Dough for Pastries

Ingredients

• 5 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons yeast
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• A pinch of salt
• 3 tablespoons oil (vegetable or neutral oil)
• 1/2 cup plain yogurt
• 1 1/2 cups warm water, or as needed depending on the flour
• This delicious pastry dough recipe comes from a friend and cook on Sho Tabkhin Al-Youm:
• Batoul Habhab
• Click Batoul’s name to visit her profile on our site and enjoy all her tasty recipes
• To make more delicious pastries, how about the recipe for Pretzel Pastries

Method

1. Mix the yeast, yogurt and warm water. Leave for 10 minutes to activate the yeast.
   Timers: 10 min
2. Add the remaining ingredients and knead by hand for 10 minutes (not less). Add water if needed, but in small amounts. You should end up with a cohesive, soft dough.
   Timers: 10 min
3. Let the dough rest for one hour or until ready to use.
4. Use this dough for cheese rolls, chocolate rolls, za'atar pastries, pizza, honeycomb pastries and other baked goods.