Making Gluten Free Pizza Dough

One of the foods that I’ve missed the most since going on a gluten free diet has been pizza. Yes, you can buy gluten free frozen pizzas, or make the dough from a commercial mix. I have even ordered gluten free pizza from a restaurant with dedicated gluten free pizza oven. Each of these options have helped me to enjoy something that resembles pizza; but it’s never quite what I’m looking for.

Gluten free pizza doughs tend to be dry, brittle, and crumbly.  Packaged mixes are often too sticky to handle because of xanthan gum. If you simply use a gluten free flour blend to make the pizza, the dough is too crumbly to roll out. Gluten free pizza doughs lack what I call the “chew factor.” That is, the chewy and elastic texture found in pizza doughs made with wheat.

Several weeks ago I found a seller on Etsy, who has developed and sells his own gluten free bread recipes. For a small sum, I purchased and downloaded the pizza recipe to give it a try. His approach to bread baking and pizza dough are different than other methods I have seen. The results for this recipe were excellent. The pizza dough baked up with similar chewy properties like the pizza I’ve longed for.  I also appreciated the addition of nutritional ingredients such as quinoa flour and a healthy fiber (instead of xanthan gum) in this recipe. I think the addition of the fiber in this recipe is the secret to dough elasticity.

To get this recipe and download it for yourself visit this Etsy seller.  It’s well worth the small price if you want to make your own authentic pizza dough!