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December 2009

Spiced Sweet Dough

By Dorie Greenspan

Recipe information

  • Yield

    makes enough dough for 30 sticky buns or 2 streusel-topped chocolate-cranberry breads. Servings

Ingredients

1

cup warm whole milk (105°F to 115°F)

2

envelopes active dry yeast

1

/4 teaspoon plus 2/3 cup sugar

1

1/2 teaspoons finely grated orange peel

3

3/4 cups all purpose flour

2

teaspoons ground cinnamon

1

1/4 teaspoons salt

1

teaspoon ground ginger

1

large egg

1

large egg yolk

1

/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature

Special equipment

Heavy-duty stand mixer

Need to make a substitution?

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Stir milk, yeast, and 1/4 teaspoon sugar in small bowl. Let stand until mixture bubbles, about 6 minutes. Stir again.

    Step 2

    Mix remaining 2/3 cup sugar and orange peel in medium bowl.

    Step 3

    Add flour, cinnamon, salt, and ginger to bowl of heavy-duty stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment; mix on low speed. Add yeast mixture; mix on medium-low speed until dry shaggy mass forms, scraping down bowl occasionally, about 2 minutes. Add egg and egg yolk; beat on medium speed until well blended. Add sugar mixture; beat until moist soft dough that resembles thick batter forms, about 3 minutes.

    Step 4

    Add butter by 1 1/2 tablespoonfuls; beat on medium-low speed until almost incorporated before adding more, about 2 minutes (dough will be sticky). Beat dough on medium-high 2 minutes longer. Let dough rest in bowl 10 minutes (dough will become less sticky).

    Step 5

    Scrape dough out onto work surface; gather together. Place in large buttered bowl. Cover with plastic wrap; let rise at room temperature until almost doubled, about 2 hours. Punch dough down; cover with plastic wrap and chill overnight. Follow directions for Brown Sugar-Pecan Sticky Buns.

Nutrition Per Serving

One serving contains the following: (Based on 25 servings) Calories (kcal) 125.3 %Calories from Fat 30.6 Fat (g) 4.3 Saturated Fat (g) 2.6 Cholesterol (mg) 27.4 Carbohydrates (g) 19.2 Dietary Fiber (g) 0.5 Total Sugars (g) 6.1 Net Carbs (g) 18.7 Protein (g) 2.7
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