This easy sweet potato pizza crust is simple to make and tastes amazing. It’s also gluten-free!
Okay, this recipe is one I’m really excited about.
This sweet potato pizza crust is simple to make and absolutely delicious.
It’s sturdy enough to hold all your favorite toppings and it happens to be naturally gluten-free.
A Super Tasty Pizza Crust
We’ve shared a lot of pizza crust recipes over the years, but this definitely lands in the top two. I think my numero uno is my 5-Ingredient Quinoa Pizza crust, but sweet potato pizza crust definitely comes in at #2 or #3.
One of the pizza recipes you might remember is the zucchini pizza crust that I shared over the summer. Well, the concept of this crust is similar but since we're using sweet potato as the base, it ends up getting crispier and can be made easily all year round.
The crust is simple: we’re using grated sweet potato, mixing it with a little quinoa flour, adding nutritional yeast and garlic powder for flavor, and then binding it together with eggs. Once it bakes, it turns nice and crispy and delicious!
How to make a Sweet Potato Pizza
Once you've got your pizza “dough” together, it's time to get a little dirty!
Since the dough is kind of wet and sticky, we're going to be spreading it out with our hands. I like to just put it onto my baking sheet (lined with parchment of course!), and then lightly wet my hands. Slightly wet hands will prevent the dough from sticking to you and will help you spread it out more evenly.
Once you've got it spread out – you can make it into whatever shape you want – it's time to bake it!
I baked this one at 400ºF for about 25 minutes before flipping it over. You definitely want to cook it on both sides so that it has the chance to get crispy on both sides. From there, let it bake a little longer to make sure it's cooked through, and then move on to your toppings!
My Favorite Pizza Toppings
I think for your sauce, you could really go with anything, but since sweet potato is on the sweeter side, I felt like a tomato sauce made the most sense. So just spread a thin, even layer of sauce onto the crust and move onto your cheese.
Since I don’t eat dairy, I use vegan cheese. I’ll be honest and say I haven’t found one that perfectly replaces traditional cheese yet. Many of the options on the market have a flavor or texture that doesn’t quite match what I’m looking for.
For me, vegan cheese is more of an occasional treat rather than something I use regularly. If I had to pick a favorite, I really like Parmela Creamery.
After I've got the cheese it's time for veggies! I love the combination of onion and mushroom, but cherry tomatoes, artichokes, peppers and even kale can also be great! Just go with whatever you have on hand and whatever sounds the best to you ????
Finally, just pop that pizza back in the oven for 5 – 10 minutes until your toppings are cooked through and you're ready to dig in!
More Easy Pizza Recipes:
- 5-Ingredient Quinoa Pizza
- Protein Pizza Crust
- Cauliflower Crust Pizza
- Best Grain-Free Pizza Crust
- Low Carb Zucchini Pizza
- Summer Tomato & Zucchini Pizza
Gluten-Free Sweet Potato Pizza Crust
Ingredients
- 3 cups shredded sweet potato
- 1/2 cup quinoa flour
- 1/4 cup nutritional yeast
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 large eggs beaten*
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400ºF and line a baking sheet with parchment.
- Add the sweet potato to a bowl, along with the flour, nutritional yeast and seasonings and stir until the sweet potato and flours are evenly combined.
- Add the eggs to the bowl and stir to form a sticky dough. Transfer the dough to the baking sheet and spread the mixture out using your hands to form a thing pizza shape (about 1/8" thick).
- Bake on the center rack for 25 minutes, then flip and bake for another 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and top with your desired toppings, then bake for another 5 - 10 minutes until the toppings are cooked. Allow the crust to cool for 10 minutes before slicing and serving.
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Thank you for this amazing recipe. I have overhauled my diet to help with my MS symptoms and this recipe is TRULY life changing! I didn’t have quinoa for so I substituted sorghum flour. Thank you for sharing the love! 💕
YAY! So happy you enjoyed it!
We loved this. We did use the flax eggs. It wasn’t sticking together with just two, so I added two more. It was fantastic. Will definitely be making it again.
Amazing! So you ended up doing 4 flax eggs?
Can this crust be frozen?
Definitely!
Is it 122 kcal per slice ?
Also , do you knoq how much grama the whole pizza has ? I am trying to add it to my LIfesum app
It’s per serving, yes! And I would just multiple all the other numbers by the serving size to get the nutrition for the whole pizza 🙂
I can’t find quinoa flour, so I used gf flour blend. Still worked well. Tasty pizza thanks ????????
Awesome! So happy to hear it worked 🙂
Emma, if you have dry quinoa on hand, use that and grind in a coffee grinder til it’s flour like consistency.
Gave this a shot – as I had sweet potatoes to use up, and, it sounded really good. I matched the recipe exactly – except I pulsed the potato in the food processor. At the time it came to flip the dough, it was utterly stuck to the parchment paper. I should have known to treat the paper first, but, I went back to check the directions and it isn’t mentioned. Anyway…
Hmm that’s never happened to me before! I might have just needed a few more minutes before it was flipped so that the moisture was evaporated more and the paper released more easily. Sorry about that!
What could you use for a different binder – my littles are allergic to egg, wheat and dairy.
I think you could try a flax egg!
Hey! Wondering what you did for cheese on your pizza? I think I e heard you say you don’t like vegan cheese!
I used daiya on this one! I don’t love vegan cheese, but do use it sometimes for recipes like this 🙂
Thank you for this! Question: Are the calories listed per slice? To prevent overdoing it, I am asking 😉 looks great.
Yes!
Sounds delish! Can’t wait to try it. Just an FYI! Not sure but I may have found a typo. Is this supposed to be form a thin pizza shape? ” to form a thing pizza shape (about 1/8″ thick).”
Can you sub anything for quinoa flour? I’m allergic 🙁
any other grain flour should work fine! Hope you try it 🙂
Would almond flour work
It might! It’s a slightly different texture and is less absorbent, so you might want to add more than the recipe calls for!
Wow I need to try this recipe! Thank you!
YES! It’s so so good 🙂
Does it matter if I use oat flour and will texture be affected? Also, I dont have nutritional yeast in my pantry. Is anything else affected other than taste if I dont add it into the recipe? LOVE your ideas! Ive been getting tired of making sweet potato the same way for meal prep and have 3 small ones left sitting in fridge.
I would say you can def use oat flour, so try that but maybe use a smidge more to help offset the nutritional yeast. If you can tolerate dairy, you could also use parmesan instead of nutritional yeast!