Protein Pepperoni Pizza

This protein pepperoni pizza is made with a protein crust and turkey pepperoni to curb your cravings and provide 12 grams of protein per slice.

If you’re craving some fun food but still need to get that protein in, this one’s a must try. It’s cheesy, comforting, and made with an easy greek yogurt dough and turkey pepperoni to make it a lil healthier.

Here’s everything you need and how to make it!

What You’ll Need

Equipment

• Pizza pan: Mine is 12″.
• Parchment
• Rolling pin
• Pizza cutter

Ingredients

• Flour: For the best structure, I recommend using bread flour. It has a higher protein content which helps with gluten development and overall structure of your crust. Regular all-purpose flour works as well. NOTE: You can also use self-rising flour and skip the baking powder.
• Baking powder: Skip if you are using self-rising flour.
• Salt
• Oregano, basil, garlic powder: Adds flavor to the dough.
• Non-fat plain greek yogurt: Fage is the best since it’s thicker and less creamy – makes the dough less sticky and much easier to work with.
• Pizza sauce
• Mozzarella cheese
• Turkey pepperoni: 2x the protein and 1/2 the calories of regular pepperoni and still so good.

How To Make It

1. Preheat oven and prep pan: Preheat the oven to 450 F and line your pizza pan with parchment paper.
2. Mix the dry ingredients: In a mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, oregano, basil and garlic powder so everything is evenly distributed.
3. Add the greek yogurt: Add in the yogurt. I stir with a spoon until it forms a dough.
4. Form the crust: Lightly grease or dust your counter surface with flour and set down the dough. Knead the dough a bit to make sure everything’s combined well. Roll dough out into a circle the size of your pan, gently rolling in the edges to form a crust (I like to do this right on the parchment so I can just slide it on my pan).
5. Bake: Bake dough for 12 minutes. While dough is baking, grate the cheese and get the pepperoni and pizza sauce ready. Once 12 minutes are up, take out the dough and top with sauce, cheese and pepperonis. Bake for another 6-8 minutes, until cheese is melted and crust is golden brown.

Tips

• Bread flour: As mentioned above, using bread flour helps with gluten development and overall structure of the dough since it has a higher protein content.
• Greek yogurt: Fage greek yogurt will make your life so much easier when working with the dough. It’s a lot thicker and won’t turn into a sticky mess.
• Forming the crust: I spread the dough out right on the parchment and just slide it onto the pan.

You’ll Also Love

• BBQ chicken protein pizza
• Triple cheese tomato basil flatbread
• High protein bagels

As always, be sure to leave a rating and review down at the bottom if you try this protein pepperoni pizza! And don’t forget to tag me on Instagram. I love to hear from you and see what you’re making! ♡

Protein Pepperoni Pizza

5 from 7 votes

This protein pepperoni pizza is made with a protein crust and turkey pepperoni to curb your cravings and provide 12 g protein per slice.

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Prep Time:10 minutes mins

Cook Time:20 minutes mins

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Servings: 6

Calories: 163kcal

Equipment

• Pizza pan
• Parchment

Ingredients

• 1 cup bread flour (124 g)
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp each: dried basil, oregano, garlic powder
• 1 cup Fage non fat plain greek yogurt (227 g)
• 1/3 cup pizza sauce (84 g)
• 1 cup mozzarella cheese (84 g) grated
• 25 slices turkey pepperoni (45 g)

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 450 F and line a pizza pan with parchment (mine is 12").
• In a mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, oregano, basil and garlic powder. Add the greek yogurt and stir together until a dough forms.
• Lightly grease or dust counter with flour. Knead dough for a minute to fully combine, then use a rolling pin and your hands to spread into a circle the size of your pan, gently rolling the edges in to form a crust (I spread it out right on the parchment so I can just slide it on the pan).
• Transfer to your baking sheet and bake for 12 minutes. It may inflate, but will deflate after taking it out.
• Once crust is done, add sauce, cheese and pepperonis and put back into oven for 6-8 minutes, until cheese is melted and crust is golden brown. Slice into 6 pieces and enjoy!

Notes

• Forming the crust: I find it easiest to spread the dough out right on the parchment, then slide it onto your pan.
• Parchment: This is a must (or grease your pan very well) – the dough will stick to the pan without it.

Nutrition

Serving: 1slice | Calories: 163kcal | Carbohydrates: 18.6g | Protein: 12.2g | Fat: 4.7g

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