A fantastic dough recipe for almost any baking project you have. Great for pizza, sfiha, manakeesh, fatayer, stuffed pockets. or bread rolls, the possibilities are endless. This is my go-to dough recipe especially when I am tight on time.
Quick pizza dough
This dough recipe is known as the 10 minutes dough or " عجينة العشر دقائق ". This is because you leave it to rise for only 10 minutes, can you even believe that?. No more cover and let it rest for a couple of hours while your kids are hungry and pacing the kitchen floor like sharks waiting for their pizza!
This is by far the quickest homemade dough I have ever made. Let me tell you one more thing before we dive in, this recipe is so easy and a foolproof one. When we came here in the United States 15 years ago baking was a far-fetched dream for me. One month later, while trying to make some flatbread, I landed on this recipe on the food forum I subscribed to and boom it worked like a charm.
I went crazy with it making all sorts of baked stuff and it worked every single time.
What you need for the dough
- Flour: we’ll use plain all-purpose flour. You can also use bread flour for more chew.
- Yeast: This is what will make our dough rise.
- Sugar: to help the yeast and enhance the dough flavor.
- Oil: preferably olive oil but any oil will do.
- Sugar: for flavor.
- Dry milk: to make the dough softer and also helps in browning.
How to make the dough
- In your mixer bowl, combine 2 cups of the flour, yeast, salt, sugar, dry milk and mix well.
- Pour in 2 cups of warm water and mix well using a wire whisk.
- You will have a runny mixture, cover, and let it sit for 10 minutes only.
- Now your mixture will be bubbly add the remaining 3 cups of flour, oil then mix until you get a consistent dough. Your dough will be a little sticky.
- Turn the dough on a lightly floured surface and knead by hand for 2 to 3 minutes. Your dough is ready now to be rolled and shaped in whatever you like.
Variations for the dough
Add some spices to the dough to make it new each time. You might want to add some Italian seasoning to the dough to flavor it up for pizza.
Make quick Manakeesh by rolling your dough to a ¼ inch thickness, cut small circles about 8″, 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.
Make Lahmacun: start by preparing the meat fillings shown in the traditional lahmacun recipe. Roll the dough into ¼ inch thickness discs, spread meat mixture on and bake.
Make pizza cupcakes: spray muffin cups with cooking spray then press rolled dough into each cup. Make a filling with sauce, pepperoni, ground beef, veggies, cheese mix or whatever you like. Fill each cupcake with about two tablespoons of the mixture, top with more cheese and bake.
Use the dough to make: monkey bread, garlic bread, calzones, stuffed breads, bread knots, pull-apart bread, pizza bites, pizza pockets, pinwheels.. and much more.
Recipe At A Glance
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Quick and easy dough ( عجينة العشر دقائق)
Ingredients
- 5 cups all purpose flour. Note1
- 2 Tablespoons dry yeast.
- ¼ cup sugar.
- ¼ teaspoon salt.
- 2 Tablespoon dry milk optional. Note2
- 2 cups warm water
- ½ cup oil. Note3
Instructions
- In your mixer bowl, combine 2 cups of the flour, yeast, salt, sugar, dry milk and mix well.
- Pour in 2 cups of warm water and mix well using a wire whisk.
- You will have a runny mixture, cover and let it set for 10 minutes only.
- Now your mixture will be bubbly add the remaining 3 cups of flour ,oil then mix until you get a consistent dough. Your dough will be a little sticky.
- Turn the dough on a lightly floured surface and knead by hand for 2 to 3 minutes.
- Your dough is ready now to be rolled and shaped in whatever you like. Check out how to serve in the notes section below.
Sheriff
I was a little sceptical since the resting time was only 10 minutes! Completely surprised by how it turned out to be Masha'Allah. So good and so soft (added a little water in an extra pan in the oven). Tastes amazing too and barely any kneading required. Thank you so much for this recipe.
Amira
Me too Sheriff, when I tried this for the first time I said no way this will turn out good but surprisingly it did!!! So glad you liked it.
Tyler
Thanks for the recipe. I have made a few dishes with this. Pizza, calzones and hawawashi. My family loves it!
Amira
Thanks Tyker, happy you liked it.
Nathalie
An amazing recipe which im using on a weekly basis to make manakeesh or even pizza. It's a life saver and rises and tastes beautifully ! I fully recommend it to anyone! As usual Amira's recipes NEVER disappoints!!!
Amira
Aw thank you so much. I am happy you like it.
Nellie
Great recipe! I made Brazilian Sfihas and the dough turned out perfectly. Thank you, this is a keeper recipe.
Amira
Awesome! Thanks you Nellie for your feedback. I am happy you liked it.
Cassie
This dough is amazing. I made half the recipe and the first night I baked 2 discs (with about a third or so of the dough) with ghee and zaatar which were wonderful. I used the rest of the dough the next night for a deep dish style pizza with 3 cheeses, black olives and tomatoes. The dough is rich enough and it tasted like a Chicago style pizza. I can see many more possibilities for this versatile, tasty and easy dough. Thanks!
Amira
Cassie, thank you so much for your detailed feedback. I am happy you liked the recipe and yes I agree with you there are endless applications for this type of dough. Next time I am going to try your deep-dish pizza, sounds interesting.
Lisa
Hi Amira. Thanks for this fantastic recipe; I have used this recipe more times than I can count and it works perfetly each time! But I was wondering if the dough can be made with all whole wheat flour instead? Would this work? Thank you!
Amira
Hello Lisa, I am happy you liked this dough, it is fantastic and quick too. I would start by using half whole wheat and half all purpose and adjust the amount of water as well.