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healthy pizza/calzone crust

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Recipe by
Lucille Hoerle
Summit, NY

I recently posted a Garden Calzone recipe and used this recipe for the crust. It was my first time trying it since it was adapted from Bruno's Pizzaria restaurant in N.Y. I have never used egg before in my crust, but this will definitely be in the future. We LOVED it! The whole wheat added a nice nutty taste without being overwhelming and made it much healthier. I changed the recipe to suit our tastes and the tenderness of the crust was perfect for the Garden Calzone.

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Ingredients For healthy pizza/calzone crust

  • 1 1/2 c
    room temperature water
  • 2 tsp
    salt
  • 2 tsp
    granulated sugar
  • 2 Tbsp
    olive oil, divided
  • 2 Tbsp
    egg beaters
  • 1/2 tsp
    active dry yeast
  • 1 c
    whole wheat flour
  • 3 or 4 cups all purpose flour

How To Make healthy pizza/calzone crust

  • 1
    Add water, salt, sugar, yeast and 1 tbsp. of olive oil to a mixing bowl and let stand for 5 minutes. Add the whole wheat flour and 2 cups of the ap flour and mix until well blended.
  • 2
    If you are using a stand mixer, add the one cup of flour and knead with a dough hook until the dough leaves the sides of the bowl. You may need to use the additional cup of flour depending on the humidity. The flour will stick be a bit sticky. At this point, add the additional 1 tbsp of olive oil and move the dough around until it is coated well. You can follow the same directions kneading it by hand.
  • 3
    Let stand covered until it is doubled. Divide it in half and use one half for pizza or use it for a calzone. Use recipe directions for pizza or calzone to bake. Hint: I oil the surface and place the dough on it to either roll or pat out and then put it on a pan to bake.
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