Vegan Party Pizza

This vegan pizza recipe shows you how to make pepperoni combo pizza in the shape of a giant paw print. This is a fun addition to any dog-themed party, potluck, or picnic. Doggo-loving kids (and grownups) will get excited for this pizza, and the recipe has shortcuts for making it quicker and easier.

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• Vegan Pizza Dough Recipe
• How to Make a Vegan Pizza
• Ingredient Substitutions
• Contact Me with Questions
• Similar Recipes

I used to have a backyard pizza oven, but it always burned the pizza in spots and was kind of a pain in the butt, so I just make all my pizzas in my standard home oven now, and they always come out good. There are certain things that make the pizzas better, like using bread flour instead of all-purpose flour and preheating the oven with the baking stone inside, but if you make this pizza using regular flour and don’t preheat the pizza stone, it’s still super delicious.

This recipe makes 1 large and 4 personal size vegan pizzas, to form one giant dog paw print. It serves 6-8 people.

Vegan Pizza Dough Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon (12g) active dry yeast
• 2 cups (430g) warm water (around 110º)
• 2 teaspoons (11-12g) raw, vegan, or organic sugar*
• 5 cups (650g) flour
• 2 teaspoons (14g) salt
• 1 teaspoon (3g) garlic powder (optional)
• 2 tablespoons (20g) nutritional yeast (optional)
• 2 tablespoons (25g) olive oil (optional)
• extra flour for dusting rolling surface

Vegan Pizza Dough Directions

prep time: 15 minutes | wait time: 45-90 minutes

Whisk 1 tablespoon (12g) yeast, 2 cups (430g) warm water, and 2 teaspoons (11-12g) sugar in a bowl or measuring cup. Set aside for a few minutes.

Measure 3 cups (390g) of the flour into another bowl.

Add 2 teaspoons (14g) pink sea salt and 1 teaspoon (3g) optional garlic powder to the bowl with the flour.

Combine the seasoned flour and the yeasted water together in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the dough hook and turn onto low speed at first, followed by incremental increases in speed when you’re certain that none of the ingredients will fly out the top.

Scrape the sides and bottom (after stopping the mixer) of the mixing bowl using a silicone spatula if it seems like there is still flour not getting mixed in.

Add 2 tablespoons (20g) nutritional yeast (optional) and 2 tablespoons (25g) olive oil to the bowl of the stand mixer if you’re using them, and continue mixing.

Measure the last 2 cups (260g) of flour into the bowl you measured flour in last time if it’s still dirty.

Add the last of the flour while the stand mixer is stopped, and turn it back on the lowest speed so that the flour doesn’t try to have a raging party in your kitchen.

Increase the speed on your stand mixer to no more than speed 2, once you’re certain that no flour will fly out.

Mix for around 5 minutes, adding flour if it gets too sticky (I usually end up adding up to a half a cup of additional flour while it mixes, but I add it slowly, spoon by spoon).

Coat the inside of your largest bowl with olive or other vegetable oil. If you avoid oil completely, you can skip this step, but it’s gonna make it harder to get the dough out of the bowl later.

Transfer the dough from the stand mixer to the oiled bowl, once the dough stops sticking to the sides and bottom of the mixing bowl.

Form the dough into a ball in the bottom of your oiled bowl, with the seam on the bottom.

Cover the bowl with cling wrap or a lid and set in a warm place to rise. It takes around 45 minutes (in the summer) or as long as an hour and a half (in the winter). In the winter, when my house is coldish (anything below 75 degrees is cold if you’re born in California), I set it on my stove and turn the oven to 200 degrees. You can also set it on top of your clothes dryer if you’re doing laundry.

Vegan Pizza Ingredients

• 1 (15 ounce) can organic tomato sauce*
• 1 (6 ounce) can organic tomato paste*
• 1 teaspoon basil
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• ½ teaspoon thyme
• ½ teaspoon garlic powder
• ½ teaspoon onion powder
• ½ teaspoon pepper
• ½ teaspoon salt
• vegan mozzarella cheese (grated or crumbled - I used violife grated)
• any other pizza ingredients you like, cut into very small pieces (I used vegan pepperoni, watermelon radishes, mushrooms, and broccoli)

How to Make a Vegan Pizza

prep time: 30 minutes | bake time: 20-26 minutes

Preheat the oven as high as it will go (anywhere between 475°and 550° is good).

Mix together all the sauce ingredients in a bowl: tomato sauce, tomato paste, 1 teaspoon basil, 1 teaspoon oregano, ½ teaspoon thyme, ½ teaspoon garlic powder, ½ teaspoon onion powder, ½ teaspoon pepper, and ½ teaspoon pink sea salt (or any salt).

Roll half of the pizza dough into a round pizza crust.

Transfer the rolled out pizza dough to a baking stone.

Top with sauce, but don’t spread it too thick or it could make the crust soggy.

Add half your toppings, saving the other half for the smaller pizzas. I used vegan pepperoni, watermelon radishes, mushrooms, and broccoli. When I’m out of homemade pepperoni, I sometimes use Louiseville Pepperoni Jerky instead.

Bake for 10-13 minutes on the middle or lower rack, just until the toppings start to brown on the edges.

Divide the remaining dough into 4 equal sized pieces while the first pizza is baking.

Roll one of the pieces into a circle.

Set the circle on a baking stone.

Repeat with the other 3 balls of dough until the baking stone has all 4 circles.

Top lightly with sauce and divide the remaining toppings across all 4 pizzas.

Bake for 8-10 minutes on the middle or lower rack, just until the toppings start to brown on the edges.

I made this adorable paw print shaped pizza on new year’s eve, because I make some sort of pizza every new year’s eve, and because I love dogs. For other dog themed vegan party food, check out my dog cake.

Ingredient Substitutions

• Flour: I have used 00 flour, bread flour, and all-purpose flour in this recipe with great results. I’ve never tried substituting a gluten-free flour blend, but if you try it, let me know how it is.
• Sugar: Use any kind of sugar to activate the yeast, as long as it’s vegan. You can use sucanat, coconut sugar, raw sugar, organic sugar, or demurara. If you’re not sure if your sugar is vegan, you can contact the company and ask. Or just avoid conventional white sugar or granulated sugar, and you should be ok.

If you have time to start your pizza dough the night before or even days before, you don’t even need sugar to activate the yeast. This is great for weeknights, when you don’t have time to wait for dough to rise.

To make overnight dough, follow the same instructions above, except you only need 1 teaspoon of yeast instead of a tablespoon, and you can skip the sugar. When you cover the bowl of dough and leave it on the counter, you’ll leave it overnight instead of just for an hour. If you think you won’t use it the next day, stick it in the fridge, and it will stay good for a few days in the fridge. Some people say it gets even better. Yeast: This recipe uses active yeast, but if you have instant yeast, you can skip the step where you dissolve the yeast in water. Your rise time might also be faster with instant yeast. Oil: The oil in this recipe is optional. If you avoid oil, simply omit it.

Comments or Questions?

If you make this recipe, I would love it if you’d snap a pic, post to instagram, and tag me @vegandollhouse. It seriously makes my day/week/month!

Please message me (instagram or email) if you have any questions or feedback about the recipe.

Similar Recipes

I have a lot of other pizza recipes on this blog that you can check out if you’re interested, such as pizza donuts, pizza pockets, pizza rolls, and detroit pizza.

For other vegan picnic food ideas, check out my picnic food recipes.

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* I use mostly organic ingredients when I cook, but I realize that not everyone has the disposable income to purchase all organic ingredients. Therefore, I only specify organic on the ingredients that really matter - when buying the organic version is the only way to ensure that the item is vegan.