Whole wheat pizza

   A healthier version of pizza made with whole wheat flour,lots of veggies and less cheese.

Thin crust pizza

Time to bake : 20 min each

Makes : 4(8 inch)thin crust or 3 thick crust pizza

Ingredients:

For crust:

thick crust/pan pizza

2 cups whole wheat flour                                

1/2 cup warm water 

1/2 cup milk

1 package of yeast (2+1/4 tsp)

1/2 tsp salt

1tbsp honey/sugar

1 tbsp olive oil

Extra oil for greasing.

Toppings:

Pizza sauce

Vegetables of your choice

4 oz part skim mozzarella cheese or more

Directions:

• Sieve the flour twice to loosen it and add salt.
• Heat milk and water together, warm enough to touch at around 110 F/45 C)
• Keep 1/4 cup of solution aside and use it if required later.
• To remaining solution add honey,oil and yeast and mix well.Let it side aside for 4 minutes.You should see it foaming.
• Now start adding the liquid mixture to flour.Stir by hand till everything comes together.Kneed for another 3 minutes.
• Coat it with oil and let it sit covered in a greased bowl for 2-3 hours.Keep it in some dark place.It will double in size.
• Punch it and kneed for 2 minutes by folding over and over.Divide in 4 parts for thin crust or 3 parts for normal crust.
• Preheat the oven to 425 F( 220 C) and oil the baking sheet.
• Roll the dough ball using a rolling pin and flour or stretch it with your hands and place it in the baking sheet with up sides to form a rim.Let it sit covered till oven is ready to use.
• Spread pizza sauce and toppings of your choice.Cover it with handful of grated cheese.
• Bake it till crust is golden brown and toppings are done.
• Slice and serve hot.

* Grate the cheese real thin so you can spread all over without using much of it.

* You can make this pizza with whole all purpose flour or combining it with whole wheat flour(1:1)

* 1 oz part skim mozzarella has about 80 to 90 calories.
* Water should neither be too hot nor cold,else yeast would not work.