Quick Whole Wheat Pizza Crust

A while ago I grew to like those 33 cent white pizza dough pouches you can buy at most grocery stores.  The crust takes about 15 minutes total to make.  The problem was that it wasn't very healthy.  So... I decided to create a recipe for a whole wheat version (or as much wheat as I could stand).  This is hearty!  

Whole Wheat Pizza Crust (Quick)

1/2 Cup             Whole Wheat Flour

1/2 Cup             Bread Flour (you could use All Purpose Flour)

1 Cup                 All Purpose Flour

1/2 teaspoon   Baking powder

1 Tablespoon   Ground flax (optional)

1 Tablespoon   Granulated sugar

1 teaspoon       Baking soda

1 teaspoon       Quick rise yeast

1 teaspoon       Canola or Olive oil

2/3 cup plus 2 Tablespoons hot water

Turn oven to 350 F.

Put hot water, yeast, and oil into a bowl and mix around.

In a separate bowl put all of the dry ingredients and mix them together.  

Pour the water mixture into the dry ingredients and mix with a fork until it is combined.  This dough should be sticky but not wet.  Cover and let stand for 5 minutes.  In the mean time, cover a cookie sheet with a thin layer of corn meal.  After the 5 minutes are up, uncover the dough, sprinkle a bit of flour on it, and remove from the bowl and place onto the cookie sheet on top of the corn meal.  The dough will be pretty sticky.  Use flour as necessary to keep your fingers from sticking to the dough and spread it out into whatever pizza shape you want.  When you are finished, let this dough sit for 10 minutes.  In the mean time you can get your pizza toppings ready.  When it has sat for 10 minutes, put in the oven and cook for about 13 minutes.  Take the crust out, put your toppings on, and continue cooking the pizza until the toppings are cooked and melted however you prefer.  Enjoy your home made pizza!