Honey Wheat Pizza Dough

$1.14 recipe/large pizza
By Beth Moncel
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Prep 1 hour
Cook 45 minutes
Servings 1 16" pizza
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October is national pizza month! I don’t remember where I read that or if it is even legit but who cares, it’s a good enough excuse to make some pizza! And since I’m always trying work a little more fiber into my diet, I thought I’d try making some wheat pizza dough.

honey wheat pizza dough with toppings

Instead of making normal pizza dough I decided to inject a little (well, a lot actually) of fiber by making a honey wheat dough. The grocery store was out of regular whole wheat flour so I had to buy an itty bitty bag of fancy, expensive stone ground whole wheat flour. In the end, I was really happy with the purchase. The stone ground flour has a lot more texture and flavor than regular whole wheat flour. Feel free to use either one in the recipe.

Some people shrug off making 50/50 wheat/white bread and dough thinking it won’t make enough of a difference. Well, according to the nutrition label on my stone ground flour, 1/4 cup contains 4g of fiber. I used a whole cup in the recipe which means that I injected 16 grams of fiber into the pizza or 2 grams per slice (if cut into 8)… and that’s just the dough, not the vegetable toppings. I think that is significant.

Regardless of the fiber content, I like this dough WAY better than my original pizza dough recipe. It is fluffier with a crisper crust. It was just perfect.

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Honey Wheat Pizza Dough

5 from 3 votes
This honey wheat pizza dough has extra flavor, nutrients, and texture. It’s soft on the inside and crispy on the outside!
Author: Beth Moncel
Raw pizza topped with fresh vegetables.
Servings 1 16″ pizza
Prep 1 hour
Cook 45 minutes
Total 1 hour 45 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 cup whole wheat flour ($0.25)
  • 1 1/2-2 cups all purpose flour, divided ($0.14)
  • 1 cup water ($0.00)
  • 2 Tbsp honey ($0.21)
  • 2 tsp yeast ($0.19)
  • 3 Tbsp olive oil ($0.30)
  • 1 1/2 tsp salt ($0.05)
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Instructions 

  • In a small bowl, stir together the water (warm), honey and yeast. Let it sit 3-5 minutes or until very frothy on top.
  • Stir the olive oil and salt into the yeast mixture. Next, stir one cup of whole wheat flour into the wet ingredients until evenly mixed. Stir in the all purpose flour, 1/2 cup at a time, until you can no longer stir it with a spoon.
  • Turn the ball of dough out onto a floured surface and continue to add in and knead the all purpose flour until the ball of dough is stretchy and soft but not sticky (about 3-5 minutes). The total amount of flour needed will depend on how much moisture is already in your flour but it should be between 1-2 cups of all purpose flour.
  • Spray a large bowl with nonstick spray and place the ball of dough inside. Loosely cover with plastic wrap and let sit for about 45 minutes or until doubled in size.
  • To shape the dough, remove it from the bowl it was rising in and place it on a floured surface. Press the dough down into a large circle. This should be fairly easy since it was pretty circular in shape as it rose. Next, pick the dough up with your hands and transfer it to a pizza pan (coated in non-stick spray or sprinkled with corn meal). Press the dough out even further until it reaches the edges of the pan. Alternatively, you can pick the dough up and stretch it with your fists (this can take practice).
  • Top the pizza then bake in a fully preheated, 450 degree oven for about 15 minutes or until the edges are golden brown.

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Nutrition

Serving: 1PizzaCalories: 1828.6kcalCarbohydrates: 315.1gProtein: 45gFat: 46.1gSodium: 3554mgFiber: 21.9g
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Step By Step Photos

water, yeast and honey in mixing bowl
Combine the warm water, yeast and honey in a bowl. Stir it up and let it sit until frothy.

water, yeast, honey, oil and salt in mixing bowl
Add the olive oil and salt and stir in.

stone ground whole wheat flour to be stirred into wet ingredient mixture
Start by stirring in one cup of whole wheat flour.

all purpose flour being added to wet ingredient mixture in bowl
Then, working with 1/2 cup at a time, add the all purpose flour until you can no longer stir it with a spoon.

loose ball of mixed dough
This is what it looked like when I could no longer stir in flour with a spoon. A loose ball of dough.

bowl on floured counter top
Turn the ball of dough out onto a floured surface and knead in the rest of the flour. Keep adding/kneading in flour until the dough is no longer sticky but still soft and stretchy (about 3 minutes and 1.5-2 cups total flour).

ball of dough
Form the dough into a ball. Oil a bowl and place the dough inside to rise. Let rise until double (about 45 min).

risen ball of dough
Here is the risen dough. Exciting, I know.

dough pressed out on counter
To shape the dough, turn it out onto a floured surface and press it down into a large circle with your hands. Either pick it up and stretch it with your fists or transfer it to your pizza pan and press it out further until it fits the pan.

pizza dough on pan
Coat your pan with either corn meal or non-stick spray so that it doesn’t stick. Preheat the oven to 450.

pizza with toppings baking in oven
Top the pizza and bake it for about 15 minutes at 450 degrees or until nicely browned around the edges.

baked pizza with pizza cutter on pan
Then dig in!!

slice of pizza on white plate with whole pizza and bottle of wine next to it

I’m not going to let this high cholesterol get me down! A super fiber-ific pizza (with reduced fat cheese) and a glass of wine with dinner every night is a rather enjoyable way to take control of the stituation… if I do say so myself :D

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Ellen H.
01.21.24 7:43 pm

This is THE BEST, and Iโ€™ve tried a lot of pizza dough recipes. I brush top of dough with a little olive oil before adding toppings and baking.

Cheryl
02.25.23 11:51 am

I have white whole wheat. Is it interchangeable with whole wheat?

Marion Kirkpatrick
02.27.23 10:44 am
Reply to  Cheryl

It should be just fine! White wheat flour can be used interchangeably with whole-wheat flour (but the conversion is a little different if trying to substitute with All-Purpose flour). ~ Marion :)

Katja
02.15.23 12:16 pm

So delicious! My go-to pizza dough

Liana
10.14.22 5:20 pm

This looks really good and I’ll probably try it this weekend, but I could have sworn there was a recipe for no-knead pizza dough somewhere on this site? In the intro Beth wrote about mixing it in the morning on Fridays before going to work in the lab, then coming home and having Friday night pizza. Am I completely imagining this?

Monti Carlo
10.16.22 10:12 am
Reply to  Liana

Hi Liana, are you thinking of our no-knead pan pizza? https://www.budgetbytes.com/knead-pan-pizza/ XOXO -Monti

Mike
04.29.16 6:11 am

I’ve only recently gotten adept at kneading bread (blame lack of counter space until now) but now that I am I’ve been looking for the right pizza dough recipe (one with some fiber so I feel less guilty) and this is it. I made this last night and it turned out beautifully.

I read a comment that said it made a bit too much for a regular sized pizza pan. Halving the recipe probably would not have made enough so I increased the quantities of everything by 50% then divided the resulting dough ball into two, and it turns out doing that made two perfectly sized crusts for a normal pizza pan. So not only did I make delicious pizza last night but I have another dough ball in the freezer to pull out any time I want.

NattiCee
12.17.12 10:46 am

Me and my sister love this crust! It was easy to make and I admit I was nervous making it since the last pizza crust I made was just terrible. This one came out perfect, very easy instructions and ingredients to work with.

Me and my sister combined your crust with Roasted Vegetable and Ricotta Pizza recipe at: http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/roasted-vegetable-pizza-50400000111133/

Very excellent combo for a veggie pizza, it was better then the ones we would get at our farmer’s market; and we loved that one!

Renae
12.15.12 1:48 pm

This is the best pizza crust my family has ever eaten. My son described it as “bouncy”.

Renae
12.15.12 1:48 pm

I have been making scratch pizza crust for 3 or 4 years now. This is the best crust my family has ever eaten. My son described it as “bouncy”.

RagginMAMA
10.10.12 3:40 pm

WOW! thank you so much! My son and I decided to make pizza’s for our family last night!

We used this dough and topped one pizza with
Re-fried beans (the non fat ones we get for cheep by the case at Costco)
chicken cooked in taco seasoning and water (shredded)(also a Costco find 40 lbs frozen for 1.30$ a lbs)
Cheddar cheese (shredded)
then after cooling added jalapeno ranch dressing fresh tomatoes and shredded lettuce!

The other pizza had ranch dressing
Canadian Bacon
Sauteed chicken and bacon pieces
mozzarella
marinated artichokes
and after baking added a bit more ranch and fresh tomatoes

Anonymous
07.04.12 8:01 pm

This is A-MAZING!!! Luv it!!!

AllieIsSuperAwesome
02.03.12 5:30 pm

I’m trying to cook more and more vegetarian (and even occasionally vegan) meals, but sometimes they go… how should I put this… awry. We always have an “emergency pizza” in the freezer for such occasions (I’m not a bad cook, but let’s face it… not every recipe is a winner, right?). However, after making this crust and topping with sauce, spices and veggies, I think that it’s safe to say that the emergency pizza has been rendered unnecessary. :)

Maggie @ Vittles and Bits
01.18.12 8:29 pm

Great recipe!! I have tried lots of whole wheat crust recipes and this is definitely the best one yet! Thanks for sharing :)

Anonymous
01.15.12 9:48 am

Sam’s Club has large containers of instant yeast at a very good price

Lance
11.01.22 2:43 pm
Reply to  Anonymous

To make (2) 16โ€ pizzas it calls for 4 tsp of yeast. I use rapid rise instant yeast. Can you be more specific about the yeast youโ€™re figuring to use? Fresh? Active dried? Instant?
Ooni classic pizza dough recipe shows significant quantity difference between yeasts.

Monti Carlo
11.02.22 6:02 pm
Reply to  Lance

Instant or Active dry will both work. Use the amount called for in the recipe for both. XOXO -Monti

Carys
11.27.11 9:38 pm

Made this pizza dough tonight in the bread machine using all whole wheat flour (fresh ground in my Vitamix) instead of whole wheat and All Purpose and it turned out really really good! Couldn’t be happier with it!

Rachael M
11.14.11 11:31 pm

seriously loving this site! thanks for all the great tips and pictures! i didn’t realize that i could let the dough rise in the fridge and that it would add to the flavor! thanks!