Whole Wheat Pizza Dough
 
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Recipe type: Main Dishes
Serves: 2 pizzas (8 servings)
Ingredients
  • 1 cup warm water + more as needed
  • 2 packets (about 4 Tablespoons) yeast
  • 2¾ cup whole wheat flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 Tablespoon olive oil
  • corn meal, for pizza stone
  • veggies and cheese, for topping
Instructions
  1. In a medium bowl, whisk water and yeast together. Cover and let sit 5 minutes, until foamy on top.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, combine yeast mixture, flour, salt and olive oil.
  3. Add warm water slowly, mixing in between each addition until a shaggy ball forms.
  4. Let sit one minute to firm a bit. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
  5. Flour a large, clean surface and knead dough until a firm ball forms. (about 10-15 minutes)
  6. Place ball in a large bowl and cover with a napkin. Let dough rise for 1 and ½ hours on top of the oven.
  7. Once dough has almost doubled in size, roll out 2 rounds of dough on a floured surface with a rolling pin. (Crust should be thin, but not so think that it breaks apart.)
  8. Increase heat to 550 degrees F.
  9. Smear 1½ Tablespoon olive oil on pizza stone.
  10. Heat stone in the oven for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, prepare veggies.
  11. Sprinkle generously with corn meal. and place crust on top.
  12. Bake crust 2 minutes.
  13. Dress crust as you wish and bake for 6-11 minutes. (The time will vary based on your sauce and cheese choices.)
  14. Cut pizza into 8 slices with a pizza cutter or very large sharp knife.
  15. Repeat with the second pizza crust.
  16. Store extra pizza in an airtight container in room temperature. To last longer than overnight, store in the refrigerator.
Recipe by Wake Up to Waffles at https://wakeuptowaffles.com/whole-wheat-pizza-dough/