Healthy Deep Dish Pizza
My husband created this pizza. It's a great alternative to greasy delivered pizza. Plus you can customize the ingredients to be what you like.
Steps
For crust: stir water , sugar and yeast together until dissolved.
Add the olive oil and the salt.
Stir in the flour until well blended.
Let dough rise for an hour.
For sauce: mix tomatoes , tomato sauce , onion , garlic , salt , pepper , oregano , basil , bay leaf and sugar in a saucepan.
Simmer for 30 minutes or longer.
Pizza: preheat oven to 425 degrees.
Spray pam or another cooking spray on a 9 inch round baking dish.
Split whole-wheat dough into two sections , one section larger than the other.
Roll out larger section and place in round baking dish.
Leave about 1 inch hanging over the sides.
Roll out smaller dough section and reserve for the top.
Fill crust in dish with topping: green pepper , pepperoni , onion , mushrooms , and any other toppings desired.
Use enough toppings to fill the dish 3 / 4 the way full , leave room for the sauce.
Top with mozzarella cheese.
Pour sauce over the top of vegetables.
Place remaining crust over the sauce , cheese and topping mi.
Ingredients
warm water, white sugar, active dry yeast, olive oil, salt, whole wheat flour, italian tomatoes, tomato sauce, onion, garlic, pepper, oregano, basil, bay leaf, sugar, turkey pepperoni, green pepper, red onion, mushroom, fat free mozzarella cheese