"The Benefit of the Dough"

Quick-rising, whole wheat and ground flax pizza dough.  We topped OUR pizza with turkey pepperoni, red pepper, parmesan and light mozzarella cheese

1 cup all-purpose flour

1/2 cup whole wheat flour

2 tbsp flax meal or ground flaxseed

1 envelope (8g or 2 1/4 tsp) Fleishmann's quick-rising yeast

1/2 tsp salt

2/3 cup very warm water

2 tsp olive oil

2 tsp liquid honey

Olive oil cooking spray

1 tbsp cornmeal

In a medium bowl, combine both flours, flax meal, yeast, and salt.  Mix well.

Measure warm water in measuring cup, then stir in olive oil and honey.  Pour mixture over dry ingredients and mix using a wooden spoon to form a ball.  Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface.  Knead for 2 minutes.  Spray another medium bowl with olive oil spray and place dough inside.  Cover with plastic wrap.  Let rise in a warm place until double in size, about 20 minutes.  Meanwhile, spray a 12-inch pizza pan with olive oil spray and dust with cornmeal.

When dough has risen, turn out onto a lightly floured surface and, using a rolling pin, roll dough into a 12-inch circle.  Transfer dough to prepared pizza pan.  You can top it with your favorite toppings at this point and bake in a 425 degree F oven for about 15 min.  Or, prick crust in several places with a fork and bake untopped for 6 minutes.  Remove crust from oven, top with your favorite sauce and toppings, then slide pizza directly onto middle oven rack and bake for an additional 8 to 10 minutes.

Makes 1 12-inch pizza crust

2 WeightWatchers Points per serving (1/8 crust)-calories: 122/total fat: 2.8 g/saturated fat: 0.3 g/protein: 4 g/carbohydrate: 21 g/fiber: 2.6 g/cholesterol: 0 mg/sodium: 148 mg

(Eat, Shrink & Be Merry: great-tasting food that won't go from your lips to your hips! / Janet & Greta Podleski, 2005. ISBN: 0968063136. pg. 181)