Yeast Dough for Pies and Pastries

Ingredients

• 3.2% Milk 5 fl oz
• Dry yeast 0 oz
• Sugar 0 oz
• Wheat Flour 20 oz
• Chicken Egg 3 pieces
• Butter 5 oz
• Salt 0 oz

Step-by-Step Guide

Step 1

Heat milk with 3.2% fat content to 100°F. At home, you can determine the temperature by touch: the milk should feel slightly warm. Add the yeast to the warm milk and stir until dissolved. Then add 10 grams of sugar.

Step 2

Transfer the mixture to the mixer bowl, add another 40 grams of sugar (for sweet pastries, increase the total amount of sugar to 100 grams), then add flour, eggs, and softened butter with a fat content of 82.5%. Mix the ingredients together.

Step 3

Knead the dough with a mixer on low speed for 20 minutes, adding salt towards the end.

Step 4

After the first kneading, leave the dough covered with a cloth at room temperature for 20 minutes to rise. Then, knead it thoroughly by hand and let it rest for another 20 minutes. After that, knead it a third time. With each folding, the dough is enriched with air and rises better.

Step 5

The finished dough is elastic, smooth, does not stick to your hands, does not tear, and stretches into a thin film.