Go Back
+ servings
healthy pizza dippers

Pizza Dippers

Author: Heidi Boortz
Servings : 8

Ingredients

Dough

  • 1 3/8 cup water lukewarm
  • 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 Tbsp honey
  • 4 cups 100% whole wheat pastry flour or regular whole wheat flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 1/2 tsp active dry yeast

Toppings

  • 1 Cup marinara No sugar listed in ingredients
  • 2 cups mozzarella Grated

Filling

  • 3 Oz uncured italian sausage No sugar listed in ingredients; cooked and crumbled
  • 1 Cup mozzarella Grated

Instructions

Dough Stand Mixer Method

  • Add liquids, then dry ingredients to the bowl of a stand mixer. (Take care not to let yeast and salt touch.)
  • Fit mixer with dough hook. Mix on low speed until dough ball forms and cleans the sides of the bowl. (2-5 minutes)
  • (If dough ball is too sticky, add more flour, 1 T at a time. If it is too dry, add more water, 1 T. at a time.)
  • Fold cheese and sausage into dough. Divide dough in half.
  • Press dough into two parchment-lined, rimmed baking sheets. Top with marinara and cheese. Bake at 400 10-12 min. Cut into 1 inch by 1 inch by 3 inch (approximate) rectangles. Serve with additional marinara for dipping.

Dough: Mix by Hand Method

  • Mix all ingredients in a large bowl with a wooden spoon. As soon as the dough is too tough to stir with a spoon, transfer to a lightly floured surface and knead by hand 10 minutes, or until dough is pliable and doesn't stick to hands.
  • (If dough ball is too sticky, add more flour, 1 T at a time. If it is too dry, add more water, 1 T. at a time.)
  • Fold cheese and sausage into dough. Divide dough in half.
  • Press dough into two parchment-lined, rimmed baking sheets. Top with marinara and cheese. Bake at 400 10-12 min. Cut into 1 inch by 1 inch by 3 inch (approximate) rectangles. Serve with additional marinara for dipping.

Notes

We used Field Grains Vegan Italian Sausage for testing purposes.