Whole Wheat Pizza Dough. Truly the easiest pizza dough recipe. Mix this whole wheat dough in the food processor. Homemade pizza nights should be fun and easy, and that's where this pizza dough recipe comes into play.

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. 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. You can have Whole Wheat Pizza Dough using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Whole Wheat Pizza Dough

You need 1/2 cup of warm water.
You need 1 teaspoon of active dry yeast.
It's 1 teaspoon of sugar.
You need 1 cup of white bread flour.
Prepare 1 cup of whole wheat bread flour.
You need 1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil.
Prepare 1 teaspoon of salt.
Prepare 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. Transfer the dough to a lightly floured surface. Coat a sheet of plastic wrap with cooking spray and place it, sprayed-side down, over the dough. Learn close up how to make whole wheat pizza dough from scratch.

Whole Wheat Pizza Dough instructions

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..
In a mixing bowl add 1 cup each of white bread flour and whole wheat flour. Add 1 teaspoon of salt and mix together..
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..
Lightly flour your countertop and hands and knead the dough for 10 minutes..
Place dough back in bowl. Cover up the bowl and let dough rise for 1 hour..
Once dough has risen press down on it with your fist to release air that has built up during the rising process..
Done!! Prepare with your favorite toppings or freeze for up to 3 months..

This Susan's Cooking School video demonstrates each step in the process. Make a simple, easy (and vegan!) homemade whole wheat pizza dough using whole wheat flour, yeast, salt, water, and vegetable oil. To keep it truly vegan, be sure to use sugar in place of the honey, particularly if you're cooking for other vegans, as some vegans strictly avoid honey. 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.