This quick pizza dough with whole wheat flour was so easy to make. It doesn’t call for yeast so you don’t have to wait and let it rise. Just mix the ingredients up, put it on a pan, and pop it in the oven. Simple, quick, healthy and delicious!
I really wanted to use up some spaghetti sauce I had made a few nights ago, but didn’t want to make pasta because my little boy is going through a no-pasta phase right now, and I wanted to get a serving of veggies in him tonight. I had made the sauce by sauteing an onion, some garlic, and mushrooms and then simmering the saute with a can of crushed tomatoes and some Italian seasonings.
So instead of pasta, I decided to make a pizza. A whole wheat pizza. It was 4:00 PM, and my kids are usually hungry for dinner around 5 PM. We had orange and white medium cheddar cheese and a container of powdery Parmesan cheese. My husband wanted a little meat with the dinner tonight, so I pulled out some precooked ground beef from the freezer and stuck it in the microwave to defrost. Added some salt, garlic powder, and Pizza Seasoning to the ground beef.
It was a great pizza! Whole wheat crust topped with a homemade vegetable sauce, sprinkled with a little cheese and some ground beef. We had cucumber slices on the side. And guess what… it was all ready by 5:00. 🙂 And we enjoyed it very much.
Quick Pizza Dough with Whole Wheat Recipe
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 C. whole wheat flour (spoon the flour into the measuring cup, then level off)
- 1/2 C. all-purpose flour (again, spoon the flour into the measuring cup, then level off)
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. garlic salt
- 2 tsp. pizza seasonings
- 3/4 C. lukewarm water
- 1/4 C. olive oil
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. You can use a non-stick baking tray or lightly grease your baking tray.
- In a medium mixing bowl, stir together flours, baking powder, garlic salt, and pizza seasonings.
- Add water and olive oil. Mix until mixture is moistened throughout, then knead gently with your hands for about 2 minutes.
- Transfer dough onto baking sheet and spread as evenly as you can. This dough felt a bit tacky, but it spread pretty easily when I worked with the palm area of my hand. If it tears, just press the sides of the dough back together. (At first I thought maybe I should have doubled the batch to cover a whole baking sheet with this dough, but to my surprise, it did spread out just fine to fit the baking sheet!)
- Bake the dough without toppings in the preheated oven for about 7-9 minutes.
- Remove from oven, add sauce, cheese, and toppings of choice. Bake in the oven for about 8-10 more minutes, or until cheese is bubbly and crust starts looking golden.
- Let the pizza set and cool about 3-5 minutes before slicing.
Enjoy!
*Inspired by THIS recipe.