310 dough recipes

Classic Christmas cut-out sugar cookies with clean edges that hold their shape. A simple butter-and-shortening dough that rolls thin, bakes crisp, and takes royal icing like a dream.

Brooklyn bagels: chewy, shiny New York-style bagels made the real way, with a stiff high-gluten dough boiled in barley-malt water before baking. Hand-shaped, egg-washed, and seriously chewy.

Authentic Middle Eastern pita bread with tender pockets perfect for stuffing. This dough can be made ahead and refrigerated for up to a week of fresh-baked flatbreads.

Feather biscuits (also called angel biscuits) use both yeast and baking powder for an unbelievably light, fluffy texture. The buttermilk dough can chill up to 3 days for make-ahead Sunday breakfasts.

Homemade fried semolina bread rolls a stiff semolina dough paper-thin, then fries it into crisp, golden discs. A crunchy, savory Sri Lankan fried bread to serve hot with vegetable curry.

Classic Christmas cut-out cookies that hold their shape, with cornstarch in the dough for a tender bite and crisp edges. Roll, cut into festive shapes, bake golden, and decorate with icing.

Coconut pani squares, a Sri Lankan sweet of crisp fried dough cubes tossed in coconut treacle syrup, pressed into a block and cut into chewy-crunchy squares. Sticky, golden, and lightly caramel.

Homemade soft bread, a puffed flatbread cooked on a griddle then ballooned over an open flame until light and golden. Soft yeast dough that tears into pillowy pieces for scooping up curry.

Homemade whole wheat pita bread that puffs into perfect pockets in a 500F oven. Yeasted dough with honey, half whole wheat flour for a nuttier flavor. Twelve fresh pitas from one bowl.

Homemade cone bread wraps soft, enriched yeast dough around a cone mold to bake hollow shells you can stuff with curry or sausage. A Sri Lankan handheld bread with a glossy egg-washed crust.

Homemade flatbread you cook in a frying pan, no oven needed. A soft yeast dough rolled into thin rounds and toasted until lightly golden and pillowy, ready to fold around curry or any savory filling.

Vegetarian chili dog rolls wrap a smoky, cumin-spiced TVP filling with sauteed peppers, mushrooms, and tomato inside soft homemade whole wheat yeast dough. Baked golden at 375F, they make 20 hearty rolls.

Yeast dough topped with sweet fennel-onion marmalade and honey-glazed pearl onions bakes into a savory tart with caramelized edges and herb-kissed layers.

Brown sugar refrigerator cookies with a butterscotchy flavour and a hint of orange zest. The dough chills into a log, slices thin, and cuts into fancy shapes for a crisp icebox cookie that yields 4-5 dozen.

Cute Easter egg cookies are tender cut-out cookies shaped with an egg cutter and decorated with smooth pastel icing. A fun Easter baking project for kids, made lighter with a sugar substitute in the dough.

Use whole raw pistachios to mix in the dough, and the lemon flavor from the lemon zest and juice adds extra great taste to biscotti, a cup of tea or coffee with a couple of biscotti.