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Savory, cheesy, and golden, pizza donuts combine the best of pizza and fluffy doughnuts. Bite into one and taste the melty vegan cheese and zesty marinara!

This recipe makes 24 pizza donuts (depending how thinly you roll your dough).

Table of Contents

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• Pizza Dough Recipe
• Vegan Pizza Filling
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Ingredient Substitutions
• Video
• Nutritional Information
• Contact Me with Questions
• Similar Recipes

I’ve made a lot of pizza recipes in my day. This marriage of 2 of my favorite foods are by far my new favorite way to consume pizza. Pizza donuts are even better than the pizza rolls at Timeless Coffee (our all-vegan coffee shop in the bay area)!

This is a perfect recipe for anyone who has purchased donut pans and is looking for another way to use them. I mean, we have to justify the precious kitchen space they’re hogging, amiright? I’m already using this recipe to lure friends over for a slumber party. That’s how good they are! You too can have adorable pizza donut slumber parties. Just keep reading to find out how.

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Ingredients for Pizza Dough Recipe

(jump to the substitutions section to see ingredient details and suggestions for substitutions)

• 2 cups (450g) warm water (around 100 degrees F)
• 4 teaspoons (16g) active dry yeast
• 2 teaspoons (8g) organic or vegan sugar
• 5 cups (650g) flour
• 2 teaspoons (12g) salt
• 1 teaspoon (3g) garlic powder (optional)

How to Make Vegan Pizza Dough for Pizza Doughnuts

prep time: 13 min | rise time: 45-90 min

Whisk 4 teaspoons (16g) yeast, 2 cups (450g) warm water, and 2 teaspoons (8g) sugar in large bowl. Set aside for a few minutes.

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

Add 2 teaspoons (12g) 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.

Measure the last 2 cups (260g) of flour into the bowl you used before while the mixer is mixing.

Add the last of the flour while the stand mixer is stopped. 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 to no more than speed 2, once you’re certain that no flour will fly out.

Mix for around 5 minutes. Add flour only if it’s sticking to the sides of the bowl after mixing for a few minutes. (If it only sticks on the bottom, that’s fine.) But add it slowly, one teaspoon at a time so you don’t add too much.

Coat the inside of your largest bowl with olive or another 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 mixing bowl to the oiled bowl once the dough has been mixing for about 5 minutes.

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

Cover the bowl with towel or a lid and set in a warm place for 45-90 minutes to rise. The time range for dough rising depends on the temperature of your house. It’s fastest in the summer and slowest in the winter.

Filling Ingredients for Pizza Donuts Recipe

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• 1 can (15oz/425g) tomato sauce
• 1 can (6oz/170g) tomato paste
• 1 teaspoon (1g) basil
• 1 teaspoon (1g) oregano
• ½ teaspoon thyme
• ½ teaspoon (1-2g) garlic powder
• ½ teaspoon (1g) onion powder
• ½ teaspoon (1g) ground black pepper
• ½ teaspoon (3g) salt
• 5 ounces (142g) vegan pepperoni
• 8 ounces (227g) vegan mozzarella cheese

How to Make Vegan Pizza Donuts

prep time: 1 hour | bake time: 15-20 min

Oil all of your donut pans well. This is important so that your pizza donuts come out easily.

Mix together all the sauce ingredients in a bowl (everything except the vegan cheese and vegan pepperoni).

Preheat the oven to 400º.

Knead the dough again. You should have around 2.5 pounds (40oz/1,134g) of dough. Each pizza donut takes 1-2 ounces (47g) of dough. Grab a handful of dough, and roll it as thinly as possible on a floured board or silicone mat. If you have a kitchen scale, you can weigh the dough each time, or you can just wing it like I do. I use this rolling mat to make my pizza life and cleanup SO MUCH easier!

Roll out a large circle shape. I aim for a diameter of ~11cm or 4.5 inches.

Spread the sauce lightly leaving the edges unsauced, and then add vegan pepperoni and cheese.

Fold the edges into the center, press down to seal, and make a hole with your thumbs. See the video below for my technique.

Stick into one of the greased spots of the donut pan, and repeat until the pan is filled. If you want pizza hearts, use a heart shaped donut pan.

Bake for 15-20 minutes at 400º. Remove from oven and let cool.

Serve with moscow mule mocktails for the best night you’ve ever had.

Frequently Asked Questions

How long do pizza donuts last?

Pizza donuts will stay good in the fridge for up to a week. If you need them to last longer than that, you can freeze them in ziplock freezer bags for future lunches.

Ingredient Details and Substitutions

• Yeast: I wrote this recipe for active dry yeast because that yeast takes more effort. That way, you can substitute instant yeast easily without any modifications.
• Vegan Sugar: For the sugar in this recipe, you can use any number of sugars, as long as they’re vegan: sucanat, coconut sugar, raw sugar, organic sugar, evaporated cane juice, or vegan sugar. You just need it to activate the yeast. If you’re not sure if your sugar is vegan, you can contact the company and ask, but basically, just avoid conventional white sugar or granulated sugar, and you should be ok.
• Flour: I’ve used unbleached all-purpose flour and bread flour for this recipe. It turns out great with either. If you have a different flour that you try, let me know how it goes.
• Salt: I use pink sea salt because it has minerals and nutrients in it, but you can use any salt you have. You can also reduce the salt if you’re on a low-sodium diet.
• Garlic Powder: Garlic powder is optional, but I like the flavor it gives the pizza dough.
• Tomato Sauce and Tomato Paste: I use organic tomato products because in the U.S., tomatoes are frequently genetically modiefied. You can replace all the sauce ingredients with a jar of pizza sauce to save time.
• Spices: All of the spices I use to make my homemade pizza sauce are optional and interchangeable. If you keep garlic in the house, you can replace the ½ teaspoon garlic powder with 2 cloves, minced.
• Vegan Pepperoni: If making your own homemade vegan pepperoni doesn’t appeal to you, here are some brands of vegan pepperoni I like. Sweet Earth Pepperoni, Field Roast Pepperoni, and Trader Joe’s vegan pepperoni.
• Vegan Mozzarella: I usually use Violife grated vegan mozzarella cheese, but there are tons of brands you can buy. Almost every store sells vegan mozz.

Video

Here’s a video showing how I do it.

Nutrition Facts

• Servings: 24
• Calories per serving: 153
• Calcium per serving: 14mg
• Cholesterol per serving: 0mg
• Dietary Fiber per serving: 2g
• Folate per serving: 64mcg
• Iron per serving: 2mg
• Potassium per serving: 201mg
• Protein per serving: 4g
• Total Carbohydrate per serving: 26g
• Total Fat per serving: 4g
• Total Sugars per serving: 2g
• Sodium per serving: 438mg

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

If you like cute vegan pizza recipes that are great for parties, picnics, and lunches for kiddos, here are some other pizza recipes you should check out. Pizza waffles are an easier and quicker recipe for getting the same flavors without waiting for dough to rise. Pizza rolls are like cinnamon rolls, but savory and pizza flavored.

If you’re here for the heart shaped vegan pizza donuts, then you’ll also probably like my heart pizza pockets and my heart pizza lollipops.

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