Basic Sweet Dough

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I have made plenty of sweet breads, and I always favored the Hungarian Coffee Cake and Swedish Tea Ring. This sweet dough recipe is my mother's, and this works out really well because it is an old recipe. I have also used others which were more recent and still turned out well, but this one is the best I have found. Use this recipe for the basis of your sweet breads.

Brief

Prep 25 mins

Cook: 25 mins

Additional: 2hrs

Total: 2hrs50 mins

Servings: 48

Yield: 4 dozen rolls or 4 fancy breads

Basic Sweet Dough

Ingredients

1 cup milk

8 cups sifted all-purpose flour

1 ¼ cups cold water

2 (0.6 ounce) cakes compressed fresh yeast

2 teaspoons salt

½ cup white sugar

4 tablespoons shortening

2 eggs

2 tablespoons melted shortening

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Directions

Step 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.

Step 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.

Step 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.

Step 4

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

Nutritional Information

Basic Sweet Dough

Servings Per Recipe:48

Calories: 104.3

% Daily Value *

Protein: 2.6g 5%

Carbohydrates: 18.4g 6%

Dietary Fiber: 0.6g 3%

Sugars: 2.4g

Fat: 2.1g 3%

Saturated Fat: 0.6g 3%

Cholesterol: 8.2mg 3%

Vitamin A Iu: 19.8IU

Niacin Equivalents: 1.9mg 14%

Folate: 44.9mcg 11%

Calcium: 10.6mg 1%

Iron: 1mg 6%

Magnesium: 5.7mg 2%

Potassium: 37.1mg 1%

Sodium: 102.7mg 4%

Thiamin: 0.2mg 18%

Calories From Fat: 19.1

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-)Nutrition information is provided for reference only. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.

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