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Soft bread dough

Soft bread dough

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Discover this basic recipe for making pastries, breads, cakes, and Christmas cookies. It’s simple and delicious.

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Recipe from Sauer202, Wkee4ager, Anne-Sophie Ofrim (Wikibooks), adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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Soft bread dough is an excellent starting point for creating a variety of sweet cakes and breads. Whether you want to make croissants, loaves, or Christmas cakes, this recipe allows you to vary the ingredients to your liking. Simply add dried fruits at the end if desired.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time15 min
  • Cook time30 min
  • Resting45 min
  • Total1 hr 30 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfour
  • Estimated cost$9.64 $0.40 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.

Ingredients

24 people
  • $0.70
  • $0.41
  • $0.66
  • $0.35
  • $0.53
  • $3.71
  • $3.28

Prices from US supermarkets for 4 of 7 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. If using fresh yeast, the yeast is mixed with warm milk. ≈ 3 min
  2. If dry yeast is used, it is mixed into the flour. ≈ 3 min
  3. Then, melted butter or margarine is added, followed by cardamom and sugar. ≈ 3 min
  4. We gradually incorporate flour by mixing or kneading until a soft dough is formed. ≈ 10 min
  5. It is left to rest, covered, for approximately 45 minutes.
  6. This recipe yields approximately 24 small loaves of bread, 2 rye cakes, approximately 30 small loaves, 1 chocolate loaf, or 2 Christmas cakes/2 rye cakes. ≈ 3 min
  7. The temperature and cooking time vary depending on what is being cooked, but are generally between 225 and 250 °C, with a cooking time of approximately 8 to 35 minutes.

The bill

Soft bread dough

  • 100-200g of butter or margarine$0.70
  • 100-200 grams of sugar$0.41
  • 500 g of wheat flour$0.66
  • 350 ml of milk$0.35
  • 1 teaspoon of ground cardamom (approximately 2 grams)$0.53
  • This recipe yields approximately 24 loaves of bread.$3.71
  • 1 puff pastry or 2 Christmas cakes/2 cakes made with flour$3.28

Total$9.64

that's $0.40 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 50 g of yeast
  • 100-200g of butter or margarine
  • 100-200 grams of sugar
  • 500 g of wheat flour
  • 350 ml of milk
  • 1 teaspoon of ground cardamom (approximately 2 grams)
  • This recipe yields approximately 24 loaves of bread.
  • 2 cakes made with wheat flour
  • approximately 30 crowns
  • 1 puff pastry or 2 Christmas cakes/2 cakes made with flour

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