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Close up of healthy vegan pizza dough brushed with garlic butter and topped with fresh herbs before baking

Healthy Vegan Pizza Dough

M.J.
Healthy vegan pizza dough brushed with garlic butter and fresh herbs, baked until golden with crisp edges and a soft, tender center — an easy, flavorful plant-based pizza base for homemade pizza night.
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Dinner
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour or spelt flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons unsweetened applesauce
  • 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1 tablespoon plant-based butter melted
  • 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon dried parsley or any other herb you like

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
  • Combine the following dry ingredients in a large bowl: flour, baking powder, salt.
  • Knead the dough for one minute and form the dough into a ball.
  • Whisk together the following wet ingredients in a separate bowl: applesauce, apple cider vinegar.
  • Dust hands with flour before slowly adding the wet mixture into the dry ingredients, using hands to create your dough.
  • Keep adding the wet mixture until your dough is wet enough to knead. You may need to add more water than specified.
  • Form the dough into a ball, then spread the dough into a greased baking pan.
  • Whisk the garlic powder and herb of choice into the melted butter and brush it onto the dough.
  • Add any toppings that you are using, and bake for 10-15 minutes or until the edges are slightly browned.
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