Ready for the finals?.. are you hosting a game day party? Or may be you want to entertain your guests in a different way this time but need an easy snack or lunch recipe. Search no more, here comes the easiest and fool proof dough recipe that can be transformed into a variety of delicious dishes. The miracle dough, the all purpose dough or simply known as the 10 minutes dough… have you heard of it before?
Palestinian Manaqeesh with za’taar and sumac.
In the Middle East we are obsessed with soccer, it is the number one sports in every Middle Eastern country. We wait for the world cup on pens and needles. If there is an important – local or international- game you can hear people screaming, shouting and sometimes cursing when they do not like what the players are doing. Coffee shops are jammed with people young and old, men and women we all love soccer.
Pizza cupcakes.
If you are in any way like us in the Middle East and just love everything soccer, you may want to try this simple dough. It does not require much time or skills which gives you more time to enjoy the game, even better you can make it, bake it, freeze it for up to 4 months ahead of the game day :). With this one dough you can make Calzones, flatbreads, pizza, cinnamon rolls, buns, monkey bread and much much more.
Airy and fluffy from the inside and what makes it better is that it requires no experience in baking at all.
Change the look of your ordinary baked goods to spice up things a little or learn how to make authentic super easy Middle Eastern ones like Palestinian Manaqeesh or may be the Syrian Sfiha.
For the dough you will need:
- 5 c all purpose flour.
- 2 c warm water.
- 2 Tbs dry yeast.
- 1/4 c sugar.
- 1/2 c oil.
- 1/4 tsp salt.
- 2 Tbs dry milk – optional.
With a wire whisk mix 2 cups of the flour, yeast, salt, sugar, salt, dry milk and 2 cups of warm water. You will have a runny mixture cover and let it set for 10 minutes only.
After the 10 minutes your mixture will be bubbly – due to the yeast-, add the remaining 3 cups of flour and the oil and mix until you get a nice dough.
Turn the dough on a lightly floured surface and knead by hand for 2 to 3 minutes. That’s it you are done and your dough is ready to be rolled and shaped in whatever you like.
To make Palestinian Manaqeesh:
Roll your dough to a 1/4 inch thickness, cut small circles about 10″, brush generously with olive oil and sprinkle a mixture of equal parts of sumac and za’atar. Bake in a 350F oven for about 10-12 minutes depending on your oven.
To make the Syrian Sfiha:
Prepare meat filling by first heating olive oil in a pan then add a medium size diced onion, saute, add 1/2lb ground meat,1 diced tomato, 3Tbs Tahini paste, 1Tbs pomegranate molasses then salt and pepper.
Roll the dough to a 1/4 inch thickness disks with your finger tips, top with the meat mixture and bake.
Here is a video on this quick and magical dough on my YouTube channel.
thank you for this incredible recipe! it worked so well! instead of using 2 cups of warm water, i did one cup of warm water and one cup of warm milk…turned out great! thank you again so much, this is my first time making dough ever 🙂
JazakAllah Kheir!
Rima, Woohoo way to go girl. This particular recipe is dear to my heart. It was my first dough making experience as well and it indeed encouraged me and broke this wall of fear from kneading :). I am so glad it was successful with you. What did you make with it?
Thanks for sharing this recipe …will definitely try it…. this is the first time I have visited your blog/website – your posts are wonderful. Don’t deprive the world of your passion and talent….
Thank you Lula for your sweet comment, they sure encourage me to keep going :). I am glad you find my recipes helpful.
This is the best dough ever to do manakish ! thank you so much !
Thank you so much Bader for trying this dough, it is indeed a lovely dough, glad you liked it.
Amira this dough looks just what I have been wanting to find to make all kinds of things especially flat breads. Love that you could just bake it for a few minutes. Can we also use this bread to make flat breads in a pan on top of the stove? Love your videos!!! Shh you have to keep it a secret that it only takes 10 minutes or my boys will be requesting it all of the time. 🙂 Just shared!
My boys do not know that it takes only 10 minutes either, so I am not telling :). I do not see why not.. give it a go and tell me what did you find out. Thanks Bam for your sweet comment
I make manqueesh, too but with a different dough! Can’t wait to try yours! Damn, now i want some!
I’ll take one of those pizza cupcakes please. I have to admit, growing up in the middle of Kansas, soccer was the furthest sport from my mind. Baseball, baseball, baseball, basketball, basketball, basketball …. with that said we’ve sure enjoyed watching the games this Summer.
I think soccer is a very underestimated sports in the US although I guess it is no.1 sport in many countries – and if I may say most of the countries- around the globe :).
My son is obsessed with soccer. Watches every game and is counting the days for the finals. He doesn’t care who is playing either, he just loves the sport.
I love this dough. It looks absolutely delicious! That Syrian Sfiha looks tasty 😀 Pinning!
Thanks Cindy for pinning. Your son is a fine young man 🙂 for us soccer is the best sport man ever created.
I’ve never seen something like this and I have been browsing the internet for a long long time. Pinned ^^
It is a very common dough specially in the Arabian forums… so easy to make and the results are very encouraging.
Gosh, this is wonderful! Never heard of this dough, but it looks so versatile. Terrific recipe — thanks.
Try it John, it is a very pleasing dough.
Wow. Thats sounds a easy dough. Could be ise in making quick pizza and bread. Thanks for sharing the written recipe. 🙂
I’m doing this specially for you Sadaf and for everyone who cannot access youtube ofc. Thanks dear for passing by.
I like them all! Thanks for the little wrap up!
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Amira: What a great idea… A snack that has countless variations. I am crazy for esfiha! It is a very popular snack in Brazil!
Really, so you’ve tasted this before. Happy to know that.
G’day Amrita and always enjoy learning something new…with the 1/4 cup sugar, I would be unable to try this, but perhaps can adapt it. Thank you!
Cheers! Joanne
Sure Joanne, you can try decreasing the sugar and see what will come up I guess it will still taste delicious.
I have never heard of this miracle dough, a total keeper. Manaqeesh I have had, many times, love it. Enjoy the finals.
Thanks Eve, I hope you’ll try it.