Recipe

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• 1 1/4 cups bread flour
• 2 tbsp bread flour
• 2 tbsp whole grain cornmeal
• 2 tbsp wheat bran
• 2 tbsp quick-cooking oats
• 1 1/2 tsp fast rising yeast
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup water or 1/2 cup skim milk , plus
• 2 tbsp water or 2 tbsp skim milk, divided
• 1 tsp honey

• 1 Place 3/4 C of the flour and all of the cornmeal, wheat bran, oats, yeast, and salt in a large bowl, and stir to mix well.
• 2 Place the water or milk and the honey in a small saucepan, and heat until very warm (125 F to 130 F.) Add the water mixture to the flour mixture and stir for 1 minute.
• 3 Stir in enough of the remaining flour, 2 Tablespoons at a time, to form a soft dough.
• 4 Sprinkle 2 Tablespoons of the remaining flour over a flat surface and turn the dough onto the surface.
• 5 Knead the dough for 5 minutes, gradually adding just enough of the remaining flour to form a smooth, satiny ball.
• 6 (Be careful not to make the dough too stiff, or it will be hard to roll out.) Coat a large bowl with nonstick cooking spray and place the ball of dough in the bowl.
• 7 Cover the bowl with a clean kitchen towel and let rise in a warm place for about 35 minutes, or until doubled in size.
• 8 When the dough has risen, punch it down, shape it into a ball, and turn it onto a floured surface.
• 9 The dough is now ready for shaping, topping, and baking.
• 10 To make pizza dough in bread machine: Place all of the dough ingredients except for 2 Tablespoons of the bread flour in the machine's bread pan.
• 11 (Do not heat the water or milk.) Turn the machine on to the rise , dough , or manual setting so that the machine will mix, knead, and let the dough rise once.
• 12 Check the dough about 5 minutes after the machine has started.
• 13 If the dough seems too sticky, add more of the remaining flour, a Tablespoon at a time.
• 14 When the dough is ready, remove it from the machine and proceed to shape, top, and bake it as directed in the recipe.