Kinnikinnick Foods Inc. Gluten Free Pizza Crust Mix
What a rotten week! The nasty fall viruses hit our home hard. Unfortunately, because of this I wasn’t online, and definitely was not into eating, thus no gluten free food reviews this past week. Thankfully we are finally well and getting back into our regular routine, and I will have lots of great reviews for you to check out for the rest of the month.
I had this gluten free pizza crust mix review tucked away, and I thought I’d finally share it with you to get the ball rolling.
This gluten free pizza crust mix by Kinnikinick Foods sells for $4.69, makes 2 medium sized pizza crusts, and requires you to add yeast, sugar, water, oil and eggs. To be honest, I was a little put off that I purchased the mix, and yet had to add a lot of my own ingredients. I felt like all I got for my money was a bag of rice flour and starch! When I saw the ingredients, I chuckled, because that is basically what is in the bag.
I found the pizza crust dough to be very sticky, so much so that I ended up patting out the crust in the pan with my olive oil coated fingers. Contrary to the directions, there was no possible way a rolling pin would handle the sticky mound of pizza dough. I found that my oily pizza crust circle did not rise much in the pan, and when it came time to bake the real fun started.
I was surprised to discover that this crust rose quite a bit in the oven, but baked unevenly. I had bubbles of dough rise up and bake, even though I pricked the dough with a fork before popping it in the oven; I would suggest poking lots of little holes in the crust to prevent baking bubbles. I discovered the crust also baked unevenly on the foil wrapped pan - soft in some spots and crunchy and hard in others. I ma sure baking this crust on a dedicated gluten free pizza stone would yield a better end result.
The flavor of the Kinnikinnick pizza crust is actually quite nice- very subtle and mild so it would pair with even the most flavorful sauces and toppings. The center of the pizza was soft, but not chewy, and boasted a fairly smooth texture-nothing course or gritty. The texture and flavor closely resembled a standard piece of gluten free rice bread. Overall, this gluten free pizza crust mix is just OK- it’s not bad, but definitely not great either.
PROS: mild flavor, not too crumbly
CONS: messy prep, soft in some spots, crunchy in others
Rating: 3 stars
Where Can I Buy This Gluten Free Pizza Crust Mix?
Ingredients: Sweet Rice Flour, Tapioca Starch, Corn Starch, Sodium Carboxy Methylcellulose, Salt
September 26th, 2007 at 4:23 pm
Sorry to hear you are all sick - I think we have the same miserable sinus stuff at our place. Knocked us flat Sunday and we’re still down : (
Thanks for another helpful review! I have been looking for a good pizza crust mix or recipe and have yet to find one. Currently, I am just taking a slice of GF Pantry Favorite Sandwich mix bread, slicing it diagonally and toping it with pizza toppings for my GFCF 5-year-old. Not quite a real pizza, but she’s 5 and doesn’t care so far. Maybe by the time she’s 6 I’ll have found a good one : )
September 27th, 2007 at 1:04 am
Oh no! It must be going around! I hope you feel better soon!
About your pizza, do you prefer a thin and crispy or thick and chewy crust? Maybe my pizza crust review category might help. If you find a favorite- I would love to hear about it!