Whole Wheat Pizza

Real prep time: 25 minutes, including adding toppings
Bake time: 20 minutes
Serves: 8
Side dish suggestions: fresh vegetables, Caesar salad

Supplies:

• Pizza stone, pizza pan, or large baking sheet

From the pantry:

• 1 1/4 c whole wheat flour
• 1/4 c cornmeal
• 1 tbl olive oil
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 1/2 tsp gluten, optional
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 1/4 tsp yeast

Fresh or from the freezer:

• Your choice pizza toppings, sauce, and cheese

(Pizza shown with Ragu pizza sauce, mozzarella cheese, turkey pepperoni, turkey sausage, and black olives.)

Preparation:

1. Add yeast, sugar, and 1/2 c warm water to bowl. Let stand 5 minutes. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. (Measure out the other ingredients while you're waiting!)
2. Add remaining crust ingredients and knead dough until well blended. Let stand 10 minutes. (Prepare pizza toppings while you're waiting!)
3. Roll out dough to 12" pizza crust. Dough will be thin. Move dough to baking sheet. Add toppings. Stop and refrigerate here until ready to bake.
4. Bake for 18-20 minutes on lower rack in the oven. Slice into eighths. Serve hot.

Approx. calories: 75 calories crust only, or 325 calories with toppings as shown