Weight Watchers Basic Pizza Dough

For the Superbowl last weekend, we were left wondering what to serve that would still be healthy. We had to forego the friend chicken wings and the ooey gooey delivery pizza, but we made some awesome homemade pizza using a weight watchers dough recipe, and I thought I just had to share it with you all.

3 POINTS

per serving

Ingredients:

2 Packages yeast

2 teaspoons sugar

4 cups flour — or more if needed

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 cup olive oil — if available, extra virgin

1 1/2 cups warm water

Instructions:

Put yeast and sugar in a cup. Add 1/2 cup of water. The water should be between 100 and 110 degrees. Mix well. Wait about 5 minutes for the yeast and sugar to activate.

In a large mixing bowl, add the flour, salt, olive oil, 1 cup of warm water and the yeast mixture. Mix this with a fork to get all the liquid absorbed by the flour.

Place a handful of flour on a pastry board or mixing surface. Dust your hands and spread out the flour. Empty the contents of the bowl on to the flour.

Knead the dough for 8-10 minutes or until the texture is smooth and uniform.

If the dough seems a little sticky, add a little more flour. One method to knead, is lean on the dough with the palm of your hand. Press the dough to the mixing surface.

Fold the dough and repeat.

Place the dough in a bowl and drizzle with olive oil. Place bowl in draft free area and cover with a cloth or plastic wrap sprayed with cooking spray.

Let the dough rise for about an hour. Punch down the dough and wait about 45 minutes.

Dough is now ready. Cut the dough in half.

Dust a rolling pin with flour and roll out on a floured pastry board until the dough is the desired shape. Keep using flour, so the dough won't stick.

The more you make dough the easier it will become. Don't get discouraged if it seems difficult the first time.

NOTES : (Makes 2 pizzas or calzones)(Or 4 thin Neapolitan style pizzas!)

Yield: 16 servings

3 POINTS per serving

Nutritional Information:

Per serving: 148 Calories (kcal); 4g Total Fat; (22% calories from fat); 4g Protein; 25g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 135mg Sodium

Food Exchanges: 1 1/2 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates

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We made three awesome combinations:

1. Pepper strips, fajita seasoning and chicken to make chicken fajita pizza

2. Chicken, turkey bacon, and fat free ranch dressing to make our own version of the delicious chicken, bacon, ranch pizza

3. Turkey pepperoni and canadian bacon with mushrooms

We didn't even miss the chicken wings, because we found an awesome buffalo chicken dip too, also a weight watchers recipe:

Buffalo Chicken Dip Recipe

Ingredients:

- 16 oz boneless, skinless chicken breasts

- 1 tsp salt

- 1/2 tsp pepper

- 1 tsp garlic powder

- 1 tsp onion powder

- 8-oz. fat-free cream cheese, softened

- 1/2 cup fat free sour cream

- 1/2 cup Frank’s RedHot Original Cayenne Pepper Sauce

- 2 tbsp low calorie butter

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NOTE: If you are pressed for time, you can use two 9.75oz cans of white chicken meat in water (drained), instead of the grilled chicken, but the taste isn’t nearly as good as using actual grilled chicken breasts.

Directions:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Rub chicken breasts with salt, pepper, garlic powder and onion powder. Spray a skillet with non-fat cooking spray, and set on med/high heat. Put in chicken breasts, and cook until brown on both sides and meat is cooked through. Once meat is cooked, cut it up into bite sized shredded chunks. Set aside. In a large, oven safe bowl, stir cream cheese and butter until smooth. Add in chicken and other remaining ingredients, and mix until thoroughly combined. Bake in the oven for about 20-25 minutes, or until dip has heated all the way through.

Entire recipe makes 12 servings

Serving size is approx 1/2 cup

Each serving = 2 Point Total

Okay enough for now — off to a meeting and then on to the personal trainer.. :-)

Amber