Honey Wheat Pizza Dough

It is no secret that I love Pizza! In fact, I could eat it several times per week if my family would comply! This is a really great pizza dough, especially if you like your pizza very doughy. It is not suitable for a thin crust pizza. I am not picky on whether my dough is crispy or soft, I'm just happy to eat it! I topped this pizza with pepperoni, mushrooms and mozzarella, but I think the perfect combination for this dough would be ham and pineapple, which I love, but my husband refuses to eat it :( If you love delicious and cheap food, check out the blog that I cited as the source of this recipe. It is a fabulous blog, you won't be disappointed!

Source: http://budgetbytes.blogspot.com/Total Recipe cost: $1.51 Makes: one very large (16") pizza or two medium pizzas. Prep time: 15 min. Rise time: 45 min. Cook time: 15 min. Total: 1.5 hrs.

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup
whole wheat flour
1.5 - 2 cups
all purpose flour (divided)
1 cup
water
2 Tbsp
honey
2 tsp
yeast
3 Tbsp
olive oil
1.5 tsp
salt

Directions:
STEP 1: In a small bowl, stir together the water (warm), honey and yeast. Let it sit 3-5 minutes or until very frothy on top.STEP 2: Stir the olive oil and salt into the yeast mixture. Next, stir one cup of whole wheat flour into the wet ingredients until evenly mixed. Stir in the all purpose flour, 1/2 cup at a time, until you can no longer stir it with a spoon.STEP 3: Turn the ball of dough out onto a floured surface and continue to add in and knead the all purpose flour until the ball of dough is stretchy and soft but not sticky (about 3-5 minutes). The total amount of flour needed will depend on how much moisture is already in your flour but it should be between 1-2 cups of all purpose flour.STEP 4: Spray a large bowl with nonstick spray and place the ball of dough inside. Loosely cover with plastic wrap and let sit for about 45 minutes or until doubled in size.STEP 5: To shape the dough, remove it from the bowl it was rising in and place it on a floured surface. Press the dough down into a large circle. This should be fairly easy since it was pretty circular in shape as it rose. Next, pick the dough up with your hands and transfer it to a pizza pan (coated in non-stick spray or sprinkled with corn meal). Press the dough out even further until it reaches the edges of the pan. Alternatively, you can pick the dough up and stretch it with your fists (this can take practice).STEP 6: Top the pizza then bake in a fully preheated, 450 degree oven for about 15 minutes or until the edges are golden brown.