Recipe - Basic Sweet Dough

1 pack Active dry yeast
One fourth cup Warm water
One fourth cup Sugar
3 tablespoon Butter
1 One half teaspoon Salt
Three fourths cup Milk; scalded
1 Egg
2 One half cup All purpose flour; (up to 3)

Soften yeast in warm water. In mixing bowl, combine sugar, butter, salt and
milk. Cool to lukewarm. Stir in egg and yeast. Gradually add flour to form
a stiff dough.

NoKnead Method: Cover; let stand in warm place until doubled, about 1 to
1One half hours. Toss on wellfloured surface until no longer sticky.

Knead Method: Knead on floured surface until smooth and satiny, 5 to 8
minutes. Place in greased bowl, turning dough to grease all sides. Cover;
let rise in warm place until doubled, about 1 to 112 hours.

Turn out on floured surface. Shape as desired for one of the following
recipes.

Notes: This cookbook was acquired at a junk sale. It captured my interest
because of the annotated comments beside the recipes. The original owner
had made comments or just check marks beside certain recipes. I will
include these as I scan. This one had no rating.

Recipe by: The Pillsbury Family Cookbook (1963)

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #932 by "Eugene Johnston"
ejohnston@mailexcite.com on Nov 29, 1997