This 5 ingredient, Whole Wheat No-Yeast No-Rise Vegan Pizza Dough is a quick and easy alternative to take-out pizzas that can be enjoyed any night of the week!
How is everyone? We're doing pretty good. Some days drag by, but overall I'm learning to cherish these slow, intimate days with my family of three. I know we are living in a weird season of life right now-- having to stay indoors and self-isolate--but I hope that the recipes I share during this time are helpful and bring delicious smells and joy to your homes! This whole wheat, no-yeast, no-rise pizza dough (phew, what a name!) is a recipe that I shared on the blog years ago and it has slowly become a reader-favorite. Especially now as I know many people are on a budget or strapped for time having to entertain kids, I hope this quick and easy pizza dough recipe will nourish not only your bodies, but your souls as well!
Ingredients for whole wheat vegan pizza dough
Because homemade pizza is usually so time consuming, most people just opt for take-out or delivery. And I don't blame them! You get your pizza fix and don't have to do all the prep or waiting. However, on the other hand, you're also getting loads more processed ingredients than you would if you made it at home. Oh and grease. We all know about the grease!
In fact, I just googled the ingredients in Domino's Deep Dish Pizza Crust and found this list:
Enriched Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin Folic Acid), Water, Malt, Sugar, Whey, Malted Barley Flour, Yeast, Soybean Oil. Zzesty Blend: Butter Flavored Oil (Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Soy Lecithin, Artificial And Natural Butter Flavoring, Vitamin A Palmitate And BetaCarotene for Color), Imitation Parmesan Cheese (Water, Modified Food Starch, Casein And Or Caseinate, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Cellulose Powder, Salt, Sodium Phosphates, Stabilizers [Mono And Diglycerides, Guar Gum, Carrageenan], Natural Flavor, Lactic Acid, Sorbic Acid [As A Preservative]), Onion And Garlic, Spices, Salt, Lactic Acid, Butter Flavor, Tomato Powder, Bell Pepper. Dextrose, Citric Acid, Extractive Of Paprika And Lemon And Orange Oil With No Greater Than 2% Calcium Silicate And/Or Soybean Oil Added to Prevent Caking.
Whatever happened to good, ol' pizza dough made with flour, yeast, water, salt and some spices?
That's what we're trying to get back to with this simple recipe. All you need to make this whole wheat, vegan pizza dough is the following:
- Whole wheat flour
- Baking powder
- Salt
- Non-dairy milk
- Olive oil
That's it! Plus, I'm sure most of you already have all these ingredients on hand in your pantry or fridge.
How to make pizza dough without yeast
While I'll always love yeasty pizza dough, I often don't care to spend a lot of time preparing it. That's why I love this no-yeast pizza dough! It's quick and easy and gives you your pizza fix in a fraction of the time. To make pizza dough without yeast, you can simply use baking powder. Baking powder is a leavening agent which will help your pizza dough rise in the oven. No yeast needed!
Substitutions for milk and oil in pizza dough
If you don't have non-dairy milk on hand or are trying to cut back on oil, then you can substitute the non-dairy milk for water and the olive oil for applesauce. I've done both and the crust still turns out well. I think I've even used pumpkin purée instead of the oil and it was still delicious!
How to make no-yeast, no-rise pizza dough
Add in the non-dairy milk (or water) and olive oil (or applesauce) and stir until a dough forms.
Form the dough into a ball and cover it with a dish towel to rest for about 10 minutes.
Roll the dough out into a 12 inch pizza, or whatever shape you desire.
Slice and enjoy!
Vegan pizza topping ideas
One thing I love about pizza is that you can create all kinds of unique, fun combinations with the toppings. We personally love classic cheese pizza with a marinara base and mozzarella cheese topping, but if you're getting bored, try out some of the other toppings/combinations listed below!
- Hummus, chickpeas and roasted veggies
- Refried beans, corn and salsa
- BBQ sauce and pulled jackfruit
- Vegan Caesar dressing and salad (don't cook the salad, but add it after the base has baked!)
- Pesto with sautéed peppers and mushrooms
- Buffalo sauce with "chickn" strips and ranch
- Alfredo sauce with asparagus and mushrooms
- Breakfast pizza with tofu scramble and tempeh bacon
How to reheat leftover pizza
If you have leftovers of this pizza--which I doubt you will--I recommend reheating any leftovers in the oven. A microwave works, but usually makes the dough soft and wet. Baking the pizza in the oven allows the crust to get a little crispy and browns the cheese beautifully! Simply place the leftover slices of pizza on a baking sheet and place them in a 350F degree oven for a few minutes until warmed through and the cheese is bubbly!
Other Easy Bread Recipes:
If you're in need of some other simple bread recipes, be sure to check out the recipes listed below. They are all simple to make and will leave your house smelling amazing!
- No-Knead Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread
- Easy Vegan Pizza Bread
- Easy Vegan Biscuits
- Easy Irish Soda Bread (or Farls!)
- 4 Ingredient Vegan Artisan Bread
Whole Wheat No-Yeast No-Rise Vegan Pizza Dough
This 5 ingredient, Whole Wheat No-Yeast No-Rise Vegan Pizza Dough is a quick, easy and healthy alternative to take-out pizzas that you can make any night of the week!
Ingredients
- 1 ⅓ cup whole wheat flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup non-dairy milk, unsweetened (or water)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil (or unsweetened applesauce)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.
- Whisk together the dry ingredients then stir in the milk (or water) and oil (or applesauce) until a dough forms. If the dough is too dry add 1-2 teaspoons of water at a time until the dough comes together.
- Knead the dough with your hands about 10 times and then form it into a ball. Cover the dough with a towel and let the dough rest for 10 minutes.
- On a sheet of parchment paper or a non-stick silicone baking mat, roll the dough out into a 12 inch circle or divide the dough in half for two smaller pizzas.
- Poke the dough with a fork and then bake it plain for 8 minutes. Remove the dough from the oven and cover with desired toppings. Return the pizza to the oven and bake 15-22 more minutes, or until the cheese has melted and the dough is cooked to your desired consistency. The amount of baking time will also depend on how thinly you rolled out your pizza dough.
- Slice and enjoy!
Notes
*I've tried this dough using both combinations of oil and milk and applesauce and water and liked both!
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Nutrition Information
Yield 3 Serving Size 2 slicesAmount Per Serving Calories 282Total Fat 11gSaturated Fat 2gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 9gCholesterol 3mgSodium 535mgCarbohydrates 41gNet Carbohydrates 0gFiber 6gSugar 2gSugar Alcohols 0gProtein 8g
Nutrition information is a rough estimate provided by Nutrionix and should be used for informational purposes only.
Yaz says
Hi! Does this freeze and thaw well?
Faith VanderMolen says
Hi! I'm actually not sure, as I've never frozen it before. I would think so. If you try it out, please let us know how it goes!
Sophia says
I love this recipe!! As a college student it’s so helpful when I am in a pinch for time, not to mention there’s no crazy ingredients. Thank you Faith!!!(-:
Faith VanderMolen says
Yes! Such a great recipe for college life! So glad you're enjoying it Sophia! Thanks for sharing:)
John A Sutherland says
Great recipe
Sardey Stallings says
What cheese did you put on the pizza? It looks really good, and like the real thing.
Faith VanderMolen says
I use Violife mozzarella block! All of Violife's cheeses are amazing:)
Mousumi Biswas says
Hi! I had been looking for a no yeast pizza for a long time . Thank you ? . I want to make the pizza tomorrow for breakfast . Can I make the dough in advance today in the evening and refrigerate it ?
Thank you in advance
Faith VanderMolen says
Hi! I'm glad you found this easy recipe! I've never made it in advance, so I'm not sure how it would turn out. If you do give it a try, I would definitely leave enough time for the dough to come back to room temperature. However, it may take as much time to warm the dough as it would to make the dough fresh! If you try it out and it works, let us know!
Aqdas Fatima says
I have tried it's come out very bad noot cook or very hard base I don't like it
Faith VanderMolen says
Sorry this recipe didn't work out for you!
Light and salt says
Thank you so much for sharing this delicious and healthy and Fast recipe.
May God bless you to help more people. You helped me today. 😁💕💕
Faith VanderMolen says
You're so welcome!
Joshua Howard says
Hi! Thank you for this recipe! The photos are really amazing! Two days ago I made this dough and I really liked it!
Faith says
That’s great news Joshua! Thanks for sharing!
Linda says
Hello it's me again. 😀 I do have another question for this recipe and i really don't want to annoy you. But I'm living in another country and I don't know how much is 1⅓ flour to grams.:(
Faith says
Hello again! Don’t worry about all the questions and I can so relate to the cups-to-grams issue. I unfortunately don’t know how many grams 1 1/3 cups of flour is. It sounds like you have a kitchen scale but no cup measures? If that’s the case, you can always use a mug and teaspoons/Tablespoons. Just choose a smaller mug and use it to measure all the different ingredients so that the ratio is the same. You can always add more flour or water as needed!
Kim says
I believe its 171 grams.
Faith says
Thanks Kim!
Alice says
Hi. Maybe you know how many calories does this pizza dough have? 🙂
Faith says
Hi Alice! Unfortunately I don’t know how many calories are in the dough. It depends on which ingredients you use. You could try using a site like cronometer. I hope you give it a try either way!
Mia74 says
Hi! I have been craving pizza for so long and I thought about making it. And your recipe looks so good and delicious. And don't want to be any humble but can I ask how many calories does the dough have? I'm on weight loss and as I said I was really craving pizza 🙂
Faith says
Hi! Thanks for your comment! I actually don’t know how many calories are in the dough. You could probably use a site like cronometer to figure hat out though. I hope you can give it a try either way! Let me know how it goes!
Linda says
Hello. This recipe looks really delicious and I can't wait to try it. But I do have a question. Instead of whole wheat flour can I use white whole wheat flour?
Faith says
Hi Linda! Yes, that should work great!
Valentina says
Oh god this looks so yummy!! I will definitely try this for dinner tonight!! And the toppings you used look so good!! What kind of veggies did you put? Did you cook them before putting them on the pizza? Thank you for this recipe!!!
Faith says
I hope you liked it Valentina! I've made all kinds of versions but my go to veggies are zucchini, red bell pepper, mushrooms and onion! Sometimes I do a barbecue sauce base that is also amazing:) And you can put the veggies on raw or already sauteed. Both will work! Please let me know how it works out for you!
Rebecca says
I'm really wanting to make come calzones, but most recipes I find call for refrigerated pizza dough, which to me has many of the same not-good-for-you things as take-out pizza. How might I adapt this recipe to use for calzones? I love that the recipe is easy, no-knead, vegan and whole-wheat so I want to be able to incorporate it into a calzone.
Faith says
Hey Rebecca! So fun you want to make calzones, cause we actually ate some the other day! But I for some reason didn't use this dough recipe so I'm not sure how it would work as a calzone. I wouldn't see why you couldn't use this recipe, but because it's whole wheat it might be a denser crust. If you try it out let me know if it works! We love it as a pizza crust, but I'd love to know if it'd be a good calzone option.
Nancy says
I make his all of the time now! My husband just requested it for dinner again tonight. Thanks for a great recipe.
Faith says
Isn't it the easiest?! So happy you enjoy it and make it often. It's one of my favorite, easy recipes! Thanks Nancy!
rita says
Excited to try this 🙂 thank you for sharing and making the world a healthier place! I feel like healthier food makes me more energetic and positive vs grumpy and lazy! Thank you!!!
Faith says
I hope you like it Rita! I just made it for dinner the other day and remembered how much I love this recipe. I hope it does give you energy and joy!!
Jana says
Hands down the best whole wheat, no yeast, vegan pizza dough out there! This was exactly what I was looking for -- healthy and simple (especially for someone who rarely bakes). I only had one cup of whole wheat flour left, so added a little corn meal, bulgur wheat, and white flour for the remaining half cup of flour and it still turned out excellent 🙂 The small amount of bulgur wheat added an extra crunch to the texture, which was tasty, but could have broken a tooth if I added any more to it. I've also experimented with different toppings depending on my mood and pantry contents (eggplant, squash, peppers, mushrooms, artichokes, etc.) and usually pair it with a bean-based soup -- the perfect meal! Thank you so much for giving me the perfect way to satisfy the occasional pizza craving 🙂
Faith says
This is music to my ears Jana!! Thanks so much for letting me know and for sharing what substitutions worked for you! I've been craving pizza actually so was gonna make this dough for he weekend. It's just too goo!!
Jasmin says
I tried and loved this pizza ! I am planning a pizza party and wanna make this for 15 people with some pasta and salad on the side. I wanted to know if I can prebake it just with pizza sauce and vegitables and bake it again with cheese on top when it's time to serve. Would it work?
Faith says
Yay Jasmin! That's great to hear! Wow, sounds like quite a party. I've never made it in advance before, but I would think you could do the initial baking and then have all your toppings reading. Then you would just need to add the toppings and bake the second time. If you added the toppings (sauce and veggies) too early I wonder if the base would get soggy?! Let me know what you end up doing and if it works out!!
Sherr says
You are awesome, girl! : )
I made this last night and it knocked the whole family's socks clean off! Thank you for being so kind to post such a wonderful and simple recipe that more than satisfied our need for good pizza. Your pictures are great! Keep up the good work. Luv ya!
Faith says
Yay! That's awesome news Sherr!! I'm so glad it worked and everyone loved it! So simple right?!
Claire says
This is exactly the pizza dough recipe I was looking for! Do you think it would work substituting olive oil for coconut oil?
Thanks!
Faith says
Hey Claire!! I'm so glad you're excited about this recipe. Yes, I think you could use both types of oil for sure. Let me know how it turns out!
Bernadette says
Can I use whole wheat pastry flour?
Faith says
That's a good question Bernadette! I've never tried it. I believe pastry flour is lower in protein, so it may not bind as well?!? I'd say go for it though!
Erika says
Making this for me and my mom for dinner!
It looks, smells, and feels like it will taste amazing, I can't wait!! 😀
Faith says
That's awesome Erika!! I'd love to know how it turns out!
Rachel says
I just made the pizza base! I swapped the whole wheat flour for whole grain spelt and I used applesauce, soy milk and half the salt as I like to that to minimum when cooking. It was delicious! It was so quick and easy, Its my new go to pizza base. Im going to make several and freeze then so they'll always be on hand.
Faith says
Yay! So glad you liked it and glad your substitutions worked! I often use all applesauce when it's just me too and I love it:) great idea to freeze them!!
Liz Martone says
I was just looking for a vegan whole wheat pizza crust so this is perfect timing 🙂
I totally agree with you about all the preservatives and chemicals in foods that we could be eating every day. I'm definitely a proponent of balance and feel like you shouldn't deprive yourself of your favorite things, but it's good to be aware of what is in our food to help us make those healthy choices every day. So many people don't even realize what is in the foods they eat, so I think that knowledge is our greatest power in helping make the world a healthier place!
Faith says
Yay! Glad I could help Liz! Thanks for commenting and sharing your thoughts...we're on the same page!
Leah M @ love me, feed me says
This looks amazing!! I've been craving pizza so hard lately, but like you when I want it I want it quick haha! Definitely going to give this a try!!
Faith says
Glad I could help you find a way to satisfy your craving...and quick! Thanks Leah!
Sarah says
YUM! We just had pizza night this past weekend and made 6 pizzas! We love making our own and home! Quick, easy, and like you said you know what's in it! That said my husband is the crust person and usually whips up a quick crust, he has a couple he makes but I had been challenging him to make one like the squishy neopolitain crust I like at a local pizza shop... still haven't nailed that down. I don't make the crust because of the yeast but now looks like I can whip up this one without him! Thank you for sharing!
Faith says
Wowza Sarah! 6 pizzas...that's so fun! Homemade pizza is seriously the best. This definitely isn't the same as restaurant or thick-crust pizza dough, but it's great if you like thinner crusts and need something quick! I hope you can give it a try:)
Kate @ Kate Lives Healthy says
What a great idea! I don't bake bread so never have yeast in the house. Can't wait to give this a whirl.
Faith says
Thanks Kate! I love not having to use yeast. I hope you like it!!
Kyra says
I love how easy this dough is! Definitely easy enough to make for lunch 😀 and that is a great idea to use applesauce to make it oil-free, I'm going to try that!
Faith says
Seriously, Kyra! It's super simple and perfect for quick lunches. I hope you like it!
Julie @ Running in a Skirt says
What a great recipe! Love that it can be made quickly in a pinch.
Faith says
Thanks Julie! That's the main reason I love it...fast!
Deborah @ Confessions of a Mother Runner says
yum that looks so good! I never would have thought of apple sauce, So easy! You are right people don't realize what is in the pizza they eat. Thanks for linking up with us today for meatless Monday.
Faith says
Thanks Deborah! I seem to put applesauce into everything lately:) Thanks for hosting!
Meg Bollenback says
I just have to say that your first photo is stellar! I love the action and detail in it....I just had breakfast, but it made me hungry for pizza simply by looking at it. And by no means am I saying that I dislike your other photos on this post, but man, that first one is awesome. This recipe looks absolutely fantastic. I am a big fan of homemade pizza and love that this is a no-rise dough and only has five ingredients! Seriously amazing. Thanks for sharing!
Faith says
Thanks Meg! You should have seen me trying to capture it! haha let's just say I'm not a professional;)
tina muir says
Yes! We were on the same mindset today! I talked about cravings, we shared one 🙂 But I am mad at you for showing me dominoes pizza dough ingredients...bleugh! I USED to love dominoes 🙂 I do love making my own pizza dough though. Will try your recipe out next time 🙂
Faith says
When is pizza not a craving!?! Sorry if I ruined Dominos pizza for you:( I'd love to know what homemade pizza dough recipe you use!