Favorite refrigerator dough
1 Batch
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1½ | cup | ;Water, lukewarm, or potato water |
| ⅔ | cup | Sugar |
| ½ | tablespoon | Salt |
| 1 | Yeast cake, fresh | |
| 2 | Egg | |
| ⅔ | cup | Shortening; softened |
| 1 | cup | Mashed potatoes; lukewarm |
| 7 | cups | Flour, sifted |
| Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book, 1950 | ||
Directions
Mix the water or potato water with the sugar and salt. Crumble the compressed yeast cake into the mixture and stir until dissolved. Add the eggs and softened shortening; mix in the mashed potatoes and sifted flour first with a spoon, then with your hands. Oil the top of the dough well; cover with waxed paper or a refrigerator cover, then with a damp cloth. Keep the cloth damp. This will keep for about five days in the refrigerator.