Chicken Bacon Mushroom Pizza with a Creamy Spinach Sauce

INGREDIENTS

2 1/2 cups

warm water

1 tbsp

yeast

1 tbsp

sugar

1 tsp

salt

1/4 cup

olive oil

4 cups

flour (I do all whole wheat 97% of the time and love it!)

1/4 cup

butter (you could also use part of the bacon grease from the pizza toppings combined with butter to equal a 1/4 cup of fat total)

1/4 cup

flour

1 clove

garlic, minced

1 cup

milk

4 oz

cream cheese

1/2 tsp

salt

1/2 tsp

pepper

4 oz

baby spinach, chopped (half of a normal 9 oz. bag) or 1/2 a package of frozen chopped spinach

more salt

3 cups

mozzarella cheese, shredded

1 cup

shredded cooked chicken

package sliced mushrooms (9 oz package)

1/2 lb

bacon, cooked and crumbled