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Keto style pizza crust made with almond flour (with nut-free substitution) that is simple and delicious. Recipe makes 2 – 8″ low-carb, grain-free pizza crusts.
Those of you who love to bake with almond flour as much as I do will want to try this low-carb pizza crust recipe. I really hope you enjoy it as much as our family!
The first time I made it, I noticed that no one seemed to miss wheat-based pizza crust in the slightest. This coming from an entire family of huge pizza lovers.
You may be surprised to experience that this almond flour pizza is so very filling. I can only eat one-quarter of a pizza at one time (2 slices).
If you make the crust with freshly ground flour (learn how to make almond flour at the link), it is even more filling than when you make it with store-bought blanched or natural versions. The reason is that homemade is more nutritious, which signals the brain that you are full faster.
The biggest bonus is that it tastes positively gourmet from mixing the parmesan cheese and herbs into the crust!
Preparation Suggestions
If you are sensitive to oxalates or otherwise avoiding nuts, the best low-oxalate flour substitute that is also keto is sunflower seed flour.
It will give you the closest taste and consistency to almond flour, in my opinion, having tried a variety of different alternatives.
The most digestible way to prepare seeds is by soaking or sprouting them prior to milling them into flour. I don’t recommend a grain grinder, as seeds are a bit too oily for these appliances, but a simple coffee grinder works great!
For toppings, I recommend this one-minute, no cook pizza sauce recipe.
More Healthy Pizza Crust Recipes
If you would like to try some other pizza crust variations, try this coconut flour pizza crust recipe or perhaps a sprouted einkorn flour pizza crust.
If you are avoiding wheat, try this homemade gluten-free pizza crust instead.
This recipe for breakfast pizza is fun to try too on the mornings when eggs and bacon seem run of the mill.
Low Carb (Keto) Flour Pizza Crust
Low-carb, keto style pizza crust made with almond flour (with flour substitutions as needed) that is simple to make and delicious. Makes 2 – 8" pizza crusts.
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups almond flour or sunflower seed flour
- 2 eggs
- 3 Tbl expeller pressed coconut oil melted
- 1/3 cup parmesan cheese shredded
- 1/2 tsp dried oregano preferably organic
- 1/2 tsp onion powder preferably organic
- 1/2 tsp dried basil preferably organic
- 2 cloves garlic minced, preferably organic
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
Instructions
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Beat eggs slightly with Parmesan cheese and coconut oil. Add herbs and flour and mix until well blended dough.
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Form 2 small pizzas on a large, greased pizza pan. Grease your hands lightly so that the dough doesn't stick and press it out until you have 2 thin pizza crusts about 8" across.
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Bake at 425 °F/218 °C for 10 minutes or until crusts are slightly browned on the edges. Note: this grain free, almond flour pizza crust does not expand while baking.
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Remove from oven. Cool slightly. Add homemade pizza sauce, toppings, and cheese and bake for another 10 minutes or until cheese well melted.
Recipe Notes
Feel free to substitute fresh basil and oregano for the dried. If using fresh herbs, use 1.5 teaspoons each.
The best nut-free substitute for almond flour is sunflower seed flour.
Yes, you actually CAN buy almond flour, but it’s called almond meal. I just bought a bag at Trader Joe’s. I think Wal-Mart sells it too in the gluten-free section of their store. But the bag I bought at Trader Joe’s is the Trader Joe’s brand and it’s GMO free and 100% pure and natural. The ingredient list just says “almonds”.
Thank you so much,this is the BEST PIZZA CRUST!!! I’ve tried many and this is the best,due to my excitement I did cheat and bought roasted almonds and ground them to flour and I also rubbed a little coconut oil on my hands and the dough didn’t stick to my hands at all. I so appreciate and enjoy your wisdom and knowledge,thank you for all the wonderful information and recipes.Have an awesome day!
This is way too almond tasting! After trying it, My family and I decided that almond flour does not belong anywhere near a pizza! Might be better with rice flour though, we will try that instead next time.
What are your thoughts/opinions of honeyville blanched almond flour?
This was fabulous! (I didn’t have crispy nuts, so I just used almond meal/flour from Bob’s Red Mill.) Next time I’ll have to try the prepared nuts. Thank you for the recipe!
Can I grind nuts into flour using my food processor or Vitamix?? Thank you so much for this great blog.
isa
I made this tonight and it was GREAT! I didn’t even think about the regular crust I made for my son and husband. I have recently gone off grains, and it’s so nice to know that I can still eat some of my favorite things!!!
The flavor was so nice I’m going to try making it into crackers!
Hi Sarah,
Thanks so much for this recipe! I just made it for dinner and my kids absolutely loved it. I used your recipe for pizza sauce, too. They devoured the pizzas and I now have a second batch in the oven for them because they loved it so much. My husband said it is the best pizza I’ve made so far since we started GAPS and then WAPF. So thanks so much!
Hi Sarah,
Can you post a video sometime on how to make almond flour? Love the blog, thank you!
Caitlin
Do you grind your own crispy almonds in a food processor until it turns to a powder?
Best,
Sara J