Dough

Dough recipes have been around for centuries, with the earliest known recipes dating back to ancient Egypt. The word "dough" is derived from the Old English word "doh," which means "flour." Dough was traditionally made by combining flour, water and yeast, and then kneading the mixture until it was smooth. Over time, different cultures and regions developed their own unique recipes for dough, adding different ingredients and using different techniques to create a variety of different breads, pastries and other baked goods.

One of the most popular dough recipes is for pizza dough, which originated in Italy. The first recorded pizza recipe dates back to the 16th century, and it wasn't until the late 1800s that pizza became a popular dish in the United States. Today, there are countless different recipes for pizza dough, with each chef putting their own spin on the classic dish.

Another popular dough recipe is for cinnamon rolls. The origins of cinnamon rolls are unclear, but they are believed to have originated in Scandinavia. The first recorded recipe for cinnamon rolls dates back to the 18th century, and they became a popular breakfast food in the United States in the early 20th century. Cinnamon rolls are typically made with a sweet dough that is

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Recipes

 

Baked Apple Cider Doughnuts

5/5 - 4148 votes

• nonstick spray
• butter
• vanilla extract
• baking powder
• apple cider
• nutmeg
• all purpose flour
• cinnamon
• egg
• sugar
• light brown sugar
• salt

 

Pizza Dough

5/5 - 2846 votes

• olive oil
• active yeast
• salt
• all purpose flour

 

Quick Pizza Dough

5/5 - 1951 votes

• water
• olive oil
• salt
• active yeast
• bread flour
• cornmeal

 

Doughnuts

5/5 - 1588 votes

• salt
• milk
• sugar
• egg
• oil
• active yeast
• all purpose flour
• butter

 

Mark Bittman's Basic Pizza Dough

5/5 - 1105 votes

• rosemary
• olive oil
• yeast
• salt
• all purpose flour

 

Homemade Tamale Dough With Masa Harina

4.5/5 - 495 votes

• pork lard
• cumin
• salt
• chili powder
• onion powder
• water
• masa harina

 

Sourdough Starter

4/5 - 1931 votes

• water
• all purpose flour
• pineapple juice

 

Foolproof Pie Dough

5/5 - 877 votes

• salt
• butter
• solid vegetable shortening
• water
• vodka
• sugar
• all purpose flour

 

Sourdough Crackers

4.9/5 - 730 votes

• king arthur white wheat flour
• sourdough starter unfed discard
• salt
• herb
• butter
• salt
• oil

 

Masa Para Empanadas: Empanada Dough

4.5/5 - 299 votes

• salt
• egg yolk
• butter
• sugar
• lard
• water
• all purpose flour

 

Basic Dough for Fresh Egg Pasta

5/5 - 616 votes

• rice flour
• salt
• all purpose flour
• eggs egg yolk

 

Cast-Iron Sourdough Pancakes

4/5 - 1395 votes

• maple syrup
• butter
• sugar
• baking soda
• salt
• sourdough starter
• all purpose flour
• milk
• egg
• pear

 

Cheaters No Knead Dutch Oven Sourdough Bread

4.26/5 - 539 votes

• greek yogurt
• honey
• salt
• water
• yeast
• all purpose flour

 

Classic Glazed Doughnuts

5/5 - 584 votes

• DOUGHNUTS
• salt
• milk
• sugar
• egg
• oil
• active yeast
• all purpose flour
• butter
• GLAZE
• milk
• powdered sugar

 

Grandma-Style Pizza Dough

4/5 - 393 votes

• envelope active yeast
• olive oil
• salt
• all purpose flour

 

Danish Dough

5/5 - 515 votes

• egg
• bread flour
• butter
• milk
• sugar
• yeast
• salt

 

Fresh Pasta Dough

4.2/5 - 277 votes

• olive oil
• salt
• all purpose flour
• egg

 

Sourdough Pizza Dough

4/5 - 1012 votes

• olive oil
• sourdough starter
• salt
• yeast
• all purpose flour

 

Pizza Dough for Thin Crust Pizza

5/5 - 428 votes

• cornmeal
• water
• active yeast
• olive oil
• salt
• all purpose flour

 

Krispy Kreme Doughnut Recipe

4.87/5 - 195 votes

• salt
• milk
• sugar
• butter
• butter
• water
• powdered sugar
• vanilla
• egg
• yeast oryeast
• all purpose flour
• evaporated milk
• canola oil

 

Extra-Tangy Sourdough Bread

4.6/5 - 792 votes

• sourdough starter
• water
• salt
• king arthur all purpose flour

 

Sour Cream Pierogi Dough

4.5/5 - 187 votes

• water
• egg
• salt
• sour cream
• all purpose flour

 

Sourdough Stuffing With Kale and Dates

5/5 - 319 votes

• black pepper
• sherry
• lacinato kale
• turkey sausage
• salt
• loaf sourdough bread
• olive oil
• rosemary
• chicken
• onion
• thyme
• chile de árbol
• deglet noor date
• almond
• butter

 

Sturdy Gingerbread House Dough

4/5 - 243 votes

• cinnamon
• ginger
• light brown sugar
• margarine
• salt
• light corn syrup
• clove
• all purpose flour

 

Chef Anne's All-Purpose Pasta Dough

4.9/5 - 133 votes

• salt
• all purpose flour
• water
• olive oil
• egg

 

Rustic Sourdough Bread

4.6/5 - 689 votes

• sourdough starter
• yeast
• water
• salt
• king arthur all purpose flour

 

Pizza Dough recipe

4.99/5 - 175 votes

• all purpose flour
• mozzarella cheese
• pizza sauce
• rapid rise
• olive oil
• salt
• tap water
• olive oil
• sugar
• bread flour

 

Easy Peezy Pizza Dough (Bread Machine Pizza Dough)

5/5 - 311 votes

• water
• salt
• olive oil
• sugar
• water
• yeast
• bread flour

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Pizza Dough Recipe

4.79/5 - 718 votes

• salt
• sugar
• yeast
• olive oil
• water
• all purpose flour

 

Baked Pumpkin Doughnuts

5/5 - 207 votes

• DOUGHNUTS
• nonstick spray
• pumpkin
• sugar
• baking powder
• salt
• vanilla extract
• cinnamon
• vegetable oil
• nutmeg
• all purpose flour
• milk
• baking soda
• egg
• GLAZE
• confectioners sugar
• vanilla extract
• milk

 

Old-Fashioned Dutch Doughnuts (Oliebollen)

4/5 - 180 votes

• salt
• water
• sugar
• milk
• egg
• all purpose flour
• vegetable
• confectioners sugar
• cinnamon

 

Rustic Italian Sourdough Bread

5/5 - 47 votes

• Bread Dough
• ice
• wheat flour
• salt
• levain
• durum wheat flour
• all purpose flour
• water
• Levain
• all purpose flour
• sourdough starter
• water
• wheat flour

 

Easy Pie Dough Recipe

4.5/5 - 63 votes

• salt
• sugar
• all purpose flour
• butter
• water

 

Wolfgang Puck's Pizza Dough

4.5/5 - 111 votes

• water
• yeast
• olive oil
• honey
• salt
• all purpose flour
• tomato sauce

 

Homemade Phyllo Dough

4/5 - 162 votes

• olive oil
• white vinegar
• lemon
• water
• all purpose flour

 

Chocolate-Cherry Sourdough Bread

4/5 - 428 votes

• canola oil
• liquid sourdough starter
• dark chocolate chip
• espresso
• cherry
• yeast
• salt
• bread flour
• cocoa powder
• water

 

Pan Pizza Dough

4/5 - 417 votes

• all purpose flour
• salt
• olive oil
• active yeast
• butter
• water

 

Basic Pizza Dough

4.7/5 - 84 votes

• olive oil
• honey
• water
• white pepper
• salt
• yeast
• all purpose flour

 

Fast Pizza Dough

4.8/5 - 84 votes

• sugar
• water
• rise yeast
• olive oil
• salt
• all purpose flour

 

Apple Cider Doughnuts

4/5 - 391 votes

• blueberry ginger jam
• vegetable oil
• apple cider
• baking soda
• vanilla extract
• honeycrisp apple
• sugar
• baking powder
• cinnamon
• buttermilk
• brown sugar
• nutmeg
• salt
• egg
• butter
• all purpose flour

 

Beer Pizza Dough (With Make-Ahead Directions)

5/5 - 88 votes

• yeast
• egg yolk
• water
• amber ale
• olive oil
• salt
• bread flour
• cornmeal

 

Focaccia Dough

4/5 - 363 votes

• sugar
• salt
• wheat flour
• yeast
• olive oil
• all purpose flour

 

Baked Pumpkin Doughnuts

4.7/5 - 74 votes

• salt
• vanilla extract
• vegetable oil
• pumpkin puree
• all purpose flour
• baking powder
• cinnamon
• pumpkin pie spice
• butter
• egg
• sugar
• butter

 

Pizza Hut Style Pizza Dough (Bread Machine)

5/5 - 182 votes

• baking powder
• bread machine yeast
• water
• salt
• msg
• garlic powder
• onion powder
• cornmeal
• olive oil
• sugar
• all purpose flour

 

Homemade Plain Cake Doughnuts

4.2/5 - 112 votes

• baking powder
• salt
• egg
• canola oil
• milk
• sugar
• cinnamon
• nutmeg
• all purpose flour
• butter
• cinnamon sugar

 

Homemade Raised Doughnuts

4/5 - 132 votes

• water
• yeast
• egg
• salt
• sugar
• oil
• all purpose flour
• butter

 

Cream Filled Doughnuts

4/5 - 130 votes

• lemon zest
• milk
• salt
• sugar
• water
• butter
• pudding
• yeast
• egg
• milk
• all purpose flour
• canola oil
• confectioners sugar

 

Bolinhos de Chuva: Brazilian Cinnamon "Raindrop" Doughnuts

4/5 - 129 votes

• baking powder
• cinnamon
• sugar
• salt
• buttermilk
• all purpose flour
• egg
• vegetable oil

 

Boston Cream Doughnuts

4/5 - 311 votes

• PASTRY CREAM
• salt
• cream
• cornstarch
• all purpose flour
• butter
• vanilla
• egg
• sugar
• DOUGHNUTS
• salt
• milk
• sugar
• egg
• oil
• active yeast
• all purpose flour
• butter
• GLAZE
• vanilla
• powdered sugar
• milk
• cocoa powder

 

Pizza Dough

5/5 - 167 votes

• brown sugar
• salt
• water
• italian seasoning
• olive oil
• rising yeast
• all purpose flour

 

New York-Style Pizza Dough

4/5 - 124 votes

• water
• sugar
• salt
• olive oil
• active yeast
• bread flour

 

Amish Sourdough Bread

4.5/5 - 77 votes

• yeast
• sourdough starter
• water
• baking soda
• salt
• sugar
• all purpose flour

 

Easy Sourdough Bread Recipe

4.6/5 - 140 votes

• water
• salt
• sourdough starter
• all purpose flour

 

Sun-Dried Tomato & Kalamata Olive Sourdough

5/5 - 35 votes

• tomato
• kalamata olife
• wheat flour
• salt
• sourdough starter
• water
• all purpose flour

 

Serbian Doughnuts (Krofne)

4.5/5 - 75 votes

• yeast
• milk
• water
• sugar
• salt
• egg
• oil
• butter
• all purpose flour
• confectioners sugar

 

Vegan Doughnuts

4/5 - 273 votes

• GLAZE
• walnut
• green
• cocoa powder
• almond milk
• vanilla extract
• confectioners sugar
• DOUGHNUTS
• vegetable oil
• vanilla extract
• active yeast
• salt
• sugar
• water
• applesauce
• all purpose flour
• almond milk
• vegan butter

 

Quick and Easy Pizza Dough

5/5 - 150 votes

• sugar
• yeast
• salt
• all purpose flour
• water

 

Homemade Pan Pizza Dough

4/5 - 108 votes

• water
• olive oil
• salt
• yeast
• all purpose flour

 

Baked Carrot Cake Doughnuts

4/5 - 247 votes

• DOUGHNUTS
• nonstick spray
• vanilla extract
• all purpose flour
• carrot
• baking powder
• raisin
• dark brown sugar
• nutmeg
• ginger
• milk
• sugar
• cinnamon
• egg
• vegetable oil
• salt
• GLAZE
• confectioners sugar
• cream cheese

 

Jelly Doughnuts

4/5 - 237 votes

• salt
• milk
• sugar
• egg
• oil
• active yeast
• all purpose flour
• butter

 

Basic Pizza Dough

4.7/5 - 54 votes

• sugar
• salt
• yeast
• olive oil
• all purpose flour

 

Hanukkah Jelly Doughnuts (Sufganiyot)

4.2/5 - 79 votes

• yeast
• water
• margarine
• sugar
• egg yolk
• all purpose flour
• canola oil
• salt
• powdered sugar
• strawberry jelly

 

Two Ingredient No Yeast Pizza Dough

4.5/5 - 59 votes

• greek yogurt
• self rising flour

 

Whole-Wheat Pie Dough

4/5 - 205 votes

• all purpose flour
• wheat flour
• french butter plugrá
• salt
• water

 

Lemony Glazed Cake Doughnuts

4.8/5 - 53 votes

• SPECIAL EQUIPMENT
• deep fry thermometer
• vegetable oil
• lemon zest
• powdered sugar
• milk greek yogurt
• salt
• vanilla extract
• sugar
• all purpose flour
• butter
• egg yolk
• baking powder

 

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Balls

4.5/5 - 50 votes

• semi sweet chocolate chip
• vanilla extract
• baking soda
• salt
• dark chocolate wafer
• all purpose flour
• applesauce
• dark brown sugar
• butter
• sugar
• blocks chocolate almond bark

 

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Balls

4.5/5 - 50 votes

• semi sweet chocolate chip
• vanilla extract
• baking soda
• salt
• dark chocolate wafer
• all purpose flour
• applesauce
• dark brown sugar
• butter
• sugar
• blocks chocolate almond bark

 

Homemade Pizza Dough

4/5 - 88 votes

• yeast
• water
• sugar
• salt
• olive oil
• all purpose flour

 

Overnight Sourdough Waffles

4.8/5 - 53 votes

• sourdough starter
• all purpose flour
• milk
• baking soda
• egg white
• egg yolk
• salt
• butter

 

Easy Pizza Dough

4.86/5 - 97 votes

• white vinegar
• water
• salt
• sugar
• yeast
• olive oil
• bread flour

 

Spelt Sourdough Bread

4.7/5 - 66 votes

• sourdough starter
• water
• salt
• wheat spelt flour

 

Mulled Spiced Apple Cider Doughnuts

3.89/5 - 184 votes

• sugar
• baking powder
• cinnamon
• vanilla extract
• cinnamon
• salt
• cinnamon
• apple butter
• maple syrup
• baking soda
• nutmeg
• egg
• apple cider
• all purpose flour
• butter
• heat oil

 

Vegan Pizza Dough

4/5 - 78 votes

• water
• sugar
• salt
• all purpose flour
• olive oil
• active

 

African Doughnut (Drop Doughnut)

4.92/5 - 35 votes

• nutmeg
• orange
• sugar
• milk
• salt
• butter
• baking powder
• vanilla
• all purpose flour
• egg
• oil

 

Olive Oil Sourdough With Castelvetranos

5/5 - 24 votes

• Dough
• salt
• olive oil
• castelvetrano olife
• rye flour
• water
• all purpose flour
• Levain
• all purpose flour
• rye flour
• sourdough starter
• water

 

Cook's Illustrated's Foolproof Pie Dough Recipe

4.5/5 - 23 votes

• salt
• vegetable shortening
• butter
• vodka
• water
• sugar
• all purpose flour

 

Apple Cider Doughnuts

3.7/5 - 45 votes

• vegetable oil
• salt
• vanilla extract
• egg egg yolk
• sugar
• buttermilk
• confectioners sugar
• baking soda
• nutmeg
• red apple
• apple cider
• vegetable shortening
• all pourpose flour
• cinnamon
• baking powder

 

Chilean Dulce de Leche Doughnuts (Berlines)

4.5/5 - 43 votes

• buttermilk
• dulce de leche
• yeast
• ground
• vanilla extract
• salt
• sugar
• anise extract
• water
• egg yolk
• light brown sugar
• all purpose flour
• vegetable oil

 

Gluten-Free Cinnamon Sugar Cake Doughnuts

4/5 - 143 votes

• cinnamon sugar
• salt
• xanthan gum
• refined coconut oil
• vanilla extract
• baking soda
• sugar
• arrowroot
• fava bean flour
• applesauce
• baking powder
• potato starch
• brown rice flour

 

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough

4.2/5 - 39 votes

• all purpose flour
• light brown sugar
• alcohol vanilla extract
• semi sweet chocolate chip
• sugar
• baking soda
• salt
• yogurt
• butter

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