Pastry

[Gary350]

Boston Cream Filled Pastry

I found a good pastry recipe online. This is 50 times better than the recipe I posted yesterday. Different dough recipe, bakes not boiled in oil.

2 C of All purpose flower
1 T sugar
1 T olive oil
1 tsp salt
1 tsp yeast
Mix well.

Put 1 egg in a measuring cup, pour in whole milk until you have a total of 1 cup. Puree egg into the milk with a blender. Then, add 1 cup of flour mixture, mix well. Add the rest of the flour then mix well then kneed about 15 seconds. Place dough in a bowl, place bowl in a pan of 110° water until dough doubles in size about 45 minutes. Shape dough into a hot dog shape about 2" diameter 16" long. Cut dough in 1/2. Cut the 2 pieces in 1/2. Cut the 4 pieces in 1/2. Roll the 8 pieces into balls. Stretch and pull each side of each ball to form a tight ball then place the balls on a cookie sheet to rise until double in size, about 45 minutes on top of the 110° hot water pan.

Bake dough at 350°f for about 12 minutes until golden brown. Let cool about 15 minutes.

Mix 4 T powdered sugar into 2 cup of cool whip. Put cool whip in a small zip lock bag. Be sure to push all the air out of the bag before you zip it shut. Push all the cool whip to 1 end of the bag then cut off the tip end of the bag.

Cut a small slot in the side of each pastry. Push your finger into the pastry to make a round hole. Insert pointed end of zip lock bag into the hole then squeeze in the cream filling.

Top with chocolate cake frosting.

These are much better than the pastry I made 2 days ago. Baked in the oven is much better than boiled in hot oil. This new dough recipe is exceptionally good and soft. I think this is much better than store bought because if has much less sugar. I hate pastry & donuts with 50% sugar. Too much sugar hides the good flavor of what your eating.

For each his own. Add sugar to suit your taste.

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[Gary350]

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[Gary350]

Yeast Donuts

It has probably been 35 years sense I made yeast donuts. Recipe is, 2 C all purpose flour, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp yeast, 1 egg in a measuring cup fill up to 1 cup with whole milk. Puree 1 egg into milk. Kneed dough, let rise in a pan of 110°f water about 45 minutes. Roll out 1/2" thick, cut donuts 3½" diameter. Rise again on a pizza pan setting on 110° water about 45 minutes. Bake 15 minutes in a 350°f oven. Donuts turned out to be 2" thick. Next time dough needs to be rolled out thinner than 1/2" maybe 3/8" thick next time. Donuts cooled about 15 minutes then I put chocolate cake frosting on them. They turned out very good. I used an empty 29 ounce food can for a donut cutter. Empty plastic medicine pill container makes a good hole cutter. 110°f warm water speeds progress along quick, laser thermometer has paid for its self many times.

[imafan26]

Yum!

[Gary350]

Look at this pastry shop. I want to try this guys method of pulling and stretching dough but not sure it will work with a small 1 loaf dough. This gives me ideas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLQi72EbbhY