Showing posts with label Bread. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bread. Show all posts

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Sweet Dough

¾ cup milk 2 packages yeast
½ cup sugar 2 eggs beaten
2 tsp salt 4 ½ cups flour
½ cup butter ½ cup warm water

Let rise 2x. Bake at 375 degrees.

Cinnamon Rolls
Roll sweet dough into 9x18 inches. Spread with 2 Tbsp butter. Sprinke with ½ cup sugar and 2 tsp. cinnamon. Roll up tightly. Cut roll into 1 inch slices. Place apart in greased 13 /1 9 pan. Cover let rise till double in bulk. Bake 25-30 minutes at 375 degrees. Makes 1 ½ dozen rolls.

Raised Doughnuts
Use ½ of sweet dough. After 2nd rising roll out dough 1/3” thick. Cut with floured 3” doughnut cutter. Let rise on board until very light (30-40 minutes) Leave uncovered so a curst can from on the dough. Drop into deep hot oil. 375 degrees. Drain onto an absorbent paper. For sugared doughnuts place in bag with granulated sugar and shake.

Elaine Fort's Breadsticks

2 ½ cups very warm water 3 Tbsp yeast
1 ½ cups warm milk ¼ cup oil
½ cup sugar 8 to 10 cups flour

Mix yeast, water, and sugar. Add salt, oil, milk, and flour. Mix well. Knead for at least 5 minutes. Raise in a greased bowl covered with a damp cloth until double in bulk. Punch down, roll out on floured surface to ½ inch thickness approximately ¾ inches wide x 6 inches ling. Place on greased cookie sheet. Brush with melted butter and sprinkle with parmesan cheese and garlic salt. Bake at 375 degress for 15 to 20 minutes. Makes about 10 to 12 dozen bread sticks and can easily be havled to make a smaller batch. Good for homemade rolls too.

Elaine always made these for ward functions and they were always a hit.

Delores Eastvold's Rolls

Delores was one of my very favorite patients and she shared this roll recipe with me. She makes these rolls every Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve because she can make them up the night before. She even wrote down the time I should start.

At 4 pm
Bring to boil – 1 and ½ C sugar
4 C milk
Remove from stove and add 1 C margarine, let stand until cool then add 1 Tbsp Salt and 3 beaten eggs
2 pkgs yeast (1/4 cup lukewarm water and dash sugar) let foam then add to above.
Add flour until it makes medium dough, work until ready. Set in greased bowl and punch down.
At bedtime
Shape into buns onto greased cookie sheet. Don’t refrigerate but place in a cool place.
In the morning
Bake at 350 degrees. Makes 4 -5 dozen.