Title: Basic Pizza Dough
Categories: Pizza, Basics & es, Low cholest, Low fat
Yield: 8 Servings
1 ts Light honey
1 c Lukewarm water; (98-100
-degrees F)
1 pk Active dry yeast
2 c Whole wheat or unbleached
-flour
1 ts Olive oil
1/2 ts Herbal salt substitute
Flour; for dusting board
Safflower oil; for coating
-bowl
In a large mixing bowl, combine honey, the warm water, and yeast, and stir
until yeast dissolves. Let mixture stand, uncovered, at room temperature
for 5 minutes.
Stir in 1 cup of the flour and mix well. Let batter rise for 20 minutes,
then stir down and add remaining flour, oil, and salt substitute.
Lightly flour a counter or breadboard and turn dough onto it. Knead dough
for 5 minutes, flouring lightly as needed to prevent stickiness. Dough
should be smooth and elastic.
Lightly oil a large bowl and place dough into it. Cover with a dish towel
and let rise for 30 minutes. Punch down, then divide into 4 balls and roll
into rounds. Dough is now ready to use for pizza.
Makes 4 small pizza crusts.
Per serving: 114 Calories; 1g Fat (9% calories from fat); 5g Protein; 23g
Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 3mg Sodium
NOTES : Use this easy recipe for all bread dough pizzas. Begin making it
about 2 hours before you want to serve the pizza, since the dough needs
time to rise.
Recipe by: Ron West
Posted to Bakery-Shoppe Digest by Ron West on Feb 5,
1998