Monday, June 17, 2013

Basic Sweet Dough





Basic Sweet Dough

Ingredients

¼ cup milk
¼ cup sugar
½ teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons butter or margarine
¼ cup warm water (105 to 115F)
1 pkg active dry yeast
1 egg, beaten
2¼ cups sifted all-purpose flour

Method

1.                  In small saucepan, heat milk just until bubbles form around edge of pan; remove from heat.  Add sugar, salt, and butter, stirring until butter is melted.  Let cool to lukewarm (a drop sprinkled on wrist will not feel warm).
2.                  If possible, check temperature of warm water with thermometer.  Sprinkle yeast over water in large bowl, stirring until dissolved.  Stir in milk mixture.
3.                  Add egg and 1½ cups flour; beat, with wooden spoon, until smooth.  Add rest of flour beat until dough is smooth and leaves side of bowl.
4.                  Turn out dough onto lightly floured pastry cloth.  Knead until dough is satiny and elastic and blisters appear on surface.
5.                  Place in lightly greased large bowl; turn to bring up greased side.  Cover with towel; let rise in warm place (85F), free from drafts, until double in bulk – 1 to 1½ hours.
6.                  Punch down dough with fist.  Turn out onto lightly floured pastry cloth; knead 10 to 15 times
7.                  Shape and fill, following directions for one of following variations of Apricot-Filled CoffeeCake and Cinnamon Swirls.
8.                  Bake at 350° accordingly to variation.

The variation to which was used here was a loaf of bread to which was baked for 30 minutes. 

Basic Sweet Dough was made and prepared by Shirley-Ann Pearman

Photography by Shirley-Ann Pearman Pho

Recipe was taken from McCall CookBook, the chapter on “Sweet Breads”, page 98 edition of between 1950 – 1960s.




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Homemade Pizza Dough









Homemade Pizza Dough

Ingredients

1 cup warm water (105 to 115F)
1 package active dry yeast
2 tablespoons shortening
¼ teaspoon salt
4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons salad oil

Method

1.                  If possible, check temperature of warm water with thermometer.  Sprinkle yeast over water in large mixing bowl; stir until dissolved.
2.                  Add shortening, salt, and half the flour .  Beat, with wooden spoon, until smooth – about 2 minutes.
3.                  Gradually add remaining flour, mixing with hand until dough is stiff enough to leave side bowl.
4.                  Turn out dough onto lightly floured board.  Cover with bowl; let rest 10 minutes.  Knead 8 to 10 minutes, or until smooth and elastic.
5.                  Place in lightly greased medium bowl; turn dough, to bring up greased side.  Cover with towel; let rise in warm place (85F), free from drafts, until double in bulk – about 1 hour.  When two fingers poked into dough leave indentations, rising is sufficient.
6.                  Punch down dough with fist; turn out onto lightly floured pastry cloth.
7.                  Preheat oven to 450F.  Spread oil over bottom of 2 (12 inch) pizza pans.
8.                  Knead dough 2 to 5 minutes.  Divide in half; roll each into a 12-inch circle.
9.                  Fit each circle into prepared pan, pressing edges onto side of pan.  Spread with desired filling, below.
10.              Place pans on cookie sheets.  Bake pizza 25 minutes, or until crust is golden-brown and filling is bubbly.

Topping used here on pizza was ketchup, onions, bacon and cheddar cheese.
Cinnamon Rolls were made with the pizza dough, spread with butter, cinnamon and sugar. 

Homemade Pizza Dough was made and prepared by Shirley-Ann Pearman

Photography by Shirley-Ann Pearman

Recipe was taken from McCall CookBook, the chapter on “Yeast Breads”, page 109 edition of between 1950 – 1960s.




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Thank You!

Shirley-Ann Pearman

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