Reportedly require to make dough (5)
I believe the answer is:
knead
'make dough' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'reportedly require' is the wordplay.
'reportedly' shows a homophone (sound like).
'require' becomes 'need' (synonyms).
'need' is a homophone of 'KNEAD'.
'to' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for knead that I've seen before include "Somehow work in" , "Work flour into dough manually" , "Manipulate" , "Work with finger movements" , "Work (dough) into mass" .)