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Easy Gluten Free Yeast Pizza, Flatbread or Focaccia Dough

Makes 2, 10" pizza crusts or 1 focaccia bread, 15.5" x 10"
Servings 2 10" pizza crusts
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 16 minutes
Rise Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 16 minutes

Ingredients

  • 180 grams, (1 ½ cups) Ryze Gluten Free Multi-Purpose Flour Mix (yellow bag) or 90 grams of Gluten Free Millet or Gluten Free Sorghum Flour plus 90 grams of White Rice Flour, gf
  • 120 grams (1 cup) Bob's Red Mill Finely Ground Tapioca Flour, Gluten Free or 60 grams of Bob's Red Mill Tapioca Flour plus 60 grams of Bob's Red Mill Unmodified Potato Starch, Gluten Free
  • 120 grams (3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon) Bob's Gluten Free 1 to 1 Baking Flour or other gluten free flour blend with xanthan gum
  • 68 grams (½ cup) finely ground cornmeal, gluten free brand (I use Safeway Organics Organic Corn Meal and grind finer in a food processor or Vitamix)
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch gluten free
  • 8 grams (2 ¼ teaspoons) Fleischmann's Active Dry Yeast or another gluten free brand
  • 1 tablespoon sugar or honey
  • .40 ounces (2 teaspoons) salt
  • 220 grams (1 cup minus 1 tablespoon) warm water
  • 2 tablespoons milk or dairy free milk, gluten free
  • 1 large egg (or 2 ounces) egg white
  • 20 ounces (1 ½ tablespoons) olive oil extra virgin
  •  ⅛ - ¼ cup gluten free flour to make a pliable, smooth, mildly firm dough

Instructions

  • In the bowl of a stand mixer with paddle attachment add the Ryze flour, the 1 to 1 gluten free flour, tapioca flour, finely ground cornmeal, cornstarch, yeast, and salt and mix until well combined.
  • Add the water, milk and oil and mix for 30 seconds. Add in the egg and mix on medium for 2 -  2 ½  minutes. 
  • Remove the bowl from the stand mixer. Add in enough gluten free flour, in tablespoon increments, stirring by hand after each addition, to make a mildly firm, but still soft and pliable dough. Cover the bowl and let the dough rest for 20 minutes.
  • Using gluten free 1 to 1 flour blend, flour a board or mat well. Set the dough unto the floured surface and knead gently for 3 to 4 minutes, adding in more flour to the board as needed to keep from sticking.
  • Follow instructions to make pizza or a flatbread, or instructions for making focaccia bread.

For Making Focaccia Bread

  • Let the dough rise in the bowl for 1 hour. Stretch and press the dough onto a lightly oiled rectangular stone pan or a cookie sheet with an edge, bringing the dough to each edge and corner of the pan. You will need the full recipe of dough to make a 15 x 10 inch focaccia bread. Cover the focaccia dough with a towel or cellophane and let rise for 1- 1 1/2 hours more.
  • Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Uncover the dough and using your finger press indentations in the dough every inch and a half, and 1/4 inch into the top of the dough. Drizzle generously with olive oil and add toppings of sliced garlic, olives, gluten free herbs or your choice, parmesan cheese, or a light amount of coarse salt. Add sun dried tomatoes during the last few minutes of baking.
  • Bake for 15-20 minutes total or until golden on top and edges. Slice into rectangles and serve while warm. **See note below for baking in a gas pizza oven.
  • **For baking in a gas pizza oven, do not pre bake the pizza dough. Heat the pizza stone and gas pizza oven to 690 degrees F. Top pizza with a drizzle of olive oil, and toppings, and bake for 3-7 minutes, lowering heat to 450 or 500 if needed near the end of cooking, to keep from burning the bottom or top. 

For Making Pizza or Flatbread

  • Divide into two equal pieces, weighing if you have a kitchen scale. Place each dough ball in a lightly oiled bowl and cover each with a towel.
  • Let each dough ball rise for 1 1/2 to 2 hours in the bowls. When it has finished rising and is very puffy, gather the dough ball into your hand without punching the dough down, and place on a well floured board. Shape each dough ball gently into a 10" round pie on the gluten free floured surface. Poke holes, using a fork, into the crust without going through the crust.
  • Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F with a stone pan, pizza stone, or metal cookie sheet. Remove the pan and add a tablespoon of olive oil in the center of the pan, then a shake of cornmeal, and slide one formed dough gently onto the center of the preheated pan. Drizzle with a little olive oil. Pre bake the pizza dough for 8 minutes. Remove from the oven, add toppings, and continue baking for 8-15 minutes more, or if crust is cooled bake for 15-20 minutes more. **See below for cooking in a gas pizza oven.
  • **For baking in a gas pizza oven, do not pre bake the pizza dough. Heat the pizza stone and gas pizza oven to 690 degrees F. Top pizza with a drizzle of olive oil, and toppings, and bake for 3-7 minutes, lowering heat to 450 or 500 if needed near the end of cooking, to keep from burning the bottom or top. 
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: flatbread dough, focaccia dough, gluten free pizza, gluten free yeast dough