Sweet Roll Dough

Ingredients

• 2 cakes yeast
• 2 cups lukewarm milk
• ½ cup lukewarm water
• 2/3 cup butter
• ¾ cup sugar
• 1½ teaspoons salt
• 2 eggs
• ¼ lemon grated ring and juice
• ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
• 8 cups flour

Method

1. 1 Break and soak yeast in water until soft.
2. 2 Scald and then cool milk.
3. 3 Cream together butter, sugar and salt.
4. 4 Add well beaten eggs, lemon and spice.
5. 5 Add lukewarm milk to yeast and mix with half the flour.
6. 6 Work in butter and sugar mixture and enough flour to knead into a smooth dough.
7. 7 Keep it as soft as can be handled readily.
8. 8 Let rise over night at about 80 degrees.
9. 9 As soon as dough is fully doubled in bulk, knead down and let rise again for an hour.