basic sweet dough

Ingredients

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

Recipe

Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 25 mins Ready Time: 2 hrs 50 mins


• 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.