Learn how to make the BEST and most crispy low carb pizza crust made with fathead dough. This low carb alternative to pizza is great if you are on the keto diet or simply want to cut carbs and is a carb lover’s dream with just 3 net carbs per slice!
Growing up in NYC, we had pizza every week so surely pizza was one of the foods I missed most while doing the keto diet. Pizza is basically carb heaven and one of my biggest weaknesses. Who can resist a crispy pie loaded with cheese? Now, you can have your slice and enjoy it too with this super easy and delicious keto pizza recipe.
The pizza comes together in under 20 minutes with no time needed for rising. It can be frozen before or after baking making it great for times when you want to order pizza. The dough is made with my version of “Fathead” dough that has been testing with different ratios and herbs in order to replicate my favorite NY style pizza.
Keto Fathead pizza dough ingredients
- mozzarella cheese
- cream cheese
- almond flour
- egg
- baking powder
- herbs
How to make keto fathead pizza
To begin you will need shredded mozzarella cheese, 1 oz (or 2 tablespoons) cream cheese. Microwave the mozzarella and cream cheese for 45 seconds or until slightly melted. Now stir until the cream cheese is fully incorporated. It may seem a little hard at first but will soon come together.
The next step is to simply add in the egg, almond flour, baking powder, and herbs. Mix until completely incorporated. The dough will seem sticky but that is fine.
To roll out the dough you have to options: because the dough is going to be soft and sticky, you can either roll it between two sheets of parchment paper or wet or grease your hands and pat it down flat with your hands.
The dough will need to be baked twice, once for the crust to bake and the next for the cheese and toppings. The first time it is baked for 10 minutes. While it’s baking the first time, this would be a good time to prepare the toppings!
This is my favorite part and where you can get really creative and make the pizza your own. Add your favorite sauces and toppings to the pizza crust and return to the oven to bake for another 5-8 minutes or until the crust is done to your desired doneness and the cheese is gooey and melted! 
Keto pizza topping combos
Margarita: You can’t go wrong with a simple margarita pizza. Top your crust with low carb (sugar-free) pizza sauce (aka marinara/spaghetti sauce) and shredded mozzarella cheese. Add fresh basil or spinach if you’d like to go the extra step.
Cheeseburger: Tomato sauce, sharp cheddar cheese, cooked ground beef (like taco filling), Red onion rings or caramelized onion, finished with fresh shredded iceberg lettuce and tomato and pickles.
BBQ Chicken: While garlic sauce & bbq sauce, shredded rotisserie chicken, red onion or caramelized onion, mozzarella, and provolone cheeses.
Buffalo chicken: Ranch or blue cheese dressing, buffalo sauce, grilled or shredded rotisserie chicken, caramelized onion, mozzarella cheese.
Pesto Chicken: house-made pesto sauce, grilled or shredded rotisserie chicken and mozzarella.
Meat lovers: tomato sauce, mozzarella, pepperoni, sausage, salami.
Southwestern style: Enchilada sauce, shredded chicken cheddar and pepper jack cheese, black bean, corn, onion, and cilantro. Top with a creamy chipotle or cilantro sauce.
The Best Keto Pizza Crust
Ingredients
- 2 cups Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
- 1 oz cream cheese (or 2 tablespoons)
- 1 cup Almond Flour
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning optional
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder optional
Toppings
- Cheese shredded mozzarella, fresh mozzarella, parmesan, feta etc
- Your favorite meats chicken, beef, pepperoni, turkey, etc
- Your favorite veggies Onion, Pepper, Jalapeno, olives, spinach, etc
- Your favorite sauce sugar-free tomato sauce, olive oil, ranch, blue cheese, buffalo, etc
- Herbs Parmesan, Crushed Red Peppers
- Directions
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 450F.
- Add mozzarella and cream cheese to a large microwave-safe bowl and microwave for 45 seconds.
- Remove from microwave and add in egg, almond flour, baking powder, Italian seasoning, and garlic. Mix with a spoon until well incorporated.
- Transfer dough onto a large piece of parchment paper and cover with another piece of parchment paper. Flatten out dough using a rolling pin to about ¼’’ thick. Remove parchment paper and shape with hands if desired.
- Transfer pizza on the parchment paper onto a baking sheet or pizza stone and bake for 10 minutes.
- Remove from oven (keep the oven on) and load your pizza however you like with all of your favorite sauces, cheese, and toppings.
- Bake pizza for another 5-8 minutes or until the cheese is bubbly.
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Absolutely fantastic recipe, you don’t taste an almond base just a normal pizza crust.
Worked exactly as the recipe instructed, easy, delicious, crisp & so much better than pizza dough. I used parchment paper on a pizza ‘stone’ 👍🏻⭐️
OMG!! it is delicious!! I like it better than real pizza crust. I am one happy individual! Thank you for the recipe!! ❤️
Thanks for the lovely feedback! So great to hear that you loved it.
100% stuck to the pan, also split in half from bottom to top. If i feel like trying this dismal result again i will grease the sheet first.
Stop complaining. This is the same recipe as all other fathead recipes. Stop blaming the recipe when it’s user error.
Excellent recipe, BUT….. IF YOU DONT want it to stick, spray the pan with cooking spray! Also, I skip the parchment paper, put a little oil on my fingers and shape the dough in the pan that way. Quicker and easier for me!
This works great every single time, never sticks! I didn’t use the seasoning or garlic powder but it was delicious! Metric: 200g grated mozzarella, 100g almond meal/flour. Dough is easy to work with. Thanks for the great recipe!
This is a great recipie!!!! Made several times.
Would like to bake a few crusts ahead and freeze. Will that work?
Yes! If freezes well. I usually double the recipe. Freeze one 💕
The best keto pizza recipe I’ve ever made. Thanks!
Yummy!!! Best I’ve tasted!
Delicious with left over ham and smoked turkey.
This is one of the most amazing keto recipes I made thus far! Highly recommend!!! ❤️❤️❤️ My husband has been really apprehensive about low carb but when you can make something that actually tastes like pizza, it’s a real thing.
Had a pizza eve last night, what a success to be able to eat a decent and very delicious pizza again….tried a lot without sucess but this is a winner, super thin & crusty and very tasty, made it with fresh rosemary….thanks for sharing!
We just bought an Onni pizza oven
Can you tell me cooking instructions for this Leto friendly crust in pizza oven
The best keto pizza base! Tastes almost like normal pizza crust. The only thing i do different to the recipe is that i bake it then turn it over and bake the other side too, it comes out crispier which is how i like it! I’ve been using it for years. Thank you! I also make it without the herbs to make arabic style manakish, which is a flat bread covered in cheese or zaatar. Delicious!
Made this recipe a bunch of times over the years and I’m sorry for not leaving a review sooner. It’s amazing! Thank you for sharing such a great pizza recipe for this diet.
We just had this Keto pizza for the 4th time. It is so delicious, it’s so easy to prepare and the taste is so good. If you are on a Keto diet, I highly recommend it!
I made this the 2nd time. I love it. It’s quick and easy!! I out fresh garlic and basil in the dough. Ths taste better than any cauliflower crust and is more keto friendly.
This recipe was marvelous!! Every bite was well enjoyed 🙃
Is it 5 net carbs per slice or 5g total carbs?
This was so easy to make and soooo good!! I highly recommend and will make this again.
Thank you for this awesome recipe! My pizza came out delicious! I followed the recipe exactly and it was perfect. My husband was super happy to be able to eat pizza on his keto diet.
I love this recipe! However, 450 for 10 minutes plus another 5-8 leave the crust almost burnt. I may have to tap down to 425. Not sure if it is oven or the altitude we live at. I will figure it out though! Great recipe
I agree. I bake mine at 350 for 6 mins 👍🏽
When you put the dough between the parchment paper to roll it out, do you leave both pieces of parchment paper on to bake or take the top one off? It seems like the dough would be too sticky to separate it from the paper?
I made the pizza today !!! I love it !!
This is so good!!! I started keto last week and our family does a weekly pizza night, I knew that would be that hardest dinner for me to stay on track. My husband has done keto for 6 months and we both loved this!!!! Definitely a staple and my 9 year old said it tasted great too.
Great recipe. Unfortunately I didn’t realize I was out of cream cheese when I started melting the mozzarella. Used 2 Tablespoons of plain Greek yogurt and still tasted great!
I followed recipe to the tee. I used Rao’s marinara sauce with a table spoon of tomato paste mixed. The crust came out beautiful and crisp. I will definitely make again!
Does not work. Tasted like a bland scone and the same texture, too.
You definitely didn’t do something right! Been making it for over a year and haven’t had one turn out bad…. Usually get two med pizza out of this one recipe we like thin… so we roll it out super thin! Crispy just like dominos!
The pizza “dough” is amazingly delicious and an excellent replacement to traditional pizza dough. My family and I absolutely love it with don papino pizza sauce, sweet Italian sausage, pepperoni. Comfortable feeds a family of 4. Don’t expect leftovers lol
Can I use Cheddar cheese instead of Mozerella?
What size do you roll it out to to meet the 5g of carbs per slice?
It’s your pizza, use whatever you want. 😉 I’ve put bleu cheese on as a topping before and it was really tangy!! As for the fathead dough, any cheese which is similar in texture and moisture should be able to work. Cheddar would kind of be like a scone. Tasty!!
I used a mix of cheddar, mozarella mix. Cheddar cheese when melted can make things taste very salty. In moderation or a mix with other cheese it should be ok. I liked it.
Phenomenal!!! Just made this for my 1st time. The crust was thin crispy and delicious – and keto. Still having trouble believing it! Could not be happier with this recipe and so excited to have it in my arsenal.
Hey, I love your recipe. May I add a teeny tip?
After baking the crust, place a dash of oil and spread out. When the tomato sauce is placed on, it won’t make the base soggy, and you can freeze them like that. x
Hey Layla,
Have you (or anyone else here) tried making this with coconut flour? How does the taste and texture compare?
very delicious my husband and I both loved it!
Hey Layla – thank you so much for this! I wanted to give some feedback from a UK perspective. I followed the recipe as best I could but could we please have metric equivalents for the quantities. I fear I may not have got the conversion right. Also on the first bake, my base came out more or less burnt. Again I converted 450F to 230C approx – and I’m wondering if this is too hot. Finally, the 45 sec in microwave cause the entire mozzarella to totally melt so maybe adjust the recipe to “up to 45 secs” as everyone has a different power microwave. And despite all this moaning, all tthe final product was beautiful (I cut off the burnt parts lol). I am going to have another go but tweak the conversions and I’ll let you know how I get on. Thanks for doing this. I AM going to crack it!
Thanks for the detailed feedback! I’m not sure about the conversions as I follow U.S guidelines but I would check online. Best of luck! 🙂
This pizza crust is great. Any advice if I want a crispier crust?
Cook it a bit longer before adding the toppings 🙂
This is SOOOOO good! Funny story, my wife and I have been doing keto for almost a month now. We were so excited about trying this recipe out tonight because we have yet to cook with almond flour. I was so excited I forgot to put the egg in it! 🤣 Also realized I had no parchment paper 🤦♀️ I used the broiler pan without the lid, and cooked it directly on my Traeger grill. Topped with salami, pepperoni, zucchini’s, diced red and green onion with a sprinkle of feta; This is the best pizza ever!! 5 stars for sure!! Even without the egg, SO good! ❤️ Thank you.
So happy to hear it worked out after all! 😀
I just made this! All I can say is… YUMMO!!! This is so delicious, thank u so much for this recipe! This is the bomb pizza crust!!
Love Love Love this pizza crust!!
Keto or not, I will definitely make this pizza again and again.
Made this for the first time tonight, and it’s absolutely amazing! Crust went in for a little longer as put on fan oven and wanted to cook it through, but it’s the tastiest keto base, ever! I added black olive pesto for the sauce, then topped with courgette, red pepper, onion and chicken. Will definitely make it again. Thank you!
This was soooo delicious omg I cannot believe its Keto! It tastes like regular crust! Pizza is my favorite and im so glad i found this recipe thank you so much!!!
Glad to hear!
This was great pizza! Followed crust recipe as is and added no sugar marinara, Italian sausage, pepperoni, black olives, mushrooms, moz and parm cheese! Felt like I was cheating! Soo good! Will definitely
make again!
Enjoy!
So my crust burned right to the cookie sheet on the first bake. Like bad. 10 min at 450. Guess I’ll try greasing it up next time.
You need to use parchment paper under your pizza dough when baking.
Can I use a non stick pizza pan?
That will work!