Sometimes you need a go-to recipe and The Perfect Yeast Pastry Dough recipe is just that. Can be used to make sweet or savory items from starters to mains and even desserts.
Yeast dough is perfect for making sticky buns, dinner rolls and my Fruit Piroshki recipe. Soft, smooth and easy to make with simple ingredients and little kneading time, so what are you waiting for!
To make The Perfect Yeast Pastry Dough, you will need the following ingredients:
In a mixing bowl, stir 1½ tablespoons of yeast, 2 cups of warm milk and 1 tablespoon of sugar until combined. Set aside for about 10 minutes until activated.
Once activated, add 3 eggs, 2 tablespoons of mayonnaise, 1 teaspoon of salt and remaining sugar to the bowl and mix until well combined.
Using an electric mixer, gradually add 6 cups of flour, cup by cup and continuously mix until all the flour is completely combined into the mixture.
Finally, pour in 3 tablespoons of oil and fold in to combine.
Knead the dough for about 10 minutes until elastic in texture.
Set dough aside for about 1 hour to rise.
Once risen, use the dough for other baking recipes and enjoy!
The Perfect Yeast Pastry Dough recipe is perfect for the less professional bakers. With our simple instructions, store-bought pastries can now be a thing of the past! Try it and let us know how your baking turns out by contacting us online using our hashtag #cookmerecipes.
