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My paleo pizza recipe features a chewy, golden crust made on the stovetop. Add your favorite toppings, then bake in the oven. It needs just four ingredients and tastes delicious!
Although I don’t follow a paleo diet anymore, I did for a good 18 months, and this paleo pizza was what satisfied all my cravings. It’s a little different to a standard pizza crust, since it’s made in a skillet, but just as delicious!
The base itself is made up of whipped egg whites and paleo-friendly flour, and once you add the toppings and cheese, it tastes like any good pizza. I like to make a few crusts at a time and have them frozen for when the pizza cravings strike.
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Why I love this recipe
- Only 4 ingredients. Just eggs, coconut flour, baking powder, and some optional spices.
- Perfect texture. Ssoft on the inside, crisp on the outside.
- Easy to make ahead. You can freeze the extras.
If you need more healthy pizzas, try my cottage cheese pizza crust, sweet potato pizza crust, chicken crust pizza, or cauliflower pizza crust next!
★★★★★ REVIEW
“I have been making great pizzas at home for years, even developing my own starter for more of a sourdough flavor to the crust, but now have been dipping my toe into a lower carb diet so have been trying out a variety of paleo pizza dough recipes. I tried this one and really liked it.“ – Daryl
Key ingredients
- Eggs. For my base recipe, I used eight large egg whites (1 cup liquid egg whites). If you prefer a thicker crust, I suggest using five eggs and three egg whites.
- Coconut flour. I highly recommend sifting the flour first so there are no clumps. Alternatively, I also had luck with blanched almond flour.
- Baking powder. To help the dough rise. I tried this recipe without it, and the dough was as flat as a crepe, so do not omit!
- Spices. I used salt, black pepper, and Italian seasoning.
- Toppings. Tomato sauce, cheese, and anything your heart desires. I kept things simple with pepperoni and arugula.
How to make paleo pizza
This is an overview with step-by-step photos. Full ingredients & instructions are in the recipe card below.
Step 1- In a large bowl, whisk the egg whites until opaque. Add the remaining ingredients.
Step 2- Mix until you have smooth pizza dough.
Step 3- Pour the batter mixture into a greased skillet, cover it, and cook until bubbles appear. Flip and continue cooking until the crust is done.
Step 4- Let the crusts cool before placing it on a pizza stone, adding toppings, and baking it until the cheese melts.
Paleo pizza variations
Here are some of my favorite paleo-friendly toppings to amp up the pizzas with.
- Protein. Grilled chicken, ground beef, uncured sausage, uncured pepperoni, prosciutto
- Veggies. Mushrooms, bell peppers, onion, spinach, fire roasted tomatoes, artichoke hearts
- Sauce. Sugo sauce, sundried tomato pesto (with no cheese), cashew ricotta
- Extras. Fresh basil, nutritional yeast, pineapple, crushed red pepper flakes, dairy-free mozzarella
Storage instructions
To store: Leftover paleo crust should be stored in an airtight container and kept in the fridge for up to 1 week.
To freeze: Let the crusts cool completely, then store them in a freezer-safe container for up to 3 months. Wrap each crust in a piece of parchment paper so they don’t stick together.
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Easiest Paleo Pizza
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Ingredients
- 8 large egg whites for thicker bases, use 5 whole eggs and 3 egg whites
- 1/4 cup coconut flour sifted
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk the eggs/egg whites until opaque. Sift in the coconut flour or almond flour and whisk very well until clumps are removed. Add the baking powder, and salt and continue to whisk until completely combined.
- Grease a medium skillet and place it over low heat.
- Once the skillet is hot, pour the batter in the pan and ensure it is fully coated. Cover the pan and cook for 3-4 minutes or until bubbles start to appear on top. Flip, cook for an extra 2 minutes and remove from pan- Keep an eye on this, as it can burn out pretty quickly.
- Repeat the process until all the batter is used up. This recipe makes four 8-inch pizzas or two 12-inch pizzas.
- Allow pizza bases to cool. Once cool, place on a pizza stone or pan, add toppings, and bake at 200C/400F for 4-5 minutes, or until the cheese melts.
Notes
- Keep an eye on the crust. I’ve noticed that the thinner the crust, the quicker it burns. So peek under every minute to ensure the bottom isn’t burning, and flip it when it’s golden brown.
- For a crispy pizza base, brush the dough with olive oil and bake on a baking sheet for 3-4 minutes before adding your toppings.
- Storage. Leftover pizza should be stored in an airtight container and kept in the fridge for up to 1 week.
- Reheating. Leftover crusts (with or without toppings) should be heated in an oven set to 350°F/175°C until crispy. Let frozen crusts thaw overnight in the fridge before reheating.
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Originally updated December 2019, updated and republished June 2025
Love this recipe. Somehow I ended up with 5 bases about 6 inches across.
I’m looking forward to trying this as I’m not keen on cauli, just need to be sure of the cup size. Ìs it UK, US or AUS?
I know UK/US are different, not sure about AUS.
Hi! We use American cups and tablespoons 🙂
WOW. AWESOME RECIPES. THANK YA FOR SHARING. YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY
I would be making the pizza crusts for me. Could I use half the recipe using whole eggs, almond flour, and baking powder with the spices? Thanks!
If all the ingredients are halved, I don’t see why not!
Can you substitute the coconut/almond flour for regular flour or does it have to be that specific flour?
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Does the pizza dough taste like coconut? And what type of oan is ideal to make this pizza?
Not at all 🙂 Any pan, I used a non-stick
Hi! Made this tonight- it was amazing! Just wanted to double check that the entire pizza base with coconut flour is 125kal?
Thank you for all your awesome recipes!
It sure is, especially if you use egg whites!
Thank you. This was so simple to make. I had a low expectation for how this would pass as a decent substitute for a real pizza base. I won’t pretend it didn’t have an “eggy” taste but it was mildly so. I chose the 3:5 white to yolk ratio and flavoured it simply with a tsp each of (organic) vegetable and chicken stock powder.
After crisping it in the oven I added my favourite toppings and back into the oven until the mozzarella was bubbling and golden. It was truly tasty and I felt more satisfied with a base made of a quarter serve of this mix than I would have with a full pizza base. Truly am impressed. Once again, thank you.
You are so welcome, Donna 🙂 Love the idea of adding stock!
How would I go about cooking one once frozen? Specifically I mean should I let it thaw before adding cheese and toppings and what temperature should I cook it at and for how long?
Yes, thaw it out first. 5-10 minutes at 180C/350F, depending on what you top it with.
Sorry a little confused with the start of the recipe. It this supposed to be all egg whites or 5 whole eggs and only three egg whites.
I have left messages before and have never received a reply, but I’m going to try once more. What size pan did you use? This would really be helpful to know before starting to make this recipe which I am very anxious to try, but can’t until I know the pan size. Thanks. BTW, I love a lot of your recipes and really love seeing something that isn’t sweet.
Wonderful recipe. I have been GF for a couple of years now. Lots of tried and failed recipes. This one worked for me. I got 3 fluffy crusts. I added garlic, fresh basil, parm cheese, and S/P. To those of you not familiar with coconut flour/egg recipes you really do have to rely on spices. As I was making these, the fluffy texture gave me an idea. Leftover egg yolks, breakfast pizza. And then another idea, sweet crusts. For those of you tired of the same breakfast foods or flat pancakes, I made this with French toast ingredients. vanilla, cinnamon, etc. Fluffy pancakes for the win. AND those leftover egg yolks, scrambled eggs. Ta Da. I did however want to make the batter go farther so I added some psyllium husk and almond milk. let it sit for a bit. On that note, for those of you that end up with thick batter, coconut flour batter will absorb any liquid, so if you let it sit for even 5 min (depending on flour quality) it WILL get thick, just add liquid to thin it out.
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Can I grill this type of pizza?
I haven’t tried, feel free to experiment and see! 🙂
Is it possible to bake the crust? I’m terrible at flipping it!
You need to fry it first 🙂
do you know how many carbs protein and fats are in it
Hmmm not sure but feel free to calculate it using myfitnesspal or similar! 🙂