Pizza Crust

I posted a picture on my Facebook the other night of some healthified pizza my husband and I made for dinner.

It's my favorite crust and some of my favorite toppings! We had cream cheese chicken with jalapenos and BBQ chicken with blue cheese. Well, I got a lot of requests for the recipe and I thought this would be the perfect place to share it. It is from one of my favorite cookbooks, Weight Watchers New Complete Cookbook. It has a lot of healthy versions of basics, like pizza crust.

Whole Wheat Pizza Dough

serves 12

3/4 cups warm water

1/2 pkg. active dry yeast

1/2 tsp. sugar

2 tsp. olive oil

2 1/4 cups white whole wheat flour

3/4 tsp. salt

1. Combine the water, yeast, and sugar in a large bowl. Set aside until foamy.

2. Stir in the oil, flour, and salt until the dough gathers around the spoon. 

3. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured work surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes. 

4. Spray large bowl with nonstick spray; place dough in bowl, turning to coat. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and let dough rise in a warm place until doubled in volume, about 1 hour. Preheat oven to 450°

5. Punch down dough, then cut in half. Roll out half of the dough and top with favorite toppings. Bake until golden brown and cheese is melted, about 15 minutes.

6. Unused dough can be refrigerated up to 1 day or frozen in floured zip-close plastic freezer bag up to 6 months. 

Nutrition:

Per Serving (1/12 of dough): 91 Calories, 1 gram Total Fat, 19 grams Total Carbs, 3 grams Protein