This Low Carb Pizza Crust for “Fathead Pizza” is a super simple recipe for when you are craving a carb-laden pizza but don’t want to bust your diet. The golden crust and spongy inside actually has the same texture as a panned pizza from Pizza Hut!

Low-Carb Pizza Crust Recipe

Pizza is hands down my favorite junk food.

When I recently had to fast for 48 hours for a medical procedure, the first thing I ate when I was allowed to? Pizza.

While I still allow myself a cheat meal of real, take-out pizza every once in awhile, I’m super happy to have found this low carb pizza dough for when I’m having a serious pizza craving but I don’t want to stop my progress.

What is Fathead Pizza? Tom Naughton shared the original recipe in 2013 and is named after his documentary (you can watch the trailer and the full movie here). It’s a grain-free, low-carb pizza crust alternative made from cheese, almond flour and eggs.

You can use fathead pizza dough to make low carb pizza, cheater focaccia bread, or for dinner buns.

Now, I like to bake my dough until I get a golden, crunchy exterior, but you definitely can cook yours a bit less to your own personal preferences. You can also make mini individual pizzas with this recipe, just be sure to reduce the baking time accordingly.

Can you freeze fathead pizza dough? Yes! The method I recommend is to bake the crust (without toppings) and then it can be stored in the fridge for up to 3 days (some people have told me it can last up to 10 but we never last that long), or wrapped in the freezer for up to 2 months. 

For my low carb friends, if you cut it into 6 slices, this pizza works out to 1.2g net carbs per slice before toppings. (If you cut it into 8 slices, it’s 0.9g net carbs.)

Ingredients for Keto Pizza Dough

• Cream cheese
• Mozzarella cheese, shredded
• Eggs, beaten
• Almond flour
• Salt and pepper, to taste

Tip: you can prep the crust the night before and refrigerate until you’re ready to top with eggs and quickly cook for an easy weeknight supper.

Kitchen Tools You May Find Helpful

• Cast iron skillet
• Cheese grater
• Measuring cups and spoons
• Large mixing bowls
• Wooden spoon

How to Make a Low-Carb Pizza Crust

Preheat oven to 400, grease a cast iron pan.

Mix cream cheese and mozzarella together in a bowl.

You can optionally microwave for 1 minute to melt the cheeses together.

Add beaten eggs to almond flour, mix well. Combine with the cheese mixture and work until a dough is formed.

Press dough into greased cast iron skillet.

Bake for 10 minutes.

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Fathead pizza dough is a super simple low carb pizza dough for when you feel like cheating on your low carb diet, but you still want to be good!

For more low carb take-out copycat recipes, check out our Meat Lover’s Breakfast Pizza or our Low Carb Pad Thai Zoodles with Shrimp.