Basic Sweet Dough

Basic Sweet Dough

Recipe by Carol from allrecipes.com

Breakfast 3 Hr. 50 Mins.

Ingredients

48

48 servings

  • 1 cup milk
  • 8 cups sifted all-purpose flour
  • 1.25 cups cold water
  • 2 (0.6 ounce) cakes compressed fresh yeast
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 0.5 cup white sugar
  • 4 tablespoons shortening
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tablespoons melted shortening

Instructions

  • Scald milk in a medium saucepan. Add cold water to scalded milk. Remove 1/4 cup liquid; mix yeast into liquid when cooled to lukewarm. To liquid in saucepan, add salt, sugar, shortening, and eggs. Add dissolved yeast to saucepan. 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.
  • With one hand, mix dough in bowl using swinging rotary motion. Gradually form dough into smooth ball, then knead in bowl for 2 minutes. Brush top with melted shortening. Cover, and allow dough to rise at room temperature until doubled in bulk, about 2 hours.
  • Punch down dough. Use dough for any sweet bread recipe.

Nutritional Facts

Per 48 servings

  • Calories: 104
  • Carbohydrate: 18g
  • Fat: 2g
  • Fiber: 1g
  • Protein: 3g
  • Sugar: 2g

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