Name: Honey Whole Wheat Pizza Dough Recipe
Yield: 8 Servings
Ingredients: 1 cup warm water (110 degrees F); 2 1/4 teaspoons Active Dry Yeast; 1 1/2 teaspoons granulated sugar; 2 1/2 cups Gold Medal Flour’s White Whole Wheat Flour; 2 tablespoons honey; 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil; 1 teaspoon kosher salt; 1/4 teaspoon Lawry’s Garlic salt

Why it works: Olive and garlic are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 25,665 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Honey Whole Wheat Pizza Dough Recipe

8 Servings

Ingredients

1 cup warm water (110 degrees F)
2 1/4 teaspoons Active Dry Yeast
1 1/2 teaspoons granulated sugar
2 1/2 cups Gold Medal Flour’s White Whole Wheat Flour
2 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon Lawry’s Garlic salt

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

687Calories

13 gProtein

15 gFat

125 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Honey	1 tbsp (21g)	64
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Water	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By pickypalate. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Wheat + olivetop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,100 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).
Wheat + honeytop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together346 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).
Flour + wheattop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,373 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Wheat + garlictop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together560 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, flour, wheat, honey, olive):

Cinnamonfits better
Turmericfits better
Jalapenofits better
Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, flour, wheat, honey, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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