Whole wheat dough
Whole wheat dough recipe in the pizza category
Recipe ingredients:
- 1 tablespoon sugar or honey
- 1 1/4 cups warm water, 110 degrees F
- 1 pack, 1/4 ounce, dry yeast
- 1 1/4 cups white flour
- 2 cups whole wheat flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup olive oil
Recipe method:
- Dissolve sugar in water and add yeast.
- Stir gently until disssolved, about 1 minute.
- Let stand until the yeast foams slightly, about 5 minutes, to insure that the yeast is effective.
- Combine 3 cups of the flour and salt in a large bowl.
- Pour in the yeast mixture and oil if you are using it.
- Begin kneading the mixture, gradually adding enough of the remaining 1/4 cup flour so that the dough is no longer sticky.
- Continue kneading until the dough is smooth and elastic, another 10 to 15 minutes by hand.
- Shape dough into a ball and put in an oiled bowl, turning the dough to coat it with the oil.
- Let rise until doubled in bulk, 45 minutes to 1 1/2 hours, depending on the yeast and the temperature.
- Punch down the dough and shape into 1 or 2 pieces.
- The entire recipe will make two 12 inch pizzas.
- Shape the dough either by hand or with a rolling pin, stretching out as necessary to achieve a thin dough.
- For a lighter crust, let the dough sit for a half hour after shaping before constructing pizza and baking.
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