FAVORITE LOW PROTEIN RECIPE
WHEAT STARCH PIZZA
*

1 1/2 t. Yeast
3 cups plus 2 Tabl. Wheat Starch (or 350 grams)
1/3 cup Metamucil (or 53 grams)
3 t. Baking Powder
1/2 t. Salt
2 Tabl. Sugar
1 1/4 cups Water
1/2 cup liquid Coffemate or Coffee Rich
2 Tabl. Vegetable Oil

Mix water, Coffeemate and oil and heat to 110 degrees (microwave for 1 min. on High)
Add to dry (mixed) ingredients and let dough sit for 10 minutes in warm oven.
Remove from oven and knead, then press to pizza pan 16" to 18" diameter. Bake for 7 minutes at 400 degrees, remove and add toppings, then return to oven for 7 minutes.

350 grams Wheat Starch = 35 mg PHE
1 1/2 t.      Yeast = 72 mg PHE
1/2 cup      Coffee Rich = 28 mg PHE
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135 mg PHE          divided by 8 slices = 16.9 mg / slice
(makes four 8-inch personal pizza crusts at 34 mg PHE each)

* Adapted from LP Breads, p. 26, 1983, Virginia Schuett

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