Healthy Whole Wheat Pizza Dough

Ingredients

• 1 packet yeast or fast rise yeast
• 3/4 cups warm water
• 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil (or other heart healthy oil)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/4 cups white flour
• 1 cup whole wheat flour

Instructions

1. To make crust, dissolve the yeast into the warm water.
2. Add oil and salt to that mixture.
3. Add the the flours and knead them into the liquid mixture using a dough hook on your stand mixer. (I use my Kitchen Aid mixer but you could knead the dough by hand.)
4. Cover and let dough rise in a warm place for 30 to 40 minutes.
5. After the dough has risen, place your pizza stone in the oven and heat to 425 degrees Fahrenheit. (If you don?t have a pizza stone, preheat the oven and use a pizza pan instead.)
6. Take the risen dough and roll out into a 12 inch pizza crust on a clean, floured countertop or cutting board.
7. Using your fingers to roll the edge into an outer crust. Make it as thick as you like.
8. Carefully slide your crust onto a pizza peel or pizza pan. Add toppings ? first sauce, then meat and/or veggies, then cheese last. If you have to slide your pizza on to a pizza stone, don?t overload your pizza. The heavier it is, the harder it is to slide.
9. Carefully slide the pizza onto the heated pizza stone. (Or place your pizza pan in the oven.) Bake your pizza at 425F for about 15-20 minutes or until crust is brown and crisp but before cheese starts to brown too much.