Meal Swap Whole Wheat Pizza Crust

Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 1/2 cups warm water (110 degrees f/45 degrees c)
• 1 tablespoon active dry yeast
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon italian spices

Recipe

• 1 dissolve sugar into warm water and add yeast. let sit until foamy.
• 2 in mixer bowl place rest of ingredients.
• 3 add foamy yest mixture to bowl.
• 4 mix with paddle first until mixed if desired.
• 5 then put dough hook on and mix until dough is smooth and elastic.
• 6 with my mixer this takes 5-7 minutes, but times may vary.
• 7 place dough ball in covered, greased bowl, to rise for an hour, or until doubled.
• 8 punch down. divide into 2 balls and let rise again 45 minutes or until doubled, if desired. i have skipped this step before and gone straight to rolling out my crust and honestly have not been able to tell a difference too much. i have also dividied each ball into quarters for everyone to make their own pizza.
• 9 you can top with your toppings and bake pizza 15-20 minutes at 425, or you can prebake on a stone heated at 450 for 10 minutes and then top and rebake.
• 10 this is a very forgiving dough. as i have baked it both ways as above. i would probably prefer it with out prebaking though.