healthy pizza/calzone crust

Name: Healthy pizza/calzone crust
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cup(s) room temperature water; 2 teaspoon(s) salt; 2 teaspoon(s) granulated sugar; 2 tablespoon(s) olive oil, divided; 2 tablespoon(s) egg beaters; 1/2 teaspoon(s) active dry yeast; 1 cup(s) whole wheat flour; - 3 or 4 cups all purpose flour

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Lucille Hoerle

Summit, NY

Updated on Aug 26, 2012

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

1 1/2 cups room temperature water
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons granulated sugar
2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
2 tablespoons egg beaters
1/2 teaspoon active dry yeast
1 cup whole wheat flour
- 3 or 4 cups all purpose flour

How To Make healthy pizza/calzone crust

Step 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.

Step 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.
Step 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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