Perfect Fathead Dough Recipe for Keto Pizza Crust

Fathead pizza dough, just like regular pizza dough, has a variety of uses! It is the perfect beginner recipe to learn when first embarking on the keto diet. After many years of making keto pizza crust from fathead dough, I’ve learned a lot of tricks to make it as easy as possible so you can enjoy it every time you have a pizza craving!

Fathead pizza dough on a round wooden board and a hand pouring olive oil

Fathead Dough – Keto Pizza Crust

When I first started keto, one of the initial keto recipes I perfected was keto pizza crust made from fathead dough. Pizza is one of my favorite foods, so if I wanted to eat a low carb diet, I had to find a good substitute that was better than cauliflower pizza crust!

I am not telling a story when I say that pizza made from fathead dough is just as good, if not better than the real thing! In fact, my picky kids love this pizza dough recipe for pizza night! We also like to just eat the toppings sometimes so I make keto pizza casserole, or Crustless Pizza.

Fathead pizza dough is definitely easier than making traditional pizza dough. It uses simple ingredients and there is no yeast involved so we aren’t needing to let the dough rise. This means fresh homemade pizza in about 20 minutes!

Ingredients needed

For your convenience, I have all the ingredients listed here for the keto pizza crust recipe, followed by the step by step procedure with photos. If you would like to print the recipe, please click here for the recipe card.

1 ¾ cup (196g) shredded mozzarella cheese: Cheese is the first ingredient in our fathead dough recipe. The cheese is necessary to give the dough the best texture like a traditional chewy pizza crust.
¾ cup (196g) almond flour: You could also use almond meal for this recipe or ⅓ cup coconut flour.
½ tsp Italian seasoning: or your favorite seasonings like garlic powder.
½ teaspoon kosher salt
2 tbsp (28g) cream cheese
1 large beaten egg: if you’re using coconut flour you will need 2 eggs.
Your favorite sauce: You can use whatever sauce you like on your pizza. Marinara or pizza sauce, ranch dressing, Alfredo, or olive oil all work well.
Your favorite pizza toppings: more shredded cheese, parmesan cheese, and all the other usual suspects such as pepperoni, sausage, ground beef, and vegetables like mushrooms, fresh basil, or bell peppers.

Step-by-step instructions

Follow my simple steps with photos for the best low carb pizza crust the whole family will love. It truly is the best keto pizza crust.

mixing cheese with almond flour in a glass bowl

Step 1: Preheat the oven to 400F (200C) and make the pizza base: In a large microwave-safe bowl, combine the shredded mozzarella cheese with the dry ingredients. Microwave on high for 1 minute. If not completely melted, microwave for 30 seconds more. Combining the almond flour with the cheese will make mixing the ingredients together so much easier after melting!

Step 2: Use a spoon or rubber spatula to mix the cream cheese into the dough. When the dough is cool enough to handle, add the egg and mix it all together with your clean hands to form a dough ball.

Step 3: Working quickly, place the dough ball on a piece of oiled parchment paper and use wet hands or an oiled rolling pin to spread the dough into a pizza shape about 10-12 (25-30cm) inches wide (either round or oblong). You can go for a thin crust pizza or a thick crust that would be smaller in diameter.

Step 4: Place the parchment paper directly on the oven rack with the pizza crust and bake for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown. Keep and eye on it and pop any bubbles that form in the crust.

You can also use a baking sheet, pizza pan (less crispy pizza) or a pizza stone (more crispy crust).

Step 5: Remove the crust from the oven and top with your favorite toppings. Bake for 8-10 minutes more.

I want to thank the original recipe developer of the fathead pizza dough recipe, Cooky’s Creations. She has made life in the keto world so much easier.

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Fathead pizza dough, just like regular pizza dough, has so many uses! It is the perfect beginner recipe to learn when first embarking on the keto diet. After many years of making keto pizza crust from fathead dough, I’ve learned a lot of tricks to make it as easy as possible so you can enjoy it every time you want pizza!