My world famous pizza that makes Jeff cry!
WW points value: 3.5 per slicePizza Dough

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups wheat flour (or oatmeal ground in a food processor*)
  
• 2 cups white flour
• 1 pkg yeast (2 1/4 tsp)
• 1 cup very warm water
• 2 Tbs olive oil
• 1 - 2 Tbs Italian seasoning (optional)

Directions

• Use a mixer with a dough hook, a food processor with a dough setting, or a bread machine on dough setting, Or you could go old fashioned and knead by hand. I use a KitchenAid with a dough hook, so my instructions are for that. Don't use a speed higher than 2 when mixing dough.
  
• Mix together wheat flour, yeast and Italian seasoning, if using
• Add water and oil and mix, scraping down with a spatula as needed
• Slowly add the 2 cups of white flour
• Mix until the all of the dough has been on the hook for a minute or two. If it seems dry and it's not getting on the hook, add VERY small amounts of water at a time. If it seems very sticky, add VERY small amounts of flour at a time.
• Pull dough off of hook and spray with Pam. Turn dough over in bowl to cover with Pam.
• Cover bowl with plastic wrap, then with a kitchen towel and place in oven. To warm the oven, you can turn it on the lowest temp for a minute BEFORE putting the bowl in. MAKE SURE you turn it off before putting the bowl in.
• Let rise in the oven for 1.5 - 2 hours.
• Remove from oven... dough is ready to use! I use half of the dough for a very thin, crunchy crust. (Freeze other half for later use). You could use the whole recipe for a thicker, softer crust, but this would obviously increase the points value.

While dough is rising, make the sauce

Ingredients:

• 1 tsp olive oil (or spray pot with Pam)
• 1/4 onion, minced
• 4 garlic cloves (or 1 tsp garlic powder)
• 1 Tbl Italian seasoning
• 1 - 2 tsp red pepper flakes
• 28 oz can crushed tomatoes
  

Directions:

• Heat pan with oil or Pam
• Add onion and garlic and saute for a few minutes
• Add Italian seasoning and red pepper flakes, stir and heat for a minute
• Add tomatoes, stir and heat through. Add more Italian seasoning and red pepper flakes to taste
• This makes about 3.5 cups, which you could stretch over 4 pizzas. Freeze what you don't use.

PIZZA TIME!

Ingredients:

• Pizza dough
• Sauce
• 4 oz mozzarella cheese**
• Any toppings you want to add
  

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 425
• Spread dough over pizza pan
• Bake in oven for 12 minutes
• After dough is baked, spread about 3/4 to 1 cup of sauce over dough
• Sprinkle cheese evenly over pizza
• Add toppings. I've been known to add fresh tomatoes, onions, olives, and bell peppers. Jeff just likes cheese on his half. Sometimes he wants tomatoes.
• Bake in oven for 10 - 12 minutes
• Remove and let sit for about 5 minutes (this makes it easier to cut)
• Cut into 8 slices, serve and enjoy!

*I suspect that the wheat flour that you buy at the supermarket is NOT whole grain. A cheaper alternative is to buy oatmeal and grind it. Oatmeal is definitely whole grain and therefore healthier.

**Mozzarella is usually shredded very thick. I chop it up in the food processor so that 4 oz spreads much further.