Ingredients
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