Good Basic Dough Recipe

Name: Good Basic Dough Recipe
Ingredients: 1 pkg. active dry yeast; 1/4 c. hot water; 1 c. lowfat milk, scalded, you want to let this cold before adding; 1/4 c. sugar; 1/4 c. shortening; 1 teaspoon salt (I use a little more salt); 3 1/2 c. all-purpose flour; 1 egg

8 ingredients

16 steps

Ingredients

1 pkg. active dry yeast
1/4 c. hot water
1 c. lowfat milk, scalded, you want to let this cold before adding
1/4 c. sugar
1/4 c. shortening
1 teaspoon salt (I use a little more salt)
3 1/2 c. all-purpose flour
1 egg

Directions

1

Soak yeast in hot water for few min.
2

Add in lowfat milk, sugar, shortening and salt to yeast.
3

Add in 1 1/2 c. of flour.
4

Beat well.
5

Add in egg and beat well.
6

Gradually add in flour to create soft dough.
7

Put rest of flour on dough board and knead it in till it is smooth and pliable.
8

Place it in a large greased bowl and turn over so top will be greased.
9

Cover with wax paper and set where it is hot, not warm, till it doubles in size.
10

Knead it down once.
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Then next time it raises.
12

Make it into rolls or possibly cinnamon rolls.
13

It is a small batch.
14

You can double or possibly triple the measurements, everything but the sugar.
15

If I triple it, I just use 2 pkgs.
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of yeast.