Homemade Pizza With Whole-Grain Dough

This is a recipe for pizza made from scratch using a whole grain dough. I choose broccoli and ham as my toppings because it's what I had, but you can choose any toppings you wish.

• Ready In: 1 hr 20 mins
• Serves: 16
• Yields: 16 slices

Ingredients

• 1 1⁄4 cups warm water (105-115 degrees F)
• 1 (1/4ounce) envelope active dry yeast
• 1  teaspoon sugar
• 1  tablespoon olive oil
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 1 3⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 3⁄4 cups whole wheat flour
• 2  teaspoons cornmeal
• 1  cup  pizza sauce
• 2  cups mozzarella cheese, shredded
• 1  cup frozen broccoli, thawed and diced
• 4  slices deli ham, chopped in to small pieces

Directions

1. place 1/4 cup warm water in a large mixing bowl. Sprinkle yeast over water; stir in sugar. Let stand 5 minutes.
2. Add remaining water, oil and salt. Stir in all-purpose flour and whole gain flour until dough pulls away from side of bowl.
3. Turn dough onto lightly floured surface. Knead until smooth, 8- 10 minutes.
4. Coat large bowl with cooking spray; place dough in bowl, turning to grease top. Cover loosely with plastic wrap. Let rise in warm place until almost double in size, about 45 minutes.
5. While waiting for dough to rise dice broccoli and cut up ham slices and set aside.
6. Preheat oven to 450°F Punch down dough. Coat two 12-inch pizza pans with cooking spray; sprinkle pans with cornmeal.
7. Divide dough in half. Roll dough to fit prepared pans; press dough against edge to form rim. Bake crust for 10 minutes.
8. Remove crust from oven and top with pizza sauce. Add the toppings and sprinkle with cheese.
9. Bake until cheese is melted, 15-20 minutes.