Summary
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Source | Peg Craighead (1973) |
Prep time | 15 minutes |
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Total time | 15 minutes |
Ingredients
8 c
flour, plain (2 lbs.) 1⁄3 c
sugar (3 oz.) pn
salt 3⁄4 c
fat or margarine (6 oz.) 2
eggs 2 oz
yeast (3 cakes) 1 pt
water, room temperature (up to 1 1/4 pint)Instructions
For basic bun dough, sift the flour with sugar and salt into a bowl. Add the fat into this and then add the eggs. Meanwhile, dissolve the yeast in the water at room temperature and add this to the other ingredients, working in the water to obtain a fairly soft dough.
Notes
This is a basic bun dough and is the base for doughnuts, cream and currant buns, hot cross buns and all similar foods.