302 yeast dough recipes

A no-yeast pizza dough made by stirring flour, baking powder, oil, and milk into a quick crust you can roll and top in minutes. No rising time, no kneading, just pizza night made simple.

Bubble bread (monkey bread) made from scratch with yeast dough rolled into walnut-sized balls, dipped in melted butter, and coated in cinnamon-brown sugar. Baked in a tube pan and served pull-apart style.

Quick kolachky made with a tender sour cream and yeast dough, rolled thin on powdered sugar, filled and folded into delicate pinched squares. A classic Eastern European cookie finished in a snow of powdered sugar.

Cloverleaf refrigerator rolls: soft, tender potato yeast rolls shaped three balls to a muffin cup so they pull apart into clover-leaf petals. The make-ahead dough chills overnight for fresh-baked rolls on demand.

Vegan whole wheat burger buns sweetened with molasses, leavened with active dry yeast, and made with soy milk and dairy-free margarine. A 50-50 whole wheat and all-purpose dough that makes 36 buns or 2 loaves.

Mardi Gras king cake made from a rich buttery brioche-style yeast dough, shaped into a traditional oval ring, and topped with corn syrup and colored sugar. Hide the baby and let the good times roll.

Quick focaccia dough with bread flour, active dry yeast, and a touch of milk powder for soft tenderness. A simple Italian flatbread base that rises in about an hour and bakes into a golden, dimpled loaf.

Savarin aux fruits, a classic French rum-soaked yeast ring cake. A light, beaten dough is baked, then drenched in flavored syrup until saturated and filled with whipped cream and fresh fruit. An elegant patisserie dessert.

Basic Italian focaccia from scratch: a slow-risen yeast dough dimpled and drizzled with olive oil, then topped with tomato, basil, and parmesan. Crisp outside, airy and chewy inside. The foundation every focaccia lover should know.

Fruit-filled yeast bread wrapped around a dense, spiced filling of dried pears, prunes, raisins and walnuts spiked with kirsch. The fruit is enclosed in a soft enriched dough and baked golden. A festive, slice-and-serve loaf.

Soft yeasted bread with cinnamon, brown sugar, and a full cup of chocolate chips mixed right into the dough. Made in a bread machine or shaped by hand into two loaves. Slice it warm and watch the chocolate stretch.

Aniseed biscotti from Genoa, twice-baked into long, crisp logs scented with whole anise seed. A yeast-raised dough makes them lighter and more bread-like than the typical Tuscan biscotti, ideal for dunking in coffee or sweet wine.

Dill onion bread bakes a tangy yeast loaf with cottage cheese folded into the dough for moisture, plus toasted dill seed and minced onion for a savory aroma. Brushed with butter and salt while warm. A retro church-cookbook classic.

Favorite cinnamon twists take soft yeast dough, layer it with butter and brown-sugar cinnamon, then twist it into ridged ropes that bake up golden and tender. All the flavor of a cinnamon roll in a fun, pull-apart twist.