Sweet Dough for Danishes : Pastries & Dessert

By efriend

Ingredients

• 70 g fresh yeast
• 240 ml cold whole milk
• 340 g bread flour
• 225 g cake flour
• 50 g granulated sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp cardamom
• 50 g beurre en pommade (softened butter)
• 2 eggs
• 340 g butter

Preparation

Step 1

Combine all dry ingredients and cut in the beurre en pommade until completely incorporated

Dissolve the yeast in the milk and add the eggs.

Add to the dry ingredients and mix just to combine.

Wrap and chill for at least 30 minutes.

Pound the butter into a rectangle.

Roll the dough into a rectangle twice the size and cover half of it with the butter. Fold the dough to make an envelope and since the edges.

Make a single fold and chill for 20-30 minutes. Repeat 2 more times for a total of 3 folds.

Chill for an hour before shaping into the desired pastry. Proof. Bake at 375F until golden brown.

Upon removing from the oven, glaze with a neutral glaze and then with a sweet glaze.