Ashley: Pizza

In order to stay true to my main mission these days (cleaning out the pantry for the move), I decide to attack my stash of whole wheat flour for my pizza dough. A few months agod I picked up an old copy of "Laurel's Kitchen" from my neighborhood book co-op. It seems this was one of the first vegetarian/healthy cookbooks published. She has some great whole-grain bread recipes so I decided to try out her Pizza dough recipe as follows:
1 Tbs. active dry yeast
1 1/4 cups warm water
pinch brown sugar
2 Tbs. olive oil
1 1/2 tsp. salt
dash of pepper
3 or more cups of whole wheat flour

Dissolve yeast in water with sugar. When it bubbles to the surface, add olive oil, pepper and salt. Add flour by the half cup (I didn't need all the flour, but things tend to dry out quickly in Denver). Knead well and set to rise, covered, in a warm place. Let the dough rise once only, about 1 1/2 hours.

For toppings I chose green peppers, mushrooms, and a hot italian sausage. The whole wheat crust turned out great - little more dense than using regular flour and a slight nutty taste! It was great with the heavier/meatier toppings. I'm slightly partial to the brown dough :) !