Oatmeal Pizza Crust Recipe with simple ingredients, takes minutes to make and creates no flour mess. Delicious gluten free pizza crust alternative!
You may also love cauliflower pizza crust recipe and almond flour pizza crust.
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I am here not to tell you that you should drop your family’s favourite pizza recipe, stop making pizza or that pizza is bad for you. No, none of that is true. What I am here to offer you is an easy flourless oatmeal pizza crust solution, if you are not “a flour girl” (oops, that sounds weird but I like it) like me and are looking for a simple yet lighter Friday night pizza solution.
What I mostly love about a rolled oats pizza crust is an absence of flour mess.
Oatmeal crust does hold toppings quite well and no need for a fork and knife.
How to Make Oatmeal Pizza Crust
Here is a quick overview how to make oatmeal pizza crust.
In a food processor, add cheese and process until fine crumbs form.
Then add eggs, oats and spices and process more.
I tried to keep cheese and eggs to a minimum but oat flour pizza dough needs a binder since oats do not contain gluten like wheat, to expand and bind together.
The pizza dough comes out pretty thick.
The best way to form a pizza crust is by dropping spoonfuls of dough on a baking sheet and flattening it with wet hands.
Wet hands are crucial and think of it similar to working with clay process. Your edges do not have to be perfect, neither does the shape.
Oatmeal pizza crust comes out a bit light brown.
Any shape baking sheet or pizza stone lined with parchment paper works for an oatmeal crust pizza.
You can also bake both crusts at same time on both racks. The top one will bake a tiny bit longer, so once the bottom rack pizza crust is ready, take it out and place a top one on a bottom for a few more minutes.
Toppings Ideas
OK, now onto the healthy BBQ chicken pizza I have going on here.
You can turn your oatmeal crust into any pizza you want:
- Cheese pizza for kids
- Vegan pizza with only veggies and dairy free cheese
- Meaty pizza.
I made a double batch of healthy BBQ sauce, used some for pizza and we still have leftovers.
So that’s it. Easy peasy. Enjoy!
More Pizza Crust Recipes to Try
- Cottage cheese pizza crust
- Sweet potato pizza crust
- Vegan cauliflower pizza crust
- Chicken crust pizza
Oatmeal Pizza Crust
Ingredients
Oatmeal Pizza Crust:
- 2 oz mozzarella or cheddar cheese, cubed
- 2 cups quick or rolled oats
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp dried herbs like basil, oregano or Italian
- 2 eggs, large
- Cooking spray, I use Misto
Healthy BBQ Chicken Oatmeal Pizza:
- 1 lb boneless chicken thighs and/or breasts, cut up in small pieces
- Healthy BBQ Sauce, *
- Favourite cheese, sliced
- Red onion, thinly sliced
- Cilantro, chopped
- Oatmeal Pizza Crusts
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees, line 2 pizza stones, round pans or large baking sheets with unbleached parchment paper and spray with cooking spray.
- In a food processor, add cheese and process on High until fine crumbs form. Add oats, salt, garlic powder, herbs and eggs; process on High until thick dough forms.
- Divide dough between 2 previously prepared baking sheets placing it in dollops. Using wet hands, flatten dough and shape it into round thin crust, about 1/4 an inch (just think of the thickness you would like your crust to be – dough doesn’t rise).
- Bake for 25 minutes (place both trays in the oven at once and then just bake the top one on a bottom rack a few extra minutes). Remove from the oven, top with sauce, your favourite toppings and cheese. Bake at 450 degrees F until cheese is melted.
- BBQ Chicken Pizza: In a large non-stick ceramic skillet, add chicken and cook for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add desired amount of BBQ sauce and turn off the heat. Spread desired amount of sauce on previously baked oatmeal pizza crust, top with desired amount of cheese, BBQ chicken, red onions and cilantro. Bake at 450 degrees F until cheese is melted.
- You can hold pizza by the slice, it holds very well and the crust is very crunchy and thin like on a thin crust pizza. If you like that! Enjoy!
Notes
- Freeze: Crust only. Fully cook, cool completely and freeze in a large Ziploc bag for up to 3 months. Bake with toppings as per instructions + a few extra minutes.
- *Make double batch of the sauce – it is so easy to make, goes with anything and keeps refrigerated for weeks.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
This is amazing. Thanks for the exclusively very tasty and healthy recipes.
My pleasure!
Omg! Made this today! Absolutely love it. Tip…. I added and extra egg and half cup grated zucchini to crust mix. Easier to spread with the extra egg. And crust is still sturdy/firm and supports the toppings. I put sausage, onion, tomato, diced zucchini (my garden is out of control) peppers and olives. Traditional pizza sauce and shredded cheese.
Love this gluten free recipe!!!
Will definitely make this again with different varieties of toppings
So glad you enjoyed it and thank you for sharing how you made it!
This tasted and turned out great. But it is very hard to spread onto the pan. I did it with wet hands and it took forever. I have arthritis and tender hands and it really made my hands hurt. Is there an easier way to spread it on the pan?
You could try a rolling pan sprayed with cooking spray and see if that helps! Glad you enjoyed the end result.
Add and extra egg!!! And spread it with a spatula. I also put half cup shredded zucchini. But I think it was the extra egg that made it spread easily. Good luck! Try it again
Thank you Katie for those notes on how you adjusted it!
I can’t eat salicylates so oats have been a staple in my diet for a year. I did a different version of this… mixed the crust ingredients in a bowl using my own ground oats, parsley instead of garlic powder or Italian spices, and a little extra cheese. Then after baking the crust, I made a topping with roasted garlic, Parmesan cheese and mozzarella cheese. Absolutely delicious! The crust has a corn meal texture that is really lovely. This will be in my regular repertoire from now on!
so glad you enjoyed it, thanks for sharing how you made it!
Is the nutrition info for the BBQ pizza.or for the crust only?
Hi Karen. The nutritional info is just for the oatmeal pizza crust (sorry for the confusion).
This recipe is very timely. Thank you for sharing. Is the nutritional info per slice or for a 8″ single crust?
The nutritional info is for a 8″ single crust. Hope that helps!
I was really afraid it won’t taste good as the majority of healthy food and my entire family was looking at what i was doing like i am crazy but when we all tasted it we were amazed.
Thank you thank you thank you for making dieting easier.
So happy you liked it Mohamed!
This crust was fun to make and tasty. As a traditional rolling pin baker I was somewhat leery of working with the dough, but it turned out well and was loved by our family. We will definitely make this again. Looking forward to following Olena’s other recipes!
Awe, thanks for the positive review Cathy!