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
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
Even the doom-laden everything bagel that provides the film’s titular motif is redeemed, by the end, as a doughy symbol of wholeness, a poppy-seed circle of life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2023
The rice was judged either too greasy or too dry, the bread declared too doughy or too crispy.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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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
That’s obviously not ideal for a comfortable grip, and I find myself wishing for the Pixel 3 XL’s doughier sides.
From The Verge ● Oct. 24, 2018
In the days since the retrieval, the effects of the withdrawal from the hormones are worse than the ones I had from the injections: I’m doughier than ever, exhausted, depressed.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 23, 2018
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