Basic Sweet Dough

Name: Basic Sweet Dough
Prep time: 2 h 50 min
Cook time: 2 h 50 min
Total time: 2 h 50 min
Yield: 48
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 eggs; 2 liters sifted all-purpose flour; 237 milliliters milk; 2 teaspoons salt; 2 Tbsps melted shortening; 296 milliliters cold water; 118 milliliters white sugar; 34 grams cakes compressed fresh yeast

Basic Sweet Dough is a vegetarian recipe with 48 servings. One portion of this dish contains approximately 3g of protein, 1g of fat, and a total of 97 calories. This recipe covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have eggs, flour, sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It works well as a very affordable hor d'oeuvre. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 2 hours and 50 minutes.

Instructions

Scald milk in a medium saucepan.

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Milk

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Sauce Pan

Add cold water to scalded milk.

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Water

Milk

Remove 1/4 cup liquid; mix yeast into liquid when cooled to lukewarm. To liquid in saucepan, add salt, sugar, shortening, and eggs.

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Shortening

Sugar

Yeast

Egg

Salt

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Sauce Pan

Add dissolved yeast to saucepan.

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Yeast

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Mix well.

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.

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All Purpose Flour

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Wooden Spoon

Bowl

With one hand, mix dough in bowl using swinging rotary motion. Gradually form dough into smooth ball, then knead in bowl for 2 minutes.

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Dough

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Bowl

Brush top with melted shortening. Cover, and allow dough to rise at room temperature for 2 hours. Do not set bowl on radiator or in hot place. Keep away from draughts. Allow dough to rise until doubled in bulk.

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Shortening

Dough

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Bowl

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

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Bread