Ingredients
- 1 1/2 compressed yeast cakes
- 1 cup milk
- 4 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1/2 cup butter, melted plus melted butter for dipping
- 3 1/2 cups flour, sifted
Preparation
Step 1
preheat oven to 400.
place milk in heavy buttered pan on low heat. stir occasionally until small bubbles appear around the edges of the pan and milk is just hot(do not boil) remove from heat, cool slightly.
place yeast and scalded milk in a large bowl. when yeast is dissolved, stir in sugar, salt and butter. add flour and beat well.
cover and allow dough to rise to almost double(approximately 45 minutes)
after dough has risen, turn onto lightly floured work surface. punch down and roll out to 1/4 inch thickness. cut into 2 inch diamond shape pieces. dip each into melted butter.
arrange the pieces in a 4 inch pie plate, 4 or 5 overlapping pieces per loaf. allow to rise for 1/2 hour.
bake 30-40 pieces or until brown. remove from oven and brush with more of the melted butter.