Deep Dish Pizza with Pretzel Crust

Published on September 30, 2022

This Vegan Deep Dish Pizza with Pretzel Crust, homemade vegan cheese sauce, mushrooms and spinach is perfectly saucy, melty, gooey and really easy to make from scratch! And the pretzel crust takes it to another level! Soyfree Nutfree option

vegan deep dish pizza on a wooden board with one slice being cut

Guys, I made this epic Deep Dish Pretzel Crust Pizza! That's right, deep dish pizza meets pretzel! I'm a super fan of pretzels, and LOVE making my vegan deep dish pizza I was instantly obsessed with the idea of combining those two favorite foods.

I knew I had to come up with a vegan version for you guys and as I just posted how to make this amazing vegan cheese sauce, I knew that it had to be cheesy pizza. It's actually not that difficult to make a batch of homemade pretzel dough – no boiling is needed here. Just brush the pizza dough with the baking soda wash and cornstarch wash and it will brown up and get all pretzel like!

This delicious vegan pizza is not only filled with the cheese sauce, but it also has some mushrooms, and fresh spinach. All of that cheesy savory goodness served on a crisp Pretzel crust?! Unreal! It's a cheese pie in pizza form!

If you haven't tried olive oil crisped basil on pizza, you have to try it! It adds a fabulous flavor especially to the browned mushrooms over cheese sauce combination !

vegan deep dish pretzel crust pizza topped with cheese sauce, mushrooms and spinach on a wooden board

We use a cast iron skillet to give the pizza its signature shape. You can also use a cake pan.

The major difference between traditional pizza dough and pretzel dough is that here, we brush the crust with a baking soda wash and prebake it before we add the cheese sauce and toppings. Pre baking ensures that the bottom doesn't get soggy, which can easily happen in a deep dish pizza with thick saucy filling.

vegan deep dish pretzel crust pizza with cheese spinach and mushroom filling on a wooden board

Saucy, melty, gooey and easy to make – this vegan pretzel crust pizza is utterly delicious! You can play around with the toppings and add some tomatoes or bell peppers instead of or alongside the mushrooms, some marinated vegan chicken or soycurls and what not.