Emeril's Basic Danish Dough

Total Time: 2 hrs 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 15 mins

Ingredients

• 2 eggs, beaten
• 3/4 cup warm milk (about 110 degrees)
• 1/4 ounce active dry yeast
• 4 cups bread flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 1/2 cups butter
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cardamom

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 2 in a mixing bowl whisk the eggs, milk and yeast together. let the mixture sit for 15 minutes under refrigeration.
• 3 using a pastry blender, blend the flour, salt, sugar, and cardamom together. work the yeast mixture into the flour. knead the dough until smooth, about 2 minutes.
• 4 form the dough into a ball and allow to rest, about 20 minutes in the refrigerator.
• 5 beat 1 1/2 cups butter until smooth.
• 6 turn the dough out onto a floured surface and roll into an oblong about 3/8 inches thick.
• 7 dot 1/3 of the butter over 2/3 of the dough. fold the undotted dough over the remaining third of the butter-dotted portion. the dough is now in 3 layers.
• 8 roll the dough out gently into an oblong, 3/8-inch thick. repeat the folding process two more times.
• 9 cover and chill the dough for 2 hours. roll the dough into the desired shapes. following the rolling techniques.