2,023 dough recipes

Moravian sand tarts are thin, buttery Pennsylvania Dutch cookies rolled paper-thin and topped with a pecan half. The dough chills overnight for easy rolling and crisp results.

Cinnamon swirl bread: a soft enriched yeast dough rolled around a buttery cinnamon-sugar filling, baked into tender loaves, then finished with a sweet vanilla glaze. Makes two loaves at once.

Ginger icebox cookies with molasses, three teaspoons of ground ginger, and a slice-and-bake method. Make the dough ahead, chill, and bake crisp rounds whenever you want fresh cookies.

Georgian fruit buns loaded with diced apples, raisins, prune puree, peach puree, and cream cheese in a spiced wheat dough. A hearty, fruit-packed quick bread from the South.

Old-fashioned Christmas sugar cookies made with a full pound of butter, sour cream, and baking soda. The dough chills overnight for easy rolling and clean cookie cutter shapes.

White chocolate chip macadamia nut cookies made with both butter and shortening for a chewy-crisp texture. Loaded with chopped macadamias and white chocolate in a brown sugar-vanilla dough.

New Orleans-style French Market beignets cut into squares, deep-fried golden, and buried in powdered sugar. Make-ahead yeast dough that chills overnight and improves over a week in the fridge.

Halloween black cat cookies: chocolate cake mix and peanut butter dough shaped into cat faces with M&M eyes, candy noses, and fork-tine whiskers. The Halloween party treat kids will line up for.

Chocolate surprise cookies hiding peanut butter chips and walnuts inside a cocoa-based drop cookie dough. The chocolate-peanut butter combo bakes up in just 8-10 minutes.

Bafla are Rajasthani wheat dough balls boiled in spiced moong dal, then baked until cracked and golden. Break them open, drizzle with ghee, and pour the aromatic dal right over top for a soul-warming vegetarian meal.

Crustless sweet potato pie with almond extract for a Southern-style dessert that bakes in 25 minutes. Mashed sweet potatoes, butter, and sugar create a custardy slice without rolling a single piece of dough.

Fresh egg pasta from scratch with just flour, eggs, and olive oil. Hand-kneaded on a wooden board using the classic Italian well method for silky, elastic dough.

Roman pepper pastry crust made with lard, coarsely ground black pepper, and egg. A savory, peppery Italian dough for pizzas and savory pies that rests in 30 minutes.

Homemade puris, Indian deep-fried puffed bread made with whole wheat and white flour. The dough rests for an hour then fries into golden, airy pillows in seconds.

Garlic bubble loaf made from soft yeast dough balls dipped in garlic-paprika butter, layered in a loaf pan, and topped with sesame seeds. Pull-apart and golden.

Homemade onion-mustard sandwich rolls with dry mustard, black pepper, and rehydrated onion flakes baked into the dough and sprinkled on top with poppy seeds. Makes 18 buns.