Easy Personal Keto Pizza
You don’t have to give up your favorite food on keto. This personal keto pizza uses a simple mozzarella-and-almond-flour crust (no cream cheese) and cooks in under 15 minutes. It’s low-carb, beginner-friendly, and perfect for single servings—no fancy equipment required.
Yes – pizza on a keto diet is possible, and you don’t have to have fancy kitchen gadgets or advanced culinary skills to make it. I know, because I made the cute little pizza you see pictured above.
The recipe was created by Suzanne Ryan, the genius behind the successful blog, Keto Karma.
Unlike typical fathead dough, which uses cream cheese, the main components of this pizza dough are simply mozzarella cheese, almond flour, and egg yolk. Let’s take a look at how to make it.
Ingredients
Crust
- ⅓ cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- ¼ cup blanched almond flour
- ⅙ teaspoon garlic powder
- Pinch of salt
- 1 large egg yolk
Toppings
- 1 ½ tablespoons no-sugar added pizza sauce
- ¼ cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 5 slices pepperoni
- ¼ teaspoon Italian seasoning
Instructions
- Place an oven rack in the top position. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
- To make the pizza crust: combine the mozzarella cheese, almond flour, garlic powder, and salt in a microwave-safe bowl and stir until well blended. Microwave for 25 seconds.
- Knead the dough with your hands for a few seconds. Add the egg yolk while the dough is still warm. Knead until everything is combined and roll it into a ball.
Form a disk as if you were making a hamburger patty. Place the dough on a parchment-lined baking sheet and use your hands to press it into a circle 5 to 6 inches in diameter and about ¼ inch thick (or use a rolling pin). If the dough cools too much to form properly, place it back in the microwave for 10 seconds.
- Use a fork to poke holes in several places throughout the crust before baking. Bake on the top rack of the preheated oven for 8 to 10 minutes, until the crust is golden brown.
- Remove the crust from the oven and flip it over. Top the flatter side with the pizza sauce and sprinkle with half of the cheese. Next, add the pepperoni slices, then sprinkle with the remaining cheese. Bake for another 3 to 4 minutes, until the cheese has melted.
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Quick and Easy Personal Pizza
Ingredients
Method
- Place an oven rack in top position. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
- Make the crust: In a microwave-safe bowl, combine the mozzarella cheese, almond flour, garlic powder, and salt and stir until well blended. Microwave for 25 seconds.
- Knead the dough with your hands for a few seconds. Add the egg yolk while the dough is still warm. Knead until combined and roll into a ball. Form a disk as if you were making a hamburger patty. Place the dough on a parchment-lined baking sheet and use your hands to press into a circle 5 to 6 inches in diameter and about ¼ inch thick (or use a rolling pin). If the dough cools too much for form properly, place it back in the microwave for 10 seconds.
- Use a fork to poke holes in several places throughout the crust before baking. Bake on the top rack for 8 to 10 minutes, until the crust is golden brown.
- Remove the crust from the oven and flip it over. Top the flatter side with the pizza sauce and sprinkle with half of the cheese. Next, add the pepperoni slices, then sprinkle with the remaining cheese. Bake for another 3 to 4 minutes, until the cheese is melted.
- Sprinkle the pizza with Italian seasoning before serving.
Nutrition
Video
Notes
by Suzanne Ryan, copyright 2017. Reprinted with permission.Tried this recipe?
Let us know how it was!
Tips & Variations
- You can use either a cookie sheet or pizza stone when making this recipe. Just be sure to use a layer of parchment paper.
- If you want to change the flavor profile, you can substitute ¼ cup cooked chicken and add 2 tablespoons of diced red onion. (One cup of chopped red onions has 12.2 net grams of carbs. Two tablespoons would have 1.525 carbs.)
- Additional toppings to consider are bell peppers (0.54 carbs in 2 tablespoons) and sliced black olives (1 medium black olive has approximately 0.22 carbs).
Common Keto Pizza Crust Mistakes
- dough too cool → won’t combine (reheat 10 seconds)
- using fresh mozzarella → watery crust
- skipping parchment → sticking disaster
- overloading toppings → soggy center
What is a good brand of pizza sauce to use?
- Rao’s Homemade All-Natural pizza sauce has no added sugar and has just 2 grams of carbs in ¼ cup.
- Prego makes a no-sugar-added traditional pizza sauce, and each half-cup serving has 9 grams of carbohydrates and 3 grams of dietary fiber.
- Primal Kitchen makes an unsweetened pizza sauce, and each ¼ cup serving has 6 grams of carbs and 2 grams of fiber.
Simply Keto Cookbook
This recipe comes from Simply Keto by Suzanne Ryan, creator of the Keto Karma blog. The cookbook focuses on practical, approachable low-carb recipes designed for real life—not complicated techniques or hard-to-find ingredients.
In addition to 100+ easy keto recipes, the book includes a helpful beginner-friendly overview of the ketogenic diet, covering topics like macros, nutritional ketosis, common pitfalls, and what foods to prioritize or avoid. It also features a 30-day meal plan and tips for sticking with keto long term.
If you’re new to keto or looking for dependable, no-nonsense recipes like this personal pizza, Simply Keto is a solid resource to have on hand.
You can find Simply Keto at major bookstores or online retailers like Amazon.com.
Last Bite
Pizza night just got an upgrade. Leave a comment below and tell me your favorite keto toppings—or if you made it extra cheesy like I did!
This was a perfect simple recipe, taste and texture of pizza crust was on point! I will definitely be using this every time I have a pizza craving! Yummy.
Tasty recipe. Still I remember the taste of the recipe. Thank you very much.
Author Suzanne Ryan, thanks so much for the post.Really thank you! Keep writing.