Sprouted Wheat Pie Crust Recipes

THE PERFECT SPROUTED WHOLE WHEAT PASTRY CRUST

Steps:

• Combine the flour, salt, baking powder, and sugar in your food processor. Pulse to incorporate.
• Cut the butter into 1-tablespoon chunks and drop them into the flour mixture. Pulse again until the butter is the size of grainy sand.
• Add the yogurt and pulse until the dough comes together. Depending on the yogurt you may need a little ice water. If the dough won't stick together at all, add ice water 1 teaspoon at a time until it will just hold together.
• Dump the dough out on a work surface and stack it several times to incorporate any dry ingredients. Stacking is different from kneading. To stack, break the dough in half and stack one half on the other before pushing it down. Do this several times until the dough is consistent. Be careful not to overwork the dough or get it too warm with your hands.
• Gently gather the dough together. Cut it in half and shape each half into a disk. Wrap each disk well with wax paper, parchment, or plastic wrap. Keep the dough in the refrigerator for up to 1 week or store it in the freezer for future use. To use the pastry dough the same day, refrigerate it for at least 1 hour.
• Remove the pastry dough from the refrigerator 30 minutes before rolling and shaping as desired.

SPROUTED FLOUR PIZZA CRUST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 F/218 C. Mix all sprouted flour pizza crust ingredients in a bowl with your hands until the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl. Gather dough together with your hands and press into a ball.
• Knead dough in bowl 10 times to make smooth then divide dough in half. On lightly floured surface roll each half into a 13 inch circle. Place on pizza pan (use parchment paper to cover if you have only aluminum ones). Turn up edges 1/2 inch and pinch.
• Brush circles with 2 Tbl of olive oil.
• Bake sprouted flour pizza crusts for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and add add desired toppings. Try this easy, no cook pizza sauce. Bake for 5-10 minutes until it looks done.
• Serve and enjoy!
• Refrigerate any leftovers you may not have used. This pizza crust will last for several days in the refrigerator, and you can even freeze it if you desire to make pizza at a later date.

SPROUTED WHEAT PIE CRUST

Steps:

• 1. Make a cup or so of ice water with a dash of vinegar added (I prefer Bragg's vinegar, but any will do).
• 2. Mix together flour and salt.
• 3. Cut in butter and shortening to make small pieces.
• 4. Sprinkle in 1 Tablespoon of water at a time and gently mix with a fork. Repeat until all is mixed and forms a ball.
• 5. Cut ball in half.
• 6. Between two sheets of wax paper (floured slightly if needed), flatten ball with a rolling pin to desired thickness.
• 7. Peel off one side of the wax paper, transfer to a pie plate, and peel off the other side of the wax paper.
• 8. Trim and crimp edges.
• 9. Freeze or cook as pie recipe indicates.