2 Ingredient Dough (3 Ways!) - Recipe Diaries (2024)

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Is two-ingredients dough any good? ›

The baking powder in the self-rising flour gives the dough its quick rise; yogurt makes it tender and pliable for easy rolling. Two-ingredient dough is packed with protein thanks to the yogurt, and is free of the preservatives and artificial ingredients found in many prebaked crusts and prepared doughs.

Instructions. Place the cornstarch in a large bowl. Mix in the hair conditioner with your hands--it will just start coming together and it will be pliable and very, very smooth. If desired, add a drop or two or food coloring.

Your dough can become sticky when you add too much water or the flour isn't suitable for the type of dough you are making.

This easy no-cook dough requires just 2 ingredients: cornstarch and hair conditioner. Easy enough! Mix equal parts together in a bowl. There is no cooking required and students can get their hands messy while helping to make it.

Or make Two-Ingredient-Dough Bagels topped with cream cheese, Marinated Yogurt Cheese or Easy Scallion-Salmon Dip for breakfast or brunch. Can I make Two-Ingredient Dough ahead? Yes, you can make the dough ahead and refrigerate it in an airtight container for up to 2 days.

You can freeze this 2-ingredient pizza dough for later. I like to assemble the pizza and place it in the freezer. When ready to bake, simply add a few minutes to the cooking time above. Make sure to buy PLAIN Greek yogurt.

Moon dough (or moon sand) is a grainy dough that has a crumbly texture but sticks together and can be molded into all sorts of shapes and creations. Kids love it because it has all the sandcastle-making benefits of wet sand without the mess.

Add 1/2 cup of lotion to a bowl. Add 1-2 drops of the food coloring (if using concentrated gel, if using regular food coloring you'll need more drops to color) and mix. Mix the lotion and food coloring until combined. Add 1 cup of cornstarch and mix.

Yogurt: Plain Greek yogurt holds the dough together and ensures a tender texture.

In a medium bowl, add 1 cup of plain Greek yogurt and 2 cups of almond flour. Mix well. You can choose to add a pinch of salt in this mixture, but that's personal preference. Create 6 to 8 small balls of dough from this mixture and punch a hole in center of each ball with your thumb.

Does oil make dough less sticky? ›

Rubbing a teaspoon of the neutral-flavored fat onto the countertop works just as well as flour does to minimize sticking, and the dough readily absorbs excess oil without any negative effect on its consistency when either raw or baked.

Easy Moon Sand Recipe

It's easy as pie: 1/4 cup baby oil for every 2 cups of flour. To fill our plastic container, we did 8 cups of flour and 1 cup of baby oil. You want to mix it well to break up any balls of baby oil that form.

Mix the flour and salt in a large bowl. In a separate bowl mix together the water, a few drops of food colouring and the oil. Pour the coloured water into the flour mix and bring together with a spoon. Dust the work surface with a little flour and turn out the dough.

When it comes to cooking, for most recipes, the ingredients can simply be doubled. However, baking is a science, with each ingredient playing a specific role in the process, so just doubling the ingredients won't always work. Recipes that call for baking soda or baking powder are especially tricky.

What bakers call the “poke test” is the best way to tell if dough is ready to bake after its second rise. Lightly flour your finger and poke the dough down about 1". If the indent stays, it's ready to bake. If it pops back out, give it a bit more time.

Creating a smooth, pliable dough

Excess water makes a batter, while too little water renders a dough rough, dry and unpliable. Generally speaking, a flour to water ratio of 2:1 achieves a dough of reasonable consistency. So if you have 500g of flour, use about 250 mL of water.

With this recipe the key is to really make sure you knead the dough well to avoid ending up with an end product that is too sticky or wet. The glycerine is a secret ingredient that makes the playdough extra stretchy and fun!