05/07/2026
Simple ingredients that can turn into so many baked goods.
🍞 1. Bread Dough
Ingredients
• 4 cups flour
• 1 ¼ cups warm water
• 2 tbsp sugar
• ½ tsp salt
• 2 tbsp butter or oil
• 2 tsp yeast
Steps
1. Mix warm water, sugar, and yeast; rest 5–10 min until foamy.
2. Add flour and salt; mix until shaggy.
3. Add butter/oil; knead 8–10 min until smooth and elastic.
4. Cover and rise 1–1.5 hours until doubled.
5. Shape into loaf or rolls; rest 30–45 min.
6. Bake at 375°F for 25–30 min until golden.
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🍝 2. Pasta Dough
Ingredients
• 2 cups flour
• 3 large eggs
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• ½ tsp salt
Steps
1. Mound flour on a board; make a deep well.
2. Add eggs, oil, and salt to the center.
3. Whisk with a fork, pulling in flour gradually.
4. Knead 8–10 min until smooth and tight.
5. Wrap and rest 30–45 min.
6. Roll thin (1–2 mm) and cut into desired shapes.
7. Cook in salted boiling water 2–4 min.
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🍕 3. Pizza Dough
Ingredients
• 4 cups flour
• 1 cup warm water
• ¼ tsp yeast
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp salt
Steps
1. Stir water, sugar, and yeast; rest 5 min.
2. Add flour and salt; mix until combined.
3. Add oil; knead 5–7 min until smooth.
4. Cover and rise 1–2 hours (or cold‑ferment 12–48 hours for flavor).
5. Divide, shape into balls, rest 20–30 min.
6. Stretch gently; top and bake at the highest oven temp (475–550°F) 8–12 min.
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🥧 4. Pie Dough
Ingredients
• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup cold butter, cubed
• 5–6 tsp ice water
• 1 tbsp sugar
• ½ tsp salt
Steps
1. Mix flour, sugar, and salt.
2. Cut in cold butter until pea‑sized.
3. Add ice water 1 tsp at a time until dough just comes together.
4. Press into a disk; wrap and chill 1 hour.
5. Roll out on a floured surface; fit into pie plate.
6. Chill 20 min before baking.
7. Bake according to pie type (bake 375°F for 20–25 min).
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🥯 5. Bagel Dough
Ingredients
• 3 cups flour
• ¾ cup warm water
• ¼ tsp yeast
• 1 tbsp sugar
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ tsp baking powder (optional for softness)
Steps
1. Mix warm water and yeast; rest 5 min.
2. Add flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder; knead 8–10 min until stiff and smooth.
3. Rise 1 hour until slightly puffy.
4. Divide into 6–8 pieces; shape into rings.
5. Boil 30–45 sec per side in water with 1 tbsp sugar.
6. Bake at 425°F for 18–22 min.
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🍥 6. Cinnamon Roll Dough
Ingredients
• 3 cups flour
• 1 cup warm milk
• ¼ tsp yeast
• ¼ cup sugar
• ½ cup butter, softened
• 1 large egg
• ½ tsp salt
Steps
1. Mix warm milk, sugar, and yeast; rest 5–10 min.
2. Add egg and softened butter; mix until combined.
3. Add flour and salt; knead 8–10 min until soft and stretchy.
4. Rise 1–1.5 hours until doubled.
5. Roll into a rectangle; spread filling (butter + brown sugar + cinnamon).
6. Roll up tightly; slice 9–12 rolls.
7. Rise 30–45 min.
8. Bake at 350°F for 22–25 min.
