Fat Head Pizza Crust Recipe (Finally a Low Carb Pizza I LOVE!)
Love pizza, but not the carbs?!🍕
You’ve gotta try making Fat Head pizza dough out of cheese and almond flour! It tastes great, is keto-friendly, low carb, gluten-free, and happens to be super simple method using just a few main ingredients. Plus, I like that the texture is chewy like normal pizza dough, and sturdy enough to pick up a piece to eat!
Fat Head Pizza is a very popular low-carb recipe idea online and also happens to be a favorite among several of my fellow Hip2save sidekicks, so I was excited to try it out!
Fat Head Low-Carb Pizza Crust
yield: 8 SERVINGS
prep time: 15 MINUTES
cook time: 15 MINUTES
total time: 30 MINUTES
This Fat Head pizza crust recipe is finally a low carb pizza I love! You're going to love it, too!
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup almond meal/flour
- 1 and 3/4 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded
- 2 tablespoons cream cheese
- 1 egg
- pinch of salt
- 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- Desired pizza toppings (tomato paste or sauce, mozzarella cheese, pepperoni, mushrooms, bell peppers, etc.)
Directions
1
Preheat your oven to 425 degrees. Combine almond flour and mozzarella cheese in a microwave safe bowl. Add in cream cheese and cook for one minute. Stir, and cook for an additional 30 seconds in the microwave.
2
Mix in egg, salt, and Italian seasoning, and stir.
3
Shape the dough into a ball and place between two pieces of parchment paper.
4
Use a rolling pin on top of the parchment paper to roll dough in a circular shape. (Mine was more of an oval.)
5
Remove the top parchment paper and slide dough onto a baking sheet or pizza stone. Bake at 425 degrees in the oven for 12-14 minutes until slightly browned.
6
Add any desired pizza toppings and sauce you’d like to the top of the crust. (Keep in mind, if using raw meat you’d want to cook it first before putting on pizza.) Continue cooking in oven for 5 minutes until cheese melts.
Nutrition Information
Yield: 8, Serving Size: 1/8 slice (dough only)
Amount Per Serving:
152 Calories | 12g Fat | 3g Total Carbs | 1g Fiber | 9g Protein | 2g Net Carbs
Things to Consider:
- I diced bell peppers and mushrooms and sauteed them first on the stove before topping my pizza, but that’s just personal preference.
- I’ve read that you can substitute 1/4 cup of coconut flour instead of almond flour, but haven’t tried it yet.
- Next time I may try flipping the Fat Head pizza crust over halfway through baking for a more evenly cooked crust.
- You can divide pastry and make smaller personalized pizzas!
- This pastry would make delicious “garlic bread” and a bread substitute for various other recipes!
No joke ~ this pizza is YUMMY! We liked the taste and texture better than cauliflower pizza!
Recipe adapted from DitchtheCarbs.com
We love love love this pizza crust. I’ve even used it to make a brie loaf.
Yum!! Thanks for sharing 👍
Brie loaf! Going to try that! Great idea.
Thank you my husband just started the keto diet and I can’t wait to try these recipes because he loves pizza.
This is the best! Thanks Janet 👍
Looks delish! Will definitely be making it next weeks Friday Family Pizza Night! 😋 Thanks so much for sharing!!!
This couldn’t have come at a better time. I’ve been craving pizza but have been so successful with my low carb diet that I just accepted I couldnt have it. I’m making this tonight!
Awesome – enjoy Liz!
Puree a raw chicken breast. Add pizza seasoning and spray cookie sheet. Press flat and bake 20 minutes at 425. Add sauce and topping bake another 10
Did you also put it in the microwave
yes this is an awesome recipe! tastes amazing! and the possibilities for this dough are endless, calzones, pigs in the blanket, etc…
Yes! It’s so exciting- thanks for sharing!
You can put this in a spring form pan and fill with ingredients and top with sauce for a Chicago-style pizza. Just precook a little!
How many carbs is it ?
If you click through to attributed recipe she has this as 6 slices and 4 g per slice – but will vary with toppings…hope that helps
I do like this recipe. I like this recipe a little better for low carb https://peaceloveandlowcarb.com/greek-pizza-and-other-variations/ . Not totally sturdy when hot, but if you like cold leftover pizza like me I actually forget it’s low carb and can pick up.
Love the Fathead pizza crust – my husband isn’t keeping strict low carb like I am but I fed him this and he liked it. I love it.
That looks delicious
Thanks Tolu!
I just started the low carb diet. Where’s the best place to get the almond meal flour?
We find a good deal at Costco!
Thank you
Walmart and most grocery stores have it now too
almond flour is very pricey.
I buy raw almonds in bulk and then dump them in blender. grind to fill (just not too long or you’ll have almond butter) much cheaper.
Been making this for years. So good. You can make Stromboli too.
Yum! Thanks for sharing 👍
Gonna try this asap. I miss pizza so much and it’s so difficult to eat low-carb. Every tip helps. I’m down 40 lbs this year.
Congrats! That is amazing 👍
Mine turned into a big bubble in the oven….. did I do something wrong?
Really?! Oh no! You know if you click on original recipe directions it does say to use a fork to poke holes all around it for even cooking but I forgot to do that and mine was fine….I’m wondering if that would have helped?
My family is allergic to almonds, any other flour that I could use and still be low carb?
Try flaxmeal, or coconut flour. Online, they talk about different densities. I dont have info, but should be easy to get conversions. We really have lots of choices.
I tried this with coconut flour because it’s all I had and it did not turn out, was very dry once cool enough to eat. We are trying with almond flour now that I got some. It already has a better consistinsy than the coconut flour did. It’s in the over now. I’m feeding 3 kids that have eaten processed carb loaded junk all their lives. So I’m hopefully we can retrain our bodies to enjoy low carbs.
I like to cook my pizza on the grill. Has anyone tried this recipe on the grill successfully?
This recipe is nice, love it!!!! But I been getting a few problems. First one, after I microwave (do the first step) it looks good. Then later when I add the egg it gets very sticky, I did apply 3/4 cup of almond flour and everything it said, exactly. So I search on google and suggest to add more flour, I had to add 6 tablespoon so it could get to a almost nice dough, and still it was a bit sticky and hard to flattened and make into a pizza. Why and egg? I am no expert in this stuff, so I just want to know what does the egg do, do I need it? If I don’t add it what will happen? Haha.
What can I doooo?????
The egg is a binder and holds the dough together when baked. Mine was sticky when I added the egg but used a rubber spatula and folded the dough several more times. It did eventually blend. Putting it between the two sheets of parchment paper definitely helped. I didn’t need a rolling pin, just pressed it out with my hands.
The dough will be sticky, you don’t need to get it to an actual dough like consistency. Just wet your hands and you can spread it out on a pan. Or I roll it between 2 sheets of parchment paper to make a thinner crust, remove the top paper, and cook it on a cookie sheet directly on the parchment. So don’t try to get it to a dough like consistency cause its not ment too. Adding more flour will ruin the taste.
Excellent pizza. I took your advice and flipped the crust after 7 minutes. Also, I substituted two Laughing Cow cheese wedges, Swiss with garlic and herb, for the cream cheese.
Has anyone tried it with coconut flour instead?
There’s a comment above. In case it’s buried and you can’t find it, it says:
Bethany says:
I tried this with coconut flour because it’s all I had and it did not turn out, was very dry once cool enough to eat.
Do you think I could add mashed cauliflower to this recipe?
i substituted besan/chickpea flour for almond flour it was delish.several fussy eaters couldnt tell the difference.
Tapioca flour might work. If would be very chewy. Google or search Pinterest for Brazilian cheese bread. Or get the Chebe mix. A bit of experimentationn with that and you’ll have some idea of how you could use it in various ways. Plus, it’s just marvelous to bite into hot fresh baked rolls!
Is there any sub for the egg that would work. I have a pretty severe sensitivity to eggs, even only one cooked in something. This looks so delicious and I would love to try it!
Is there any sub for the egg that would work. I have a pretty severe sensitivity to eggs, even only one cooked in something. This looks so delicious and I would love to try it!
I know the egg is helpful to bind together, but I made it once, forgetting the egg, and it was still very tasty!
Thank you! I will give it a try.
Thank you! I will give it a try.
Is almond flour the same as almond meal flour? The reason I’m asking is because I have the Almond flour
I’m finding articles online that suggest it’s the same – hope that helps!
https://bakingbites.com/2012/03/almond-meal-vs-almond-flour-in-baking/
How many carbs per serving
HOW MANY CARBS A SLICE PLEASE?
tried it for my diabetic wife. It was quite good…thanks.
Great! Thanks for reporting back 👍
Do I bake it on the parchment paper or remove before baking?
I bake on the paper 👍
PLEASE, HOW MANY CARBS ARE IN A SLICE OF PIZZA PLEASE?
It would depend what you put on it.
This source says 4g carbs per slice
https://www.ditchthecarbs.com/2015/04/23/fat-head-pizza/
I made this for my husband and he loved it. By the way, so did I. Thanks for this recipe. I give it 5 stars
Thanks Patricia – I’m so glad!
Do you think this would work with non dairy cheeses? I have a dairy allergy.. was going to try it
I used the coconut flower and it was delicious!!
Great news! Thanks for sharing 👍🏻
How much coconut flour did you use?
Sounds great as long as it isn’t mushy. I could make it low salt too.
Definitely NOT mushy, which is why I think it’s so versatile and tasty! 😀
Has anyone tried making large batches of dough and freezing it?
Made this for dinner tonight, it was amazing. I’ve be 100% Keto since July 24 so this is the closest I’ve been to a pizza in what feels like forever. It’s so filling one piece is plenty. Looking forward to lunch tomorrow.
Excellent! Thanks so much for sharing Debra!
This is delicious…I make it once a week. It’s one of my new breads for many things😊
Great! Thanks for sharing 👍
This is a horrible recipe. I have attempted to make it twice and the dough is so sticky the first time it stuck to the pizza pan and burned up. The second time after I rolled it on the parchment paper it would not come off of the parchment paper .
I know this reply is a few months after the fact, but just lay the parchment with the crust on a pan and bake it. No need to remove it when not baked.
This is my husband’s favorite! He likes it more than traditional pizza. It is one of his most requested meals. Thank you for the wonderful recipe. We found that after removing the top piece of parchment paper, we just slide the bottom piece of parchment paper, with the dough on it, directly onto the baking stone. : )
Excellent! Thanks for sharing Deb!
Does anyone know the nutritional info for this recipe? I am diabetic and I have to be careful with my carb content. Thanks
Beth
We doubled the recipe and baked it on a 16×12 cookie sheet. Came out AMAZING!!
I’m so glad!! Thanks for sharing 👍
I made this today. It was really good. Won’t miss regular pizza any more! Thanks for the recipe.
That is great news! Thanks Deanna!
Do you have the nutritional information on this? I am a diabetic and I have to count fat and carbohydrates.
Hi! What could you do if you don’t have a microwave?
I would try putting ingredients in a glass Pyrex then melting it in a small pot of water on the stove. Here’s a thread where people talk about this subject —https://www.reddit.com/r/ketorecipes/comments/41v5n7/request_recipe_for_microwaveless_fathead_pizza/
I actually skipped that step on accident and mine turned out fine.
Do you think you can freeze the pizza dough? How long do you think you can keep the prepared dough without baking? (Make ahead)
Do you keep dough on bottom parchment or remove it before baking?
Yes I bake on the bottom piece of parchment paper.
What are the nutritional values without toppings? I am on a low fat low carb plan.. ty
This pizza crust is soooo good! I think it’s so much better than regular pizza crust. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. It’s the bomb!! Kudos to you.
Great! I’m so glad to hear it!
How many carbs is this pizza?
Sounds perfect but wahat is texture like??
Whats difference between almond flour and almond meal flour
None – the same