Basic Sweet Dough

By Meghan

Ingredients

• 2 cups milk
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 tsp salt
• 2 pkgs active dry yeast
• 1/2 cup warm water
• 2 eggs beaten
• 9.5-10 cups sifted flour

Preparation

Step 1

Scald milk; stir in butter, sugar and salt. Cool to lukewarm

Dissolve yeast in warm water

Add lukewarm milk mixture, eggs, and half of flour to yeast; beat until smooth. Stire in as much of remaining flour as necessary to make slightly stiff dough.

Turn dough out on floured board; let rest 5 minutes. Knead 5-8 minutes, until smooth and elastic. Put dough in greased bowl and grease top. Cover; let rise in warm palce until double in bulk, about one hour. Punch down and divide in thirdds and use in variations that follow:

Swedish tea Ring, Date Bread, Apricot Crescents