15 oil dough recipes

This is a great recipe for a quick, easy lunch or lovely enough for a nice appetizer during your next dinner party!

Soft steamed buns filled with mushrooms, water chestnuts, bell pepper, and hoisin sauce, served with a soy-chili dipping sauce. Homemade Chinese bao that freeze beautifully for later.

Caribbean-style roti dough with flour, milk, baking soda, and oil. Soft, supple Trinidadian-style flatbread for wrapping curries, made on a hot skillet.

Eggless fresh pasta dough with just semolina, water, and olive oil. Makes silky homemade noodles that cook in 2 minutes by hand, stand mixer, or food processor.

Easy homemade pizza dough that's forgiving and quick to work with: bread flour, yeast, and olive oil kneaded soft, given a short rise, then shaped with a rim and topped. Beginner-friendly and ready the same day.

Homemade tomato basil pasta made with just three ingredients: durum semolina flour, dried basil, and tomato juice. A simple, oil-free fresh pasta dough.

Easy focaccia bread made from store-bought pizza dough, brushed with olive oil and topped with your choice of herbs, garlic, or sun-dried tomatoes.

Bread machine pizza dough with five ingredients: flour, water, yeast, olive oil, and salt. The machine handles the kneading and rise, leaving you with a stretchy, chewy crust ready to top however you like.

Yeast pastry dough made with whole wheat and white flour for turnovers and pasties. Olive oil enriched, soft and pliable, and makes 30 squares ready for salmon, meat, or vegetable fillings.

Rosemary focaccia bites made from refrigerated pizza dough brushed with rosemary-orange oil and topped with roasted red peppers, kalamata olives, and scallions. A 30-minute appetizer or snack.

Whole wheat pasta dough: a simple eggless pasta made with whole wheat pastry flour and all-purpose flour, water, and a touch of olive oil. The base for handmade fettuccine, lasagna sheets, or ravioli.

Easy pizza crust lets the bread machine do the work: a chewy bread-flour dough made lower in fat by swapping applesauce for oil. Roll it out, top it, and bake your own crisp homemade pizza.

The quintessential Indian-Singaporean meal accompaniment. Unfortunately, all too often it is made using highly processed white flour and margarine. Here, the parathas are made with whole-wheat flour (you could also try using spelt flour) and stuffed with peas and potatoes, for a lighter but more wholesome take on the original. Serve hot with yoghurt and herbs.

Meatless bulgur tamales wrap a savory filling of cracked wheat, tomatoes, pepper, and brown rice miso inside masa dough and corn husks. A hearty vegetarian Tex-Mex classic with deep umami and no meat required.

Roasted vegetable pizza topped with caramelized onions, zucchini, tomatoes, and garlic on homemade whole grain dough. This vegetarian pizza is packed with Mediterranean flavor.