Totally Excellent Grain Free Pizza Crust

Since I am allergic to every grain in the US, pizza is something that I miss (not that we ate it often, but a nice treat once in a while). So when I was looking for grain free flours, I came across this recipe on the Bob's Red Mill Garbanzo & Fava Flour bag. We tried it and WOW! it is really good! Made right, it actually has the consistency of regular pizza crust. We doubled the recipe last time so each of us would have our own pizza - for leftovers, of course!

The toppings are up to you, but I also made my own pizza sauce (recipe follows) and used veggies and "healthy" canadian style bacon and pineapple. Ric had pepperoni & olives.

One word of caution: if beans tend to, well you know, affect your intestines, be sure not to eat too much in one sitting. :-P

Bob's Red Mill Grain Free Pizza Crust

1 Tbsp. Gluten Free Dry Yeast (one packet)
2/3 Cup Garbanzo & Fava Flour
1/2 Cup Tapioca Flour
1/2 tsp. Salt
2 Tbsp. Dry Milk Powder (we don't use this, just add milk to the water and reduce water by 2 Tbsp)
2 tsp. Xanthan Gum (a thickener that makes it taste like real crust)
1 tsp. unflavored gelatin powder
1 tsp. dried italian herbs
2/3 cup warm water(105)
1/2 tsp. sugar
1 tsp. olive oil
1 tsp. cider vinegar
Cooking spray

Preheat oven to 425. In medium bowl blend well yeast, flours, xanthan gum, salt gelatin powder and herbs. Add water with milk, sugar, olive oil and vinegar. With hand mixer beat on high for 3 minutes. Add water if dough too stiff. Dough should resemble soft bread dough. Put dough into 12 inch pizza pan that has been sprayed with cooking spray. Sprinkle extra garbanzo flour onto the dough, then press dough into pan. Bake dough for 10 minutes, remove from oven, top with favorite sauce and toppings. Put back into oven and bake for another 20-25 minutes. YUM!!

Pizza Sauce (ultra easy):
1 can tomato sauce
1 can tomato paste
salt to taste
italian herbs to taste

Mix above 4 ingredients together; spread on pizza crust.