Basic Sweet Dough

Name: Basic Sweet Dough
Ingredients: 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

9 ingredients

4 steps

Ingredients

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

Directions

1

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.
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 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.
4

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