Basic Dough
By Laila ·
Simple to make dough recipe can be used to make a myriad of foods like pizza, mana-eesh, fatayer, etc.
Free from: dairy, egg, soy, sesame, mustard, peanut, tree nut, fish, shellfish, animal product, animal by-product.
This dough recipe is very simple to make, and it can be used to make a myriad of things like pizza, ‘Mana-eesh’ (Arabic style pizza with cheese and/or ‘Zaatar’ (Arabic thyme blend)), calzones, ‘Fatayer’ (spinach/meat/cheese pies), etc.
So before you reach for that pre-made or frozen pizza dough, give this recipe a try! I promise your loved ones will not only tell the difference, but will appreciate your efforts and thank you for it!
Recipe
Basic Dough
Simple to make dough recipe can be used to make a myriad of foods like pizza, mana-eesh, fatayer, etc.
- Prep
- 5 mins
- Total
- 1 hr 30 mins
Ingredients
Instructions
- 1In a medium bowl, combine flour, yeast, sugar, and salt. Add warm water, and working quickly with your hands, mix very well until your dough forms.
- 2Next, add oil. Kneed the dough very well until oil is completely incorporated.
- 3Cover dough with plastic wrap. Throw a kitchen towel over top bowl.
- 4Set your timer for approximately 90 minutes (1 1/2 hours) before removing towel and plastic wrap. Your dough should double in size.
Notes
Total time includes rise time. This recipe yields approximately 2 medium pizza rounds/up to 6 small dough rounds
Instructions
1. In a medium bowl, combine flour, yeast, sugar, and salt. Add warm water, and working quickly with your hands, mix very well until your dough forms.
2. Next, add oil. Kneed the dough very well until oil is completely incorporated. You’ll need to use some elbow grease here! Take your aggression on that dough!
The hard part is done! Your dough should now look like this:
3. Cover dough with plastic wrap. Throw a kitchen towel over top bowl so that no light enters it and the yeast can work its magic.
4. Set your timer for approximately 90 minutes (1 1/2 hours) before removing towel and plastic wrap. Your dough should double in size.
You’re all done! Simple. Fun. Therapeutic! Now you have dough to make what you please. :)
Bon appétit! xo