100 Whole Wheat Pizza Homemade Recipes

WHOLE GRAIN SOURDOUGH PIZZA

Steps:

• Levain/Starter
• Prepare your 160g of starter by mixing 30g starter with 65g water and 65g flour. This is approximately a 1:2:2 starter preparation, but other builds are fine too. Mark your jar with a rubberband and let it sit overnight or until at least doubled.
• Saltolyse
• Mix the flour, water, and salt together in a bowl. Cover and let sit about 1 hour.
• Fermentation and Gluten Development
• Add the ripe starter to the dough, stretching, folding, and gently squishing the starter into the dough.
• Cover and let the dough rest for about a half hour. Then do two rounds of coil folding or dough rolling, one lamination, and one final round of coil folding. Separate each of the four rounds of gluten development with a 20-30 minute covered rest. Here are videos showing how to coil, roll, and laminate dough.
• When the dough has expanded by 50-75%, end the bulk fermentation. For my warm ambient temperature, this was four hours after adding the starter to the dough.
• Preshape and Second Rise
• Lightly oil a baking pan, or several small bowls, or several 16-ounce round takeout containers (photo above) to hold the dough balls during the final proof.
• Scrape the fermented dough out onto a lightly floured work surface and divide the dough into four pieces of about 320g each. (You can make the pieces larger or smaller if you want.)
• Roll each dough piece into a ball, place it in your proofing container(s), and cover. If using a pan, you can put the entire pan in a plastic bag.
• The final proof can be at room temperature for 1-3 hours or in the refrigerator for 12-24 hours (possibly longer). Various combinations of room temperature and cold proofing work too, and duration depends on the dough and room temperatures.
• Oven Preheat and Topping Prep
• Set your oven and pizza stone to preheat at 500°F for at least 30 minutes. I use an infrared thermometer to confirm my stone's temperature before baking and sometimes between pizzas too.
• If your dough is refrigerated, you can bring it out to room temperature to start warming up for easier stretching. After a 24-hour refrigeration, I got good results with both warmed up dough and with the one dough I left in the refrigerator until the last minute.
• Set up your toppings, sauce, cheese etc. and the area where you will be forming your pizzas.
• Prep a small bowl of flour or cornmeal to put on your pizza peel, or several 14x14-inch sheets of parchment paper. I like to run coarse cornmeal through my Mockmill on a medium-fine setting to make the chunks a little smaller.
• Shaping
• Sprinkle flour and cornmeal on your pizza peel or lay out a square of parchment paper.
• Lightly flour your countertop. Remove a dough ball from your proofing container and lay it on the flour.
• Place your fingers in the center of the dough and gently push the edges outward.
• Flour your hands, and then grasp one side of the dough circle with both hands and lift the dough off the counter. Holding the top edges of the circle (10 o'clock and 2 o'clock), let the dough stretch downward while you rotate and re-grab the dough like you're turning a steering wheel. This will develop about a 1-inch crust edge and stretch the middle of the circle. Try not to let any part of the dough get thin enough to see through or you may end up with a hole. If you do tear the dough, re-roll it and move on to another ball while the gluten in the re-rolled ball relaxes for a minimum of 15 minutes.
• Lay the stretched out dough on your pizza peel or parchment. If using a peel, check that the pizza can move by jerking the peel forward and backward to see if the dough slides. If it doesn't slide, lift the stuck area of dough and flour underneath it, Do this until you have an easy slide. It's fine if the dough sticks to the parchment paper. If you need to adjust the dough on the parchment, reach under the dough with one hand and pull it outward.
• Now top your pizza dough to your liking. Try not to take a long time doing this, because the longer the dough is on the peel, the more likely it is to begin to stick. (Use parchment paper if you expect to top your pizza very slowly.)
• Before approaching your oven with the pizza, check again with the quick forward and backward motion of the peel that your pizza can still slide.
• Baking*
• Slide your pizza onto the hot pizza stone and bake for 8 minutes, then switch the oven to broil for 1 minute more.
• While this pizza is baking, shape the next ball of dough and put toppings on it.
• Remove the pizza from the oven with a peel or metal spatula, or even by tugging on a corner of the parchment paper. Put the pizza on a cooling rack if you're not eating right away to keep the bottom from getting damp.
• Leave the empty oven on broil for one minute to reheat the stone, then switch back to bake mode and load the next pizza.
• Repeat until all the pizzas are cooked.
• *For baking these pizzas in an Ooni pizza oven, see the instructions in the Sourdough Pizza recipe

100% WHOLE WHEAT, MULTIPURPOSE DOUGH - PIZZA, BUNS, BREAD

Steps:

• Mix ingredients well (add salt and yeast at different times) and let rest 5 minutes.
• Knead by dough hook for 7 - 8 minutes.
• Stretch and fold and place in an oiled container to rest.
• After 10 minutes, stretch & fold again. Do the same two more times and place in fridge.
• After an overnight stay in the fridge (up to 3 days) divide the dough into 8 oz pieces (6) for pizza or 2.9 oz pieces (16) for buns or a combination of both.
• For pizza dough, place each ball into an oiled plastic sandwich bag and place into the fridge for use within 3 days or freeze for a month or so. Thaw in the fridge overnight.
• Roll each piece of dough for bun into balls and press or roll into round flats 3.5 " to 4" in diameter. Repress to maintain diameter and place on parchment covered to rise for 20 to 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 375 F.
• When risen to 1.5 the original volume, place into the oven. Bake 8 minutes and rotate.
• Bake 4 to 6 more minutes until the rolls are 200 F internally.

100% WHOLE WHEAT PIZZA DOUGH AND PIZZA TIPS

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients with a spoon for about 1 minute or use paddle on electric mixer for 1 minute.
• Rest for 5 minutes to hydrate dough. Cover while resting.
• Mix by hand or with dough hook on electric mixer for 5 to 6 minutes.
• Using a little oil on the counter and hands scrape onto counter and stretch by pulling on the bottom of the dough until a rectangle about 1/3 as thick as the dough is formed. Stretch and fold the dough as you would a letter. Do the same with the ends until a folded package is formed. Turn over and pull the dough to the bottom forming a smooth ball.
• Using a dough scraper or knife, cut and weigh our 5 equal pieces about 8 oz. each or 227 g.
• Form each piece into a ball.
• Spray with oil and place each piece into a plastic sandwich bag or freezer bag that has also been sprayed inside with oil.
• Rest overnight (or up to 4 days in the fridge) or freeze for up to several months.
• Thaw frozen dough in the fridge for a day before cooking.
• On baking day, set out desired number of bags, remove from the bags onto an oiled pan or work surface. Gently press into discs, spray with oil and cover with oiled plastic.
• Preheat oven with pizza stone to 500F or slightly more if possible.
• Prepare toppings.
• Using flour, shape the dough using gravity and your knuckels, rotate and strech until desired size is reached (10 to 12 inches). It should be thicker along the rim and thin, but not paper thin.
• Place on parchment paper and add sauce, cheese and toppings.
• Place on stone and bake until cheese is bubbly and crust is browned. This will take 7 to 8 minutes at 500°F.
• Tip: Use canned whole peeled plum tomatoes deseeded, salted, slightly mixed with immersion blender and strained of some water for the sauce. Pinch of sugar helps remove any bitterness and provides correct consistency. Don't cook sauce.

AMAZING WHOLE WHEAT PIZZA CRUST

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve sugar in warm water. Sprinkle yeast over the top, and let stand for about 10 minutes, until foamy.
• Stir the olive oil and salt into the yeast mixture, then mix in the whole wheat flour and 1 cup of the all-purpose flour until dough starts to come together. Tip dough out onto a surface floured with the remaining all-purpose flour, and knead until all of the flour has been absorbed, and the ball of dough becomes smooth, about 10 minutes. Place dough in an oiled bowl, and turn to coat the surface. Cover loosely with a towel, and let stand in a warm place until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
• When the dough is doubled, tip the dough out onto a lightly floured surface, and divide into 2 pieces for 2 thin crust, or leave whole to make one thick crust. Form into a tight ball. Let rise for about 45 minutes, until doubled.
• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Roll a ball of dough with a rolling pin until it will not stretch any further. Then, drape it over both of your fists, and gently pull the edges outward, while rotating the crust. When the circle has reached the desired size, place on a well oiled pizza pan. Top pizza with your favorite toppings, such as sauce, cheese, meats, or vegetables.
• Bake for 16 to 20 minutes (depending on thickness) in the preheated oven, until the crust is crisp and golden at the edges, and cheese is melted on the top.

100% WHOLE WHEAT PIZZA HOMEMADE

Steps:

• First and foremost, if you have a pizza stone, put it in your oven and preheat your oven to 475 degrees fahrenheit.
• The homemade dough is the key - its pretty simple. All you need is to
• 1. put a yeast packet (1tsp) into a 1 cup measuring cup.
• 2. add 1 tsp of sugar and
• 3. 1/4 cup of very very warm water.
• Mix well and Let this rise for 10 minutes or until the foam reaches the top of the cup.
• While this is rising, put
• 1. 1-1/2 cups of flour into a mixer (like a kitchenaid) along with.
• 2. 1/2 tsp of salt and.
• 3. 1/2 tsp of garlic salt (optional) and then.
• 4. 3 tbsp of olive oil.
• Mix them in the blender until you see little tiny balls of dough, then wait for the yeast mixture to be done. When the yeast mixture reaches the top of the cup (from earlier) dump the entire contents into the mixer bowl and mix.
• While this is mixing, fill the measuring cup up with 3/4 cup of very very warm water and dump into the mixing bowl.
• Let everything mix until the dough has a smooth textured look to it.
• NOW, add flour until the dough pulls away in bulk from the edges of the bowl (this should be 3/4 - 1 cup of flour). Remove dough from the beater blade and form into a ball on a floured surface. Be sure that the dough is no longer sticky before you you form it.
• If you own a Pizza paddle (you can find them at kitchen stores for $10), then coat the paddle very thoroughly with corn meal. Form the shape of your pizza or calzone shell on the counter prior to placing it on the paddle. If you do not own a pizza paddle, you can take the stone out of the oven and form the dough on the stone, but be careful it is very hot. The idea of the pizza paddle is to have enough corn meal on it that whether you are forming a pizza, you put all the goodies on it or in it, open the oven and swiftly slide it onto the stone.
• cook the pizza for 12 minutes with all the toppings that you desire and viola- a delicious dinner for the family, and it is fun. From beginning to end, it takes me about 45-50 minutes. I DO NOT let the dough rise after it is formed- it is NOT necessary.
• If you do not own a pizza stone, BUY ONE- they are worth every penny!