Recipe: Perfect Basic Sweet Bread Dough

Basic Sweet Bread Dough.

You can cook Basic Sweet Bread Dough using 7 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Basic Sweet Bread Dough

1. It's 1/2 cup of Warm Milk.
2. Prepare 1-2 teaspoons of Dry Yeast *1 teaspoon takes longer time to proof.
3. Prepare 1 of & 3/4 cups Bread Flour *and extra for kneading.
4. Prepare 2-4 tablespoons of Caster Sugar.
5. You need 1/2 teaspoon of Salt.
6. It's 1 of Egg *lightly whisked *I often save 1 tablespoonful for glazing.
7. You need 20 g of Butter *melted.

Basic Sweet Bread Dough step by step

1. Place Warm Milk and Dry Yeast in a bowl, mix gently and set aside..
2. Combine Bread Flour, Sugar and Salt in a large bowl. Make a well in the centre and pour in the yeast mixture, Egg and Butter. Mix well to form a soft dough. Knead for 2 to 3 minutes, gradually adding extra Flour as required, until smooth and elastic..
3. Place the dough in a bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and set aside in a warm place for 1 hour or until doubled in size..