My Master Sweet Dough recipe, that's from Russia and Eastern Europe. Universal dough that's a soft and sweet dough pastry. Perfect for cinnamon rolls, piroshki, kolaches, vatrushka buns and more.
Course Baking
Cuisine Continental, Eastern European, Russian
Keyword sweet dough, sweet yeast dough
Prep Time 25 minutesminutes
Proofing 1 hourhour30 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour55 minutesminutes
Ingredients
1tablespoonyeast
1⅓cupslukewarm milk
6tablespoonssugar
4cupsflourplus more for kneading
2eggs
1teaspoonsalt
5tablespoonsmelted butteror oil
Instructions
Pour yeast, 1 tablespoon sugar and ½ of the lukewarm milk in a bowl. Whisk together and mix in ½ cup of flour. Allow to sit for 15 minutes in a warm place until it starts to bubble and foam, then the yeast is activated.
In a bowl, mix together 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon salt, 5 tablespoons sugar, 5 tablespoons melted butter. Mix in the remaining milk. Pour into the yeast mixture and slowly add the remaining flour until it forms a dough ball.
Knead on a floured surface, adding more flour if needed, for about 5 minutes until smooth and elastic.
Place back into bowl, cover with cling wrap. Place in a warm place until it rises, about 1 ½ hours. Punch down dough, gently knead and you are ready to use.