Monday, January 16, 2012

Gluten Free Pizza Crust

Pizza is a staple at our house.  After we were married, I had a hard time finding a quick and easy gluten free pizza crust.  I now have two recipes that are my go-to recipes when I need a quick dinner - these use simple ingredients and don't require any time to rise.  I always double the recipes and make it on a cookie sheet.

Bean Flour Pizza Crust - from Bette Hagman, The Gluten-Free Gourmet Cooks Fast and Healthy
(recipe shown below is already doubled)
1 cup garbanzo bean flour
1 cup tapioca flour
1 cup cornstarch
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/2 cup milk or nondairy liquid
1/2 cup vegetable oil
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.  In a medium bowl, combine all ingredients and stir until well blended.  Pour onto a greased cookie sheet and spread around with spoon until even.  Bake for 10 minutes.  Spread on a pizza sauce and your favorite toppings and return to oven for about 10 minutes.
Pizza Crust - from Carol Fenster, Gluten-Free Celebrations
(recipe below is also doubled)
2 Tbs. active dry yeast
1 1/3 cup brown rice flour
1 cup tapioca flour
4 tsp. xanthan gum (recipe works fine without this)
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. unflavored gelatin powder
2 tsp. Italian herb seasoning
1 1/3 cup warm milk (cow, rice, soy)
2 tsp. sugar
2 tsp. olive oil
2 tsp. cider vinegar
1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.  In medium mixer bowl using regular beaters (not dough hooks), blend yeast, flours, xanthan gum, salt, gelatin powder, and Italian seasonings on low speed.  Add warm milk, sugar, oil and vinegar.
2. Beat on high speed 2 minutes.  Dough will resemble soft bread dough.  Put mixture on greased cookie sheet and spread evenly.
3. Bake pizza crust 10 minutes.  Remove from oven.  Top crust with sauce and preferred toppings.  Bake another 20-25 minutes or until top is nicely brown.

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