Keto Sunflower Seed Flour Pizza Crust

This nut-free sunflower seed flour crust is made with just 5 ingredients and can be personalized with a wide array of toppings to suit a variety of diets.

With a few simple steps, this recipe can be prepped in 10 minutes and cooked in less than 15 minutes.

💛 Why you’ll love this recipe

• A great recipe to have on hand for pizza lovers who have peanut, tree, and/or coconut allergies (this recipe doesn’t include almond flour or coconut flour, which are very common ingredients in low-carb pizzas).
• Perfect for meal prepping – it can easily be made in advance and then stored in the refrigerator or freezer for times you want to quickly throw together a pizza night.
• Low in carbs and keto-friendly.
• The pizza dough is made without yeast, meaning one less ingredient you need to worry about!
• The perfect base layer for all of your favorite pizza toppings.

➡️ Ingredients

• Shredded mozzarella cheese
• Cream cheese
• Egg
• Ground sunflower seed meal
• Salt

(Need ingredient substitution suggestions? See that section below for my recommendations.)

⏲ How to make keto sunflower seed flour pizza crust

This is an overview of the recipe’s instructions. The full instructions can be found in the recipe card at the bottom of this post.

1. Melt cheese in the microwave then add an egg, ground sunflower seed meal, and salt to the bowl.
2. Knead together to form a dough then chill in the refrigerator.
3. Roll the chilled dough into a crust then transfer it to a baking sheet.
4. Bake it at 400 degrees until golden.

🍴 Net carbs

Per serving, this sunflower seed flour pizza crust contains 1.8 grams of net carbs. The recipe, as written, yields 10 servings. One serving is equivalent to 1 slice of the crust.

Net carbs are calculated by taking total carbs, subtracting fiber, and subtracting sugar alcohols.

The full nutrition information for this recipe, including the calorie content, total carbs, protein, and fat per serving, can be found in the nutrition label located below the recipe instructions.

👉 Ingredient substitution suggestions

• Shredded Mozzarella Cheese: Shredded Provolone, white cheddar, or Monterey Jack cheese can be subbed in at a 1:1 ratio for this recipe.
• Cream Cheese: If you do not follow a nut-free diet, almond milk cream cheese should be able to be subbed in for regular cream cheese at a 1:1 ratio. Due to my allergies, I cannot test this substitution, but I think it should work.
• Egg: A flax egg works perfectly here in place of the 1 egg this recipe calls for. To make the flax egg, mix together 1 tbsp ground flax seeds with 3 tbsp water. Set aside for 5-10 minutes until the mixture thickens, then use as instructed in the recipe for the 1 egg.
• Ground Sunflower Seed Meal: Make your own ground sunflower seed meal by pulsing raw sunflower seeds in a food processor until fully ground. Almond flour can be used at a 1:1 substitution ratio, if you eat nuts.

Keep in mind that any changes you make to this recipe will modify the total net carbs.

✨ Variations

• Taco Pizza: The way we make it most often. We follow this recipe for Keto Taco Pizza.
• Pepperoni and/or Sausage Pizza: We make this with Rao’s Homemade Sensitive Marinara Sauce mixed with some tomato paste, Italian seasoning, and garlic powder, topped with shredded mozzarella cheese, and pepperoni and/or Italian sausage. After baking the crust and adding toppings, I return the baking sheet to the oven to bake until the cheese has melted, which usually takes anywhere from 8-15 minutes, depending on how many toppings we’ve added.
• Bacon Cheeseburger Pizza: Pizza meets bacon cheeseburger. This is REALLY good. We use this recipe for making keto-friendly bacon cheeseburger pizza.
• Veggie Pizza: Packed with veggies and really delicious. We use this recipe for Keto Green Pizza.
• Breakfast Pizza: This one is delicious and makes for a perfect “breakfast for dinner” meal. We use this recipe for our keto-friendly breakfast pizza.

💬 FAQs

📚 Keto pizza recipes to try

• Low-Carb Zucchini Pizza Casserole
• Fathead Taco Pizza
• Keto Fruit Pizza