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Basic Sweet Dough

Basic Sweet Dough

Cost $5.5, save $15

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  • 120 Min
  • 48 Servings
  • $5.5

INGREDIENTS

  • Dry Ingredients

    • 8 cups sifted all-purpose flour
    • 🧂 2 teaspoons salt
    • ½ cup white sugar

  • Wet Ingredients

    • 🥛 1 cup milk
    • 1 ¼ cups cold water
    • 4 tablespoons shortening
    • 2 tablespoons melted shortening

  • Other Ingredients

    • 🥚 2 eggs
    • 2 (0.6 ounce) cakes compressed fresh yeast

STEPS

1

Scald milk in a medium saucepan. Add cold water to the scalded milk. Remove 1/4 cup liquid and mix yeast into liquid when cooled to lukewarm. Add salt, sugar, shortening, and eggs to the remaining liquid in the saucepan. Mix well.

2

Sift and measure the flour into a large bowl. Make a well in the flour and pour the liquids into the well. Stir with a large wooden spoon until liquid disappears.

3

With one hand, mix dough in the bowl using swinging rotary motion. Gradually form dough into a smooth ball, then knead in the bowl for 2 minutes. Brush the top with melted shortening. Cover and allow dough to rise at room temperature until doubled in bulk, about 2 hours.

4

Punch down the dough. Use the dough for any sweet bread recipe.

NUTRIENTS

Per 1 serving

🔥

104

Calories

  • 3
    Protein
  • 18
    Carbs
  • 2
    Fats

💡 Ensure the milk is scalded, which helps improve dough texture.Use fresh yeast for optimal rising.Allow the dough to rise in a warm, draft-free environment.Versatile dough that can be used in various sweet bread recipes like cinnamon rolls or coffee cakes.