basic sweet dough (for balloon buns)

Name: Basic Sweet Dough (for Balloon Buns)
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3/4 cup(s) milk; 1/3 cup(s) sugar; 1 1/4 teaspoon(s) salt; 1/2 cup(s) butter or margarine; 1/2 cup(s) warm water (105-115 degrees); 2 package(s) dry yeast; 3 - eggs at room temperature; 5 1/2 cup(s) flour

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Megan Stewart

Middletown, OH

Updated on Aug 27, 2017

A long time friend of Grandma W's, Aunt Sally Accurso, made these for me. You need this recipe to make the balloon buns, which are incredible!

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Ingredients

3/4 cup milk
1/3 cup sugar
1 1/4 teaspoons salt
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1/2 cup warm water (105-115 degrees)
2 packages dry yeast
3 - eggs at room temperature
5 1/2 cups flour

How To Make basic sweet dough (for balloon buns)

Step 1

Scald milk. Stir in sugar, salt and margarine. Cool. Pour warm water on yeast. add luke warm mixture, eggs and 5 c flour. Knead 7-10 min. Grease bowl, cover and let rise 1 hour.

Step 2

This is the basic dough for the balloon buns recipe.
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