Dough Balls, Savoury and Sweet - Bready, Steady, Go May Linky

The lovely Lucy over at Baking Queen 74 hosted Bready, Steady, Go last month and her Apricot and Apple Couronne looked stunning.  Do take a look at all the delicious recipes on her blog, they will make you very hungery indeed!

For the linky this month I decided to bake Dough Balls, these are always a hit at our house and are gone in seconds.  Easy to bake, tasty and versatile, they are just the think for a weekend lunch or snack.

I made a large batch of dough and flavoured half savoury and half sweet.  I had to bake another lot as the dough balls were devoured in seconds as soon as they were cool enough to eat.

Dough Balls - makes 2 batches

400g stong white bread flour

1 sachet instant yeast

1 tsp salt

250ml lukewarm water

5 Tblsp olive oil

Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl until a smooth dough forms. Knead by hand or in a mixer until dough is smooth and elastic, this usually takes about 10 minutes by hand or about 5 - 7 minutes in a mixer.

Leave the dough to double in size, in a greased bowl covered with cling film.  This took approximately 45 minutes to an hour.  When the dough has risen knead it for a minute to knock it back then divide the dough in half.  Flavour each half as you wish.

Each portion of dough should be divided into 12 - 15 small portions then rolled into balls.  I mixed dried herbs through one portion of dough before I portioned it out and then topped the dough balls with grated hard cheese for a savoury option.  The other dough was divided into portions and each small ball rolled in cinnamon sugar.

I used 20cm/8 inch cake tins to bake the dough balls in, you don't necessarily need to use a tin, just pop them on a lined baking tray.  Put one dough ball in the middle then 5 around it, just touching each other, then the others in a circle around the dough balls already on the tray.

Leave the dough balls to prove whilst you preheat your oven to 220C/200C Fan/Gas Mark 7/425F.  Bake the dough balls for 10 - 15 minutes until they are golden.  Leave them to cool for 15 minutes then devour.

I used homemade pizza/pasta sauce as a dipping sauce for the savoury dough balls.  You could drizzle them with garlic butter instead.  I whizzed up some frozen berries with plain yoghurt and a little honey to make a dipping sauce for the sweet dough balls.  Dipping sauces aren't necessary, the dough balls are delicious on their own.

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