Gluten-free Pizza Crust

So, I’ve been wanting to make a gluten-free pizza crust for years. Don’t ask me why I haven’t. I think it’s because it’s just so easy to buy the Udi’s crusts … Sure, they’re only single serve but that’s okay. Now that our daughter has moved out, I’m the only gluten-free eater in the house anyway. Single serve works okay most of the time.

BUT! Not for pizza day! Yesterday I spent the whole day doing recipes for the blog. A whole, glorious day with no one to bother me in the kitchen – baking, cooking and photographing. Then, somewhere during the afternoon, instagram told me it was pizza day! Well, glory bee! That means it’s pizza night!

I took a look around the interweb, gathered some recipes that sounded promising and put together this one. I’ll be honest, I think I could make it just a little bit better but it was still pretty darned good. I’d like the crust to be a little thinner. (Need to divide it in two and make two smaller pizzas next time.) I usually coat the crust with some butter and seasonings. (Totally forgot about this because I was concentrating on the recipe itself.) And, I’d love to try it with a bunch of different toppings. (That’ll just take about 9 more pizza nights!)

But, I wanted to share it with you anyway. If you’d make it and have any feedback, comment here on the post. I’d love to hear what you think!

Gluten-free Pizza Crust

 

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www.mrfarmersdaughter.com

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Ingredients

• 2 ½ cups all-purpose gluten-free flour (I used King Arthur)
• 2 c. warm water
• 2 ½ tsp. yeast
• 1 tsp. honey
• 4 Tbls. oil
• 1 tsp. xanthan gum
• ¾ tsp. salt

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 500˚. (If using a baking stone, follow the directions for use.)
2. Add honey to warm water and stir to incorporate.
3. Add yeast and stir. Allow to sit for 10 minutes.
4. Combine all the dry ingredients in a big bowl.
5. When yeast is ready add it to dry ingredients with oil.
6. Stir well to combine. If it’s too dry, add more warm water 1 tsp. at a time until dough can be worked easily.
7. Allow to rest, covered in a warm place, for 20 minutes.
8. Roll out dough between two pieces of plastic wrap sprayed with cooking spray.
9. Carefully turn out onto a square piece of parchment that fits on the pan.
10. Top as you like.
11. Once topped, carefully slide the parchment & pizza onto the baking stone or onto the pan.
12. Bake for about 15 minutes or until top is lightly browned.

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