Satisfy both your crispy pretzel and homemade pizza craving in one single delicious meal! This pizza has a thin and crispy pretzel crust pizza and totally customizable toppings!
I am a big pizza person. If a week goes by without having pizza be it homemade or Dominos (Even though I must admit that homemade is my favorite), I start getting pizza cravings so bad that I totally go ahead and change my planned dinner menu and run to the grocery store just so we can have pizza at home. Yes, you may call me a crazy pizza lady!
This PIZZA is different. Nothing like your usual thin crust pizza or should I say way better than a regular pizza? For long time I kept on watching this trailer from Little Ceasars for their pretzel crust pizza. I heard both good and bad reviews about it and still I wasn’t convinced to give it a try. The main problem being that I am not a thick pizza crust kind of person. I feel you taste way more dough than the actual toppings on the pizza.
So here I was all happy in my world where there was no space for thick pretzel crust pizza and one day out of the blue, I came across pretzel crust pizza recipe by Creme de la crumb and I just had to make it. Yes I am kind of weird in these ways. Sometimes I see a recipe and my plans totally change. My family is not always happy with this as I promise them something in the morning but midday my plans change and I start working on totally different recipe. They come home to something totally different.
But this pizza. I went with thin crust as you might have guessed by now. It was the best pizza with a thin crispy crust that tasted just like eating a pretzel and you can totally taste all the flavorful toppings too.
We went with simple cheese and veggie toppings but you can go with the classic cheese and pepperoni or have fun with the toppings of your choice.
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- 1⅓ cups warm water
- 1 tablespoon active dry yeast
- 2 tablespoon sugar or honey
- 3½ cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ⅓ cup baking soda
- 1 tablespoon melted butter
- coarse sea salt
- 1-1.5 cups pizza sauce
- 1 cup shredded cheese (I used a mix of sharp cheddar and fontina)
- Chopped Veggies if you are going vegetable topping route (I used red onions, bell pepper, olives, jalapenos)
- In a bowl combine warm water, yeast, and sugar and stir to mix. Allow to rest for 5 minutes until it starts to foam.
- Add flour and 1 teaspoon salt to yeast mixture. Mix until a dough forms. Knead for 5 minutes until dough is smooth and tacky but not too sticky.
- Remove dough from bowl and allow to rest on a well-floured surface for 10 minutes.
- Fill a stock pot (the largest pot you have, at least 10 inches wide) with about 2-3 inches of water. Bring to a boil. Add baking soda - careful, it will bubble and rise. Reduce water to a simmer.
- Divide dough into 4 equal portions (if making thin crust or divide in 3 portions for a thicker crust pizza) and roll them out into 8-inch discs.
- Gently drop one dough disc into the simmering water. Allow to boil for 30-40 seconds. Use slotted spoons or slotted spatulas to carefully lift dough from the pot and transfer to a paper-towel lined plate. Repeat with remaining discs.
- Transfer dough discs to a lined baking sheet. I did two at a time. Brush with melted butter. Sprinkle with coarse sea salt.
- Bake for 10 minutes at 420. After 10 minutes, top crusts with pizza sauce, cheese, and any other toppings you want. Bake for 10-15 minutes more until cheese is melty and crust is browned. Serve immediately.
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I love the idea of making this pizza with my daughter, and kill 2 birds with one stone. Like you said, satisfy that pizza and pretzel craving in one. Just got a pizza stone and love putting tons of veggies on pizza. Fun activity to do with my girls too =)
Laura where did you buy pizza stone from?? I need one too and doors it really makes a big difference to pizzas??! Anyways give this a try!!
I like a crispy pizza crust too. I’ll have to give this a try, no cheese of course! 🙂
Hey you can may be use a vegan cheese!! I recently saw trader joes selling some!
I love thin crust pizza too. This recipe is so interesting, definitely goes to my to-make list. 🙂
Now Shinee i wish i had this for brunch!!
This combination of pizza sounds so delicious will have to make it soon and the picture is too tempting 🙂
Thanks Priya!! Let me know how it turns out.
I much prefer thin crust over anything! And I LOVE that pretzel crust, I’ve gotta try it sometime! Pinned 🙂
Thanks Christina and you should totally try this!!
This pizza looks fabulous! A thin pretzel crust?! Must try stat!
You should Marla!!
Tasty and yummy pizza
Thanks!!
Wow, I love this idea! Especially loving the “brush with butter, sprinkle with salt” part. 🙂
Hehe thanks girl!
This looks so yummy! Like something my husband would love! hehe
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Thin crust pizza is my favorite! Love the idea to make a crispy pretzel crust – it looks amazing!
Kelly give it a try!! You will love these!
Dough just falls apart when I try to take it out of the water. Not a good recipe at all.
Matt I never faced this problem. May be you rolled the dough too thin I guess???
I made sure the size of my life crust was manageable, one I could take out from water using a big flat spatula. Hope this helps.