Allergy-Friendly Pizza Crust
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This pizza crust is great for all! Free of: gluten, dairy, nuts, eggs, soy, yeast, and sugar. This recipe is slightly adapted from Without Adornment.
Ingredients
  • 140 grams brown rice flour (1 cup)
  • 60 grams tapioca flour (1/2 cup)
  • 40 grams arrowroot starch (1/3 cup) or ¼ cup potato starch.
  • 1 teaspoon xanthan gum
  • 1 tablespoon gluten free baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ cup light tasting oil
  • ¾ cup filtered water
  • ½ teaspoon apple cider vinegar
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees
  2. Mix dry ingredients in a bowl and wet in a separate bowl. Combine.
  3. Mix and form into a ball. Flour your baking mat and roll out dough (see notes). Bake 12 minutes. The crust should be on a mat and then placed on a rack to bake. (If you don't like using silicone baking mats, roll out the dough on parchment paper and then bake on a baking sheet). See Ricki notes below (she baked it this way).
  4. After the crust bakes for 12 minutes, transfer crust from the mat to the cooling rack to cool.
  5. Build the pizza. See here for homemade pizza sauce or here for nightshade free pasta sauce, and we love this dairy free cheese. Keep the crust on the rack. After piling on your topping, bake another 10-12 minutes (on the rack). The longer you bake the harder the crust will get, so be careful. I like the texture at the 12 minute mark.
  6. Remove crust from oven and allow to cool on the cooling rack it was baked on. When cool, transfer to cutting board (or cut on a mat)
Notes
1. If you make the crust too thick it will have a biscuit texture. Go for a thin crust for a more traditional texture.
2. Caution: don't let the dough sit too long in the bowl after you combine the ingredients, as it will start to "grow" from the apple cider vinegar and the baking powder and get really soft. Please see the video. And add as much flour as your need to roll it out. I've made this so many times, so I'm quite used to working with this dough, so be patient with it and yourself. The more flour you add, the more it will come together for and you'll be able to roll it out.
3. You can add spices and flavors to the dough, such as garlic granules. oregano, Italian Seasoning, onion granules, etc.
4. If you're not comfortable using your cooling racks (or not sure if they are oven safe) Bed Bath and Beyond sells a cooking/baking rack for pizzas (however, it looks like the same exact material as my cooking rack). But some folks might feel more comfortable with this: Pizza Baking Rack
Recipe by The Tasty Alternative at https://thetastyalternative.com/2012/08/allergy-friendly-pizza-crust-free-of-gluten-dairy-nuts-eggs-soy-yeast-sugar-with-a-video/