So, this is the second time I've made this for dinner this week. It was a huge hit Wednesday and requested again for tonight. It's pretty easy, just with all dough things, rising takes sometime (unless you like thin crust!)
You can do three pizzas, 2 pizzas and breadsticks, or 1/2 the recipe for one pizza and 6 breadsticks. Be creative with the toppings, we used hamburger, olives, onion, and bell pepper on this one.
Something fun we like to do is divide the dough into enough small balls for everyone to have their own pizza. Then everyone "decorates" their own. The kids love that!
Crust
4 1/2 -5 cups whole wheat flour 2 tsp. salt
5 tsp. yeast
6 tbsp. olive oil
2 cups very warm water
5 tps. gluten (optional -
helps the w.w. flour to rise better)
For the dough: Mix four cups of flour and all the rest of the ingredients in your mixer. Add enough flour so that the dough pulls away from bowl. Mix on high 3 minutes. Let rest for 20 minutes. Divide into three balls and roll onto pizza pans or cookie sheets. For thick crust, let rise another 30-60 minutes. For thin crust, let rise 10 minutes.
Use one pan for breadsticks. Cut that dough into 12 rectangles with pizza slicer. brush with a mixture of melted butter, garlic salt, & italian seasonings. Let rise 30-45 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Partially bake pizzas for 15 minutes each. (Do them first, then cook the breadsticks.) Bake the breadsticks for 20 minutes (while you put the toppings on the pizza.) Brush the breadsticks with more butter when they're done.
After partially baking pizzas, spoon desired amount of sauce on, leaving a 1-inch crust on edges. Sprinkle on cheese and other desired toppings. Bake for another 20 minutes. Yum!
Toppings
Spaghetti Sauce
Cheese
Hamburger, cooked
Sausage, cooked
Pepperoni
Mushrooms
Olives
Onions
Bell Peppers
Tomatos
Broccoli
Anchovies
Or whatever you want or have!
Michele
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