Saturday, February 4, 2012

Pizza Crust

This Pizza Crust is healthy and simple :).




Pizza Crust


Ingredients
-4 tsp yeast   -1 cup + 2 tbsp warm water   -1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour  -1 3/4 cup white flour  -2 tsp salt   -3 tbsp olive oil


Instructions
-Mix 4 tsp yeast and 1 cup + 2 tbsp warm water together and let sit for 5 minutes.
-Mix in the rest of the ingredients.
-Knead for 8-10 minutes and roll into ball.
-Place into lightly greased bowl and cover with a towel, let sit for 30 minutes.
-Knead dough and separate into 2 sections.
-Roll out each section into thin round crusts and fold about 1 cm around the edge of pizza to form the outer crust.
-Preheat oven to 150 degrees Celcius or 302 degrees Fahrenheit.
-Bake until crust is slightly browned.
-Add sauce and pre-cooked toppings and bake until hot.

Makes 2 pizzas  1 pizza makes 8 slices
1 slice is app. 90 calories


For a more mexican flavored pizza crust
-Replace 1/4 cup of whole wheat and 1/2 cup of white flour with 3/4 cup corn meal.
All other ingredients and procedures are the same.

I top mine with my tomato sauce recipe, roasted peppers, roasted onions, roasted chili peppers, sauted spinach, sliced and cooked zucchini, sauted mushrooms and chili powder =).

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