spelt pizza dough
Homemade pizza made with whole grain spelt flour for easier digestion, without compromising the flavor of your favorite pie!
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Servings: 4 dough balls
Calories: 372kcal
Ingredients
- 3 cups spelt flour, divided
- 1 cup warm water (temp between 100 to 105 degrees F - any hotter and you'll kill the yeast)
- 2 teaspoons raw honey
- 1 - 0.25 ounce active dry yeast
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling
- 1 teaspoon Kosher salt
- pinch of cornmeal, for dusting - optional
- pizza sauce + toppings of choice
Instructions
pizza dough prep
- To a bowl, whisk 1 cup spelt flour, water, honey, and yeast together. Let stand until yeast softens and mixture is bubbly, about 25 minutes.
- Stir remaining flour (a little less than 2 cups - you can add a little more later if needed), olive oil, and salt into yeast mixture. Beat mixture in a bowl of stand mixer fitted with your dough hook attachment, adding more flour as necessary, until a soft and tacky dough forms, 3 to 4 minutes. You want a little more wet than dry. Form into a large ball.
- Place dough in mixing bowl with a little olive oil, cover bowl with a plate, and let rise until doubled in size, approx 90 minutes.
- Punch dough down and transfer to a lightly floured work surface. Divide into 4 balls; cover each and let rest until dough rises slightly, 45 minutes. Roll into desired shapes and thickness.
to bake
- Preheat oven to 400F.
- To a large cast iron, or nonstick skillet, add a pinch of cornmeal to evenly coat skillet. Lay rolled out dough to crisp up.
- While bottom is crisping, add favorite toppings. Once sauce and cheese begin to bubble on skillet. transfer to oven and cook for 5-6 more minutes.
- Remove from heat, allow to cool and serve immediately.
Notes
The recipe will make four personal-size pies from one batch. Which means you can have a pizza night where everyone can make their own pie, or you can freeze the remaining dough balls until ready to enjoy (just pull out to thaw overnight, and let dough later come to room temp before rolling out and baking).
Nutrition info is for one ball of dough, and does not include toppings or pizza sauce.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 372kcal | Carbohydrates: 60g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 6g | Fiber: 11g | Sugar: 3g
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