A healthier version of pizza made with whole wheat flour,lots of veggies and less cheese.
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| Thin crust pizza |
Time to bake : 20 min each
2 cups whole wheat flour
Makes : 4(8 inch)thin crust or 3 thick crust pizza
Ingredients:
For crust:
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| thick crust/pan pizza |
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.
* Water should neither be too hot nor cold,else yeast would not work.
