2,329 rough recipes

G.G. Kettler's pie crust uses the old-fashioned boiling water method: hot water beaten into shortening makes a tender, no-fail dough that rolls out easily and bakes up flaky. Makes enough for two double-crust pies.

Glazed chocolate mint cookies: thin, crisp rolled cookies made with melted mint chocolate chips in the dough, then half-dipped in a glossy mint chocolate glaze. Like a homemade Thin Mint.

Herb focaccia with rosemary and olive oil, made from scratch with a simple yeast dough. Golden, dimpled, and pillowy soft with crispy edges.

Parmesan rolls made from hot roll mix with grated Parmesan cheese mixed into the dough, brushed with butter and egg-washed for a golden finish. Easy homemade-tasting dinner rolls.

Savory baking powder biscuits with sauteed onion and shallot mixed into the dough. A food processor method for flaky, tender biscuits with a sweet onion flavor.

Flaky biscuit dough rolled with sour cherries, sliced into pinwheels, and baked golden. Served warm with a homemade cherry sauce and ice cream or sherbet.

Kolach is a soft, enriched Eastern European braided bread: a milk-and-egg yeast dough braided into glossy golden loaves, brushed with egg glaze and sprinkled with poppy seeds. A festive holiday bread worth the rise.

Savory cheese monkey bread: butter-dipped diamonds of cheddar yeast dough stacked in a ring mold and baked into a golden, pull-apart loaf. Perfect with soup or on the brunch table.

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.

Pate a choux, the classic French pastry dough made from just butter, water, flour, and eggs. Master this one batter and you can pipe cream puffs, eclairs, and profiteroles.

Raised donuts made with a yeast dough that rises overnight for a tender, pillowy crumb. Old-fashioned homemade donuts fried golden and ready for glaze, sugar, or cinnamon dust.

Checkerboard cookies made easy with a fudge marble cake mix: build a black-and-white checkerboard from vanilla and chocolate dough strips, chill, slice and bake. A showy slice-and-bake cookie without the fuss.

Nusskipferl are Austrian nut crescent cookies made with a buttery sour cream yeast dough rolled around a sweet ground almond and egg white filling, baked golden.

Char siu bao (barbecued pork buns) wrap fluffy white yeasted dough around diced Chinese BBQ pork in oyster-hoisin sauce, then steam into the iconic Cantonese dim sum classic. Sweet, savory, and pillowy soft.

Mint pastry wafers made with a buttery cream dough sandwiched around chocolate mint wafers, dipped in sugar, and baked golden. A flaky, minty-chocolate sandwich cookie.

Freeze-ahead oatmeal cookie dough made with vegetable shortening, ready to slice and bake whenever cravings strike for chewy raisin nut cookies.