Perfect Sweet Yeast Dough for All Your Baked Goods

Tender, soft, airy, made from simple ingredients, easy! The rich, sweet yeast dough turns out to be pliable and manageable, making it a pleasure to work with. It goes well with absolutely any baked goods with sweet fillings. Make pies, pies, flatbreads, buns from it!
cook time: 2h
Ethan Rowley
Perfect Sweet Yeast Dough for All Your Baked Goods

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

345
Calories
16g
Fat
38g
Carbs
8g
Protein

Ingredients (8 portions)

Basic:

Salt (pinch) 1 g
Sugar 2 tbsp
Wheat flour 250 g
Butter 50 g
Milk 125 ml
Eggs (large) 1 pc
Vegetable oil 2 tbsp
Dry yeast 1 tsp

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to make rich sweet yeast dough? Prepare all the ingredients for this. When purchasing yeast, be sure to look at the expiration date. Vegetable oil can be used either sunflower or olive, if desired.

Step 2

Step 2
Heat the milk to a temperature of 37-40°C. If you don’t have a cooking thermometer, then you can easily determine the desired temperature literally by hand: you need to drop a drop of milk on the inside of your wrist. If the feeling is pleasant, not cold or hot, then the temperature is correct. Already at 45°C the yeast becomes uncomfortable and they work slower, and at 50°C they begin to die. Therefore, the most important point when working with dough is not to kill the yeast at the very beginning.

Step 3

Step 3
In a bowl or other container, combine 1 tsp. sugar, 1 tsp. flour and dry yeast. Mix everything.

Step 4

Step 4
Pour in 50 ml of warm milk and stir, breaking up any lumps. All unbroken lumps may then end up in the dough and will have to be picked out. Therefore, it is better to take care of this in advance. Leave the yeast to activate for 15 minutes. A fluffy foam cap should appear on the surface. This means that the yeast is active and can be cooked further. If the cap still does not appear, then either the yeast is spoiled or the milk is overheated.

Step 5

Step 5
Pour the remaining milk from the saucepan into a deep bowl, add the egg, remaining sugar, soft butter, vegetable oil and a pinch of salt. Mix everything with a whisk.

Step 6

Step 6
Pour in activated yeast.

Step 7

Step 7
Add sifted flour. You can add it in parts, I sift it directly into the dough. Please note that you may need more or less flour than I did. Focus on the consistency of the dough.

Step 8

Step 8
Knead into a soft pliable dough. Due to the abundance of oil, it quickly stops sticking to your hands and kneads very quickly.

Step 9

Step 9
Cover the dough with a towel and leave to rise for 1.5 hours in a warm place. After 50 minutes, knead the dough and put it back to rise.

Step 10

Step 10
After this you can work with the test. You can make buns with or without filling from the dough, and also make large open or closed pies. Bon appetit!

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