Whole Wheat Pizza Dough · 10 July 2013
Ingredients:
1 package (2 ¼ teaspoon) active dry yeast
1 teaspoon Sugar
2/3 cup warm Water
1 2/3 cup Whole wheat flour
¾ teaspoon Salt
2 teaspoons Olive oil
Directions:
(Note: This is a modification of the Cuisinart basic pizza dough recipe, but you do not need to use a Cuisinart to make it.)
Stir the yeast and sugar into the warm water and let it sit until the mixture is foamy. Make sure the container is big enough for the mixture to triple or more in volume. In another container or food processor, mix the flour and salt. When the yeast mixture has gotten foamy, add it to the flour and salt mixture. Stir it all up, add the olive oil, then knead until it is ready. It takes no time at all if you use a food processor. Our Cuisinart does a great job.
Roll out the dough and place on parchment paper or pizza pan (we use parchment paper and a pizza stone). Preheat the oven (and pizza stone) to 400°F and bake without ingredients for 7 minutes.
I use a large glass measuring cup (I actually use the one for a quart because we double the recipe) to make the yeast mixture. A single recipe will make two 10- to 12-inch diameter pizzas. We use the double recipe to make three 12-inch diameter pizzas.
The Cuisinart recipe is actually not a whole wheat one. We like to make it whole wheat to be a little healthier although any flour takes away at least some of the nutrients because of the processing. The whole wheat does make less dough than using all-purpose flour because it does not roll out as thin.
The other great thing about this pizza dough recipe is that it is easy and takes very little time. We rarely used to have homemade pizza, but now we have it a couple times a month. But be forewarned, once you start making your own homemade pizza dough and pizza, you might not want the stuff they make in even your favorite pizza joints.
© 2013 Michael T. Miyoshi
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