White Spinach Artichoke Pizza

This is a super fast pizza dough recipe that tastes delicious. The originally recipe just calls for all-purpose flour but I changed it to whole wheat. I have a really good wheat grinder (thanks mom!) so my wheat flour is really fine but if yours isn't you may want to just do half all-purpose and half whole wheat flour (remember to make half your grains whole grain!). This makes two crusts but the topping measurements are for just one pizza so top the other crust with your other favorite toppings!

For toppings Nick and I usually just make pepperoni, Hawaiian, BBQ chicken, or Alfredo chicken pizza but I wanted something new so I looked up gourmet pizzas and decided to make a "white pizza" but I thought just cheese would be boring so I pretty much made the whole thing up myself! ...And it was the Bomb!!! Nick will testify to that!

INGREDIENTS
Crust (makes 2):
1 1/2 Tbsp yeast
1 Tbsp sugar
1 1/2 c warm water
1 1/2 tsp salt
2 Tbsp oil
3 3/4 c whole wheat flour
2 Tbsp cornmeal

Topping (for 1 pizza):
1 c ricotta cheese
5 chicken tenders, cooked and shredded
2 c Pizza cheese (the bend of mozzarella, provolone...)
1 c baby spinach
1/2 c artichoke hearts, roughly chopped
1/4 c Parmesan cheese
Italian seasoning
Red pepper flakes
salt

DIRECTIONS
Crust:
Preheat oven to 400°. Mix yeast, sugar, and water and let rest until bubbly. Mix in salt, oil, and flour and let rest 5 minutes. Cover each pizza stone with 1 Tbsp cornmeal. Divide dough in two and roll each into a circle on a floured surface. Place place circles of dough onto cornmeal covered stones. Bake each crust 8 minutes and then remove from oven and add toppings.

Topping:
Spread ricotta cheese onto crust. Sprinkle with Italian seasoning and then top with shredded chicken, Pizza cheese, baby spinach, artichoke hearts, and Parmesan cheese. Reduce temperature to 375° and bake 8-10 minutes. Let pizza rest 3-5 minutes and then sprinkle with salt, red pepper, slice, and serve.

Here's a topping idea (what we made) for using the other crust (P.S. Leftover pizza tastes best when reheat on the stone in the oven at 350° for about 6-8 minutes until warm.):

(Hunts spaghetti sauce, mozzarella cheese, pepperoni, green bell peppers, olives)

–Melanie