. PROOF YEAST
    7.1.2. DRY INGREDIENTS
    7.1.3. SPRINKLING FLOUR
    7.1.4. TOPPINGS of your choice
    7.2. Instructions
    7.2.1. PROOF YEAST and MAKE DOUGH
    7.2.2. SHAPE, TOP and BAKE PIZZA
    7.3. Notes
    Someone at the counter pressing raw pizza dough  into a large round.

    Gluten Free Pizza Options: Frozen, Precooked Crust or Homemade Dough

    When you’re new to gluten free you’ll find all the frozen pizza in a box and precooked pizza shells. Much like learning about gluten free bread you simply need to try them all and see what you think.

    The reviews are mixed. Some people are happy with the choices available and some can live without pizza.

    This post is for the everyday home cook who wants to make great pizza. Whether you miss Pizza Friday’s or you’re just ready to tackle pizza dough I’ve got lots of tips for you here.

    Can I Use a Gluten Free Flour Blend for Pizza Dough

    In my experience the best pizza crust is not made with a store bought all-purpose gluten free flour blend. I don’t remember how many blends I tried but it was enough to put me off homemade pizza for another year.

    There are many pizza crust recipes online calling for a ‘gluten free flour blend’. They just didn’t work for me. Can anyone relate to that?

    I also know people who are using store bought bread flour or specific pizza flour blends and making pizza they are very happy with. If it’s working for you then keep doing it.

    I’m always recipe testing so I’m organized to mix any combination of flours. It’s still effort but that’s the gluten free life. If you want tips for organizing flour here are some suggestions:

    • In this post, EGFG Gluten Free Flour Blend, I explain how I organize to make my flour blend quickly. You can organize like this with the specific flours you need to make your favourite pizzas.
    • Or you can watch on YouTube, How To Make A Gluten Free Flour Blend to see what it looks like.
    Cups, bowls and measuring spoons with all the ingredients to make this thin crust gluten free pizza dough.

    Learning the Gluten Free Lifestyle

    No one would disagree that recipes asking you to blend several flours take time. Of course they do. And no one would say the gluten free diet is easy. Yet home cooks around the world are making everything gluten free and sharing what they learn.

    When I bought the cookbook, No Gluten, No Problem Pizza, I learned more about pizza than I ever knew. In their beautiful book Kelli and Peter Bronski share 19 different recipes for pizza dough. That was news to me, 19 different kinds of dough! (How did I not know that?)

    This naturally reminded me of a quote I love to share.

    “The more I know, the more I realize I don’t know.”

    Aristotle

    The gluten free lifestyle requires learning and this is the kind of book I love to learn from. If you know someone who needs this book, buy it for them. If you’re starting to think of all the different pizza topping combinations you love then buy it for yourself, that’s what I did.

    Best Tips for Making Gluten Free Pizza

    In case you’re not 100% with me yet I want to clarify. Finding a gluten free flour blend that works for ‘most’ of your baking is a game changer. I make everything from Yorkshire pudding to churros, and cinnamon rolls to pie pastry with my EGFG flour blend.

    What I couldn’t make with any blend was excellent bread, bagels, soft pretzels, dinner rolls, pasta or pizza dough.

    For me, the next game changer was getting organized to make recipes that call for individual gluten free flours. This is a mindset shift and I know it’s not for everyone. If it's for you then get the equipment and let's make pizza.

    Stages of Gluten Free Pizza Dough

    Gluten free baking often looks different than what you might expect. Here you can see that after the dry and wet ingredients are stirred together it looks very much like a batter.

    From teaching virtual cooking classes I know the time for this to turn into a dough varies from kitchen to kitchen.

    A hand pouring olive oil into a cup of activated yeast.
    Add olive oil to activated yeast before mixing pizza dough
    A bowl with wet and dry ingredients for pizza dough about to be stirred.
    Wet and dry ingredients for gluten free pizza dough
    A bowl of just mixed wet and dry ingredients for pizza dough that looks like batter.
    Gluten free pizza dough at batter stage

    I've made this recipe many times and in as little as five minutes I can scrape it out onto the counter and start pressing the dough. It takes patience and time so don't give up. I find that if I stop pressing for a few minutes and go organize other ingredients I don't make holes from forcing it.

    Starting to press the dough into a 12-inch round
    A close up of pizza dough pressed into a 12-inch thin crust round.
    Thin crust gluten free pizza dough ready for toppings

    Best Equipment for Homemade Pizza Dough

    Kitchen equipment is an investment you make over time. You don't need top of the line equipment but you can't make great pizza in cheap pans in an oven at 400°F. A baking steel or pizza steel is an important piece of equipment to make perfect pizza crust.

    A cooked thin crust pizza on a wooden pizza peel in front of an open oven looking at the pizza steel it just came off of.
    Thin Crust Gluten Free Pizza
    A hand holding up one piece of a gluten free pizza showing the nice dark bottom of the crust.
    High heat and a pizza steel is how to achieve a perfectly cooked gluten free pizza crust.

    Pizza Steel

    A pizza steel (also called a baking steel) conducts heat better than a pizza stone so when your pizza stone breaks I suggest you buy a heavy, pizza steel. If you’re still trying to make pizza on an inexpensive aluminum pan it’s time to upgrade.

    Measure your oven before you choose your pizza steel. Mine is made by Vermont Castings, measures 14 x 18-inches and even though it is only ⅛-inch thick it takes two hands to lift it. Thicker is better but you have to store it and move it.

    Here are three pizza steels I found online:

    • Basic 14-inch square pizza steel
    • Darebuilt 14 x 22-inch wide (measure your oven)
    • This Fire & Slice steel pizza stone is 14 x 16-inches and available in three thicknesses. The ½-inch steel weighs 32 pounds!

    Pizza Peel

    A pizza peel helps you move your pizza in and out of the oven so chose one at least 12-inches across. If you want the super long handle pizza peel like you see on TV, and you've got a broom closet to store, then I think you should buy it!

    • Wooden or metal short-handled pizza steel
    • Large 37-inch detachable handle

    Pizza Gift Basket Ideas

    Whether you’re building a gift basket or getting your kitchen decked out to take your pizza to the next level, here are more items you may want.

    • Parchment paper in this recipe to solve the problem of placing raw dough on a hot surface.
    • Any small pizza wheel for cutting
    • A fancy mezzaluna chopper
    • Epicurean pizza rocker

    I’d love to hear in the comments below if you tried this pizza dough recipe or what you've been making.  

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    Gluten Free Pizza Dough (Thin Crust)

    Cinde Little
    This thin crust gluten free pizza dough recipe, made with individual flours, is easy to make if you're willing to mix the flours.
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    Course Main Course
    Cuisine Canadian, pizza
    Servings 2 people

    Ingredients
      

    PROOF YEAST

    • 157 grams warm water (110-115°F)
    • 1½ teaspoon sugar
    • 1 teaspoon active dry yeast
    • 1 tablespoon olive oil

    DRY INGREDIENTS

    • 50 grams brown rice flour
    • 50 grams cornstarch
    • 50 grams tapioca starch
    • 12 grams teff flour
    • 1 teaspoon psyllium husk powder
    • ¾ teaspoon salt
    • ¼ teaspoon xanthan gum

    SPRINKLING FLOUR

    • ½ cup sweet rice flour
    • ½ cup cornmeal

    TOPPINGS of your choice

      Instructions
       

      PROOF YEAST and MAKE DOUGH

      • Run tap water until very hot. In a 2-cup measuring cup weigh water and check the temperature, 110-115°F.
      • Add sugar and yeast. Stir and let activate for 5-10 minutes until foamy.
      • Add 1 tablespoon olive oil to yeast mixture then pour into dry ingredients.
      • Stir vigorously until dough is smooth and has no lumps. It will look more like a batter. Let rest 5-10 minutes to hydrate and become a workable dough.

      SHAPE, TOP and BAKE PIZZA

      • Place large sheet of parchment, about 15-inches square. Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon bench flour and turn dough onto parchment.
      • With oiled hands gently press dough into 12-inch circle forming a raised edge all around.
      • Spread pizza sauce evenly over dough leaving edges without sauce. Top as desired (see suggestion below).
      • Slide pizza peel under parchment and transfer to preheated oven with pizza steel.
      • Bake in oven (550°F) for 2-3 minutes. Using a pizza peel lift pizza from parchment and remove paper. Continue cooking pizza for 5-6 minutes.
      •  Let rest 2-3 minutes, slice and serve.

      Notes

      In my pizza cooking class we make 2 different doughs so I recommend using simple toppings to focus and compare the actual taste of the dough.
      PREPARE FLAVOURED OIL: Mix 1 tablespoon olive oil, 2 cloves minced garlic, ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes.
      TOP PIZZA: Spread ½ cup pizza sauce on dough. Top with shredded mozzarella and bocconcini balls. Scatter thinly sliced prosciutto on top. Brush flavoured oil over entire pizza. Bake as directed.
      FINISHING: After pizza comes out of the oven cool for 2 minutes then top with a handful of fresh basil leaves or arugula. Cut and serve.
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      1. Paul Baker

        January 16, 2023 at 11:23 pm

        I would NEVER USE hot tap water!!! Water from a water heater contains contaminants such as heavy metals, concentrated chlorine, and concentrated fluoride.It is NOT DESIGNED FOR INTERNAL USE!!! This can be deadly! Just heat water in a pot or kettle, You could also buy an instant hot water tap, that is plumbed in next to your sink.

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        • Cinde Little

          January 17, 2023 at 7:33 am

          Hey Paul, I can see you feel strongly about that. Many bread bakers recommend using filtered water for bread making. I have a plumbed in filtered water line in my kitchen and use that water for drinking and cooking. I prefer not to use water out of a plastic bottles. Over here on my website my focus is to help people learn to cook gluten free and avoid the unhealthy processed food that is so readily available. I also want them to learn to have fun in the kitchen. Everything else about the food industry, food manufacturing and health etc is an individual, life long journey and it's full of challenges for people on a gluten free diet. So thanks for your comment, some people may read and appreciate your perspective.

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      2. Alene

        November 05, 2022 at 2:18 pm

        Hi! Hope you are having nice day. Which flour can take the rice's place? Sorghum?

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        • Cinde Little

          November 05, 2022 at 8:32 pm

          Hi Alene, I hope you had a nice day too! Sounds like you're getting used to substituting for rice flour. Compared to other pizza dough recipes I've made I think I'd try corn flour, sorghum flour or oat flour. Let me know how it turns out.

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