Whole Wheat Pizza Dough. This whole wheat pizza dough recipe is easy to make, it's naturally sweetened with a bit of honey, and it is mega-delicious. And after round after round of pizza-indulging — err, taste-testing — I think I have finally settled on my favorite recipe for honey whole wheat pizza dough. Truly the easiest pizza dough recipe.

Whole wheat pizza crust has a bad reputation. If done wrong, it's often tough, dense, and well… flavorless. All whole wheat pizza dough recipes are different, but they typically all have the same ingredients: whole wheat flour, yeast, water, salt, oil, and some may have sugar. You can have Whole Wheat Pizza Dough using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Whole Wheat Pizza Dough

1. Prepare 1/2 cup of warm water.
2. You need 1 teaspoon of active dry yeast.
3. You need 1 teaspoon of sugar.
4. You need 1 cup of white bread flour.
5. Prepare 1 cup of whole wheat bread flour.
6. Prepare 1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil.
7. Prepare 1 teaspoon of salt.
8. You need 1 cup of water.

To improve the nutritional profile of pizza, use half whole-wheat and half all-purpose flour, which yields a light crust with a distinctive nutty taste. Made thin crust pizza out of the dough was crispy but fluffy and just was really simple to make. Will be using this recipe for making pizza crust in the future! I make pizza once or twice a month.

Whole Wheat Pizza Dough step by step

1. In a small bowl, disolve a teaspoon of yeast in 1/2 cup warm water. Add 1 teaspoon of sugar and let sit for approximately 10 minutes until mixture starts to bubble..
2. In a mixing bowl add 1 cup each of white bread flour and whole wheat flour. Add 1 teaspoon of salt and mix together..
3. Add yeast mixture to flour mixture and using a wooden spoon, mix until you form a dough. Gradually add 1 cup of water as you mix..
4. Lightly flour your countertop and hands and knead the dough for 10 minutes..
5. Place dough back in bowl. Cover up the bowl and let dough rise for 1 hour..
6. Once dough has risen press down on it with your fist to release air that has built up during the rising process..
7. Done!! Prepare with your favorite toppings or freeze for up to 3 months..

Recently I developed this whole wheat pizza dough recipe and I thought I should share it with you all. Learn close up how to make whole wheat pizza dough from scratch. This Susan's Cooking School video demonstrates each step in the process. Whole wheat pizza dough is easy to prepare and will impress your family and friends on homemade pizza nights. I used white whole wheat flour along with the all-purpose flour in this pizza dough and really liked the end result, a chewy texture.