doughy
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Keep in mind that the dumplings in this recipe are the doughy kind, made with flour, buttermilk, baking powder and baking soda.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026
They have been described by resident Stan Tobin as doughy - "like someone had tried to bake bread and done a lousy job" - with an odour reminiscent of vegetable oil.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2024
Ricotta dumplings chewed stiffly doughy, rather than like tasty, light morsels; accompanying pea pods stayed pleasantly crunchy, but for $28, the mushrooms were scant — and cremini, with morels in season.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 7, 2023
Like most of Crumbl’s offerings, it was plump, doughy, intensely sweet and topped with a thick clod of frosting.
From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2023
Daniela appears in my head like a painting: doughy skin, dull hair, sinking eyes, crooked nose, long face.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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Papo’s is part of a wave of new shops in Britain selling New York-style bagels, distinct for being bigger, doughier and more heavily seasoned than their London counterparts.
From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2024
Think of it as a cross between orecchiette and gnocchi, as it's slightly doughier than many other rolled pastas.
From Salon ● Jan. 22, 2022
The older man was doughier and less healthy-looking than he appeared in photographs, Harris told me, but he had little doubt as to his identity.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 15, 2018
But what about the brilliant millennial marketing team at the slightly doughier, self-proclaimed "third-largest," international pizza chain Papa John’s?
From The Verge ● Aug. 30, 2016
Clara had her arm around her date, who looked doughier than I recalled, his round face almost featureless, his eyebrows vanished; even the point of his green toothpick seemed blurred.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 1, 2015