39 egg dough recipes

German springerle Christmas cookies: anise-scented egg-and-sugar dough pressed with carved wooden molds, dried overnight, and baked low to set the embossed pattern.

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.

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.

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.

I use a bit more flour, let the dough rest in the fridge for 1 hr., and shape these into logs instead, brushing with egg wash and sprinkling with a little granulated sugar. I then bake them for 17 minutes. After cooling in the sheet pan for 5 min., I cut them into squares.

Traditional Slovak pirohy (pierogi) with a tender egg dough boiled and bathed in browned butter. Choose from cottage cheese, dill potato, or sweet-savory cabbage filling.

Sugar puffs are crispy deep-fried dough squares dusted with powdered sugar or cinnamon. Made from a simple egg and flour dough rolled paper-thin.

Four ways to shape holiday butter cookie dough: cutouts with egg paint, spritz cookies, chocolate caramel marbles, and coconut macaroon wreaths. One dough, endless options.

Linzer pastry dough with a full pound of butter, egg yolks, lemon zest, and vanilla. A rich, tender Austrian dough for jam-filled cookies, tarts, and meringue-topped pastries.

Homemade ricotta ravioli from scratch: a classic egg pasta dough rolled thin, filled with seasoned ricotta and Parmesan, sealed with a fork, and boiled just until tender. Simple, old-school Italian.

Whole wheat French bread baguettes with a golden egg-wash crust. Hand-kneaded, naturally risen, and freezer-friendly. Four long loaves from one simple dough.

Cinnamon sugar cookies with a tender shortening-based dough, brushed with egg white and topped with a cinnamon sugar sparkle. Crisp edges, soft centers.

Italian chocolate cookies with cocoa, cinnamon, cold coffee, and grape jelly in the dough. An old-world recipe with no eggs that makes a huge batch of soft, cakey cookies.

Rustic Italian bread shaped into a baguette with a crispy egg-white crust and cornmeal-dusted bottom. Uses a bread machine for the dough, then hand-shaped and oven-baked.

Ceregi are traditional Polish deep-fried pastry twists made from egg yolk dough with a splash of whiskey. Crispy, delicate, and dusted with powdered sugar.

Homemade kreplach with hand-rolled egg noodle dough folded into filled triangles and boiled in soup or salted water. A traditional Jewish dumpling made from scratch.