Basic English Egg Dough
PERIOD: Modern | SOURCE:
Contemporary Recipe | CLASS: Not Authentic
DESCRIPTION: A bread dough of milk,
butter,
and eggs
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1 & 1/2 cups milk, scalded
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1/2 cup butter
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2 tsp. salt
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1/2 cup sugar
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3 packages dry yeast
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1/2 cup warm water
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2 eggs, beaten
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9 cups flour
Pour scalded milk over butter, salt, & sugar. Cool.
Dissolve yeast
in warm water. Let stand until it bubbles. Add yeast to beaten eggs and
then to cooled milk. Gradually add flour - only enough to make an
easily
handled dough. Turn out on floured surface and knead until smooth &
elastic. Place in greased bowl, cover and let rise about 1 hour. Punch
down and shape into 3 loaves. Place in greased loaf pan and let rise
until
doubled. Bake at 450º F for 10 minutes. Lower temperature to
350º
F and bake 40 minutes longer.
Metric, Celsius, & Gas
Mark Equivalencies
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Boke of Gode Cookery
Modern
Recipes for Beginners
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Recipes for Beginners