Sweet Potato Pizza Dough
Sweet Potato Pizza Dough
Ingredients
- 2 cups sweet potato, steamed and puréed
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup all purpose flour, for rolling and dusting
Optional Toppings
- 1/2 cup pizza sauce, as needed
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese, as needed
- 1/4 cup red onion, thinly sliced, as needed
- 1/2 cup cooked chicken, shredded, as needed
- 1/2 cup fresh spinach leaves, as needed
Instructions
- 1
Peel the sweet potato and chop it into small cubes. Steam the sweet potato cubes until they are fork-tender. A fork should easily pierce a piece of sweet potato.
⏱️ 10 min
- 2
Place the steamed sweet potato into a bowl and blend well with an immersion blender until a smooth purée is formed, ensuring there are no chunks.
⏱️ 5 min
- 3
Stir the 3 cups of all purpose flour into the puréed sweet potato using a spoon until the ingredients are mostly combined.
⏱️ 3 min
- 4
Transfer the mixture to a well-floured surface. Knead the dough by hand, gradually adding more of the reserved 1 cup of flour as needed for dusting and to prevent sticking, until a cohesive dough ball forms.
⏱️ 5 min
- 5
Divide the dough into two equal portions using a knife. Form each portion into a ball. This recipe yields two large pizzas.
⏱️ 2 min
- 6
Preheat your oven to 350°F. Take one dough ball and roll it out with a rolling pin on a surface generously dusted with flour until it forms your desired pizza crust shape. Place the rolled-out crust onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
⏱️ 5 min•🌡️ 350
- 7
Bake the crusts in the preheated oven for 10 minutes.
⏱️ 10 min•🌡️ 350
- 8
Remove the crusts from the oven. Top with your ingredients of choice, such as pizza sauce, shredded mozzarella cheese, sliced red onion, shredded cooked chicken, and fresh spinach leaves.
⏱️ 5 min
- 9
Increase the oven temperature to 400°F. Return the topped pizzas to the oven and bake for another 10 minutes, or until the cheese is melted and bubbly, and the crust is golden.
⏱️ 10 min•🌡️ 400
- 10
Remove from the oven, cut into slices, and enjoy!
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Nutrition Facts (per serving)
Sweet Potato Pizza Dough
- 2 cups sweet potato, steamed and puréed
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup all purpose flour, for rolling and dusting
Optional Toppings
- 1/2 cup pizza sauce, as needed
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese, as needed
- 1/4 cup red onion, thinly sliced, as needed
- 1/2 cup cooked chicken, shredded, as needed
- 1/2 cup fresh spinach leaves, as needed
Instructions
- 1
Peel the sweet potato and chop it into small cubes. Steam the sweet potato cubes until they are fork-tender. A fork should easily pierce a piece of sweet potato.
⏱️ 10 min - 2
Place the steamed sweet potato into a bowl and blend well with an immersion blender until a smooth purée is formed, ensuring there are no chunks.
⏱️ 5 min - 3
Stir the 3 cups of all purpose flour into the puréed sweet potato using a spoon until the ingredients are mostly combined.
⏱️ 3 min - 4
Transfer the mixture to a well-floured surface. Knead the dough by hand, gradually adding more of the reserved 1 cup of flour as needed for dusting and to prevent sticking, until a cohesive dough ball forms.
⏱️ 5 min - 5
Divide the dough into two equal portions using a knife. Form each portion into a ball. This recipe yields two large pizzas.
⏱️ 2 min - 6
Preheat your oven to 350°F. Take one dough ball and roll it out with a rolling pin on a surface generously dusted with flour until it forms your desired pizza crust shape. Place the rolled-out crust onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
⏱️ 5 min•🌡️ 350 - 7
Bake the crusts in the preheated oven for 10 minutes.
⏱️ 10 min•🌡️ 350 - 8
Remove the crusts from the oven. Top with your ingredients of choice, such as pizza sauce, shredded mozzarella cheese, sliced red onion, shredded cooked chicken, and fresh spinach leaves.
⏱️ 5 min - 9
Increase the oven temperature to 400°F. Return the topped pizzas to the oven and bake for another 10 minutes, or until the cheese is melted and bubbly, and the crust is golden.
⏱️ 10 min•🌡️ 400 - 10
Remove from the oven, cut into slices, and enjoy!