Ingredients
- 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons milk
- 2 1/2 tablespoons dried yeast
- 4 large eggs, at room temperature
- 1/4 cup Imperial Sugar Extra Fine Granulated Sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups (1 pound) unsalted butter, very soft at room temperature
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 4 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour*
- 1 box [companyname] Sugar Cubes
*Spoon & Sweep method: Use a spoon to fill measuring cup with flour until required amount is obtained. Scooping measuring cup directly into flour bag will firmly pack flour resulting in too much flour required for recipe.
Directions
- Combine warm milk with yeast and pour in a mixing bowl. Add vanilla extract, eggs, granulated sugar and salt.
- Place flour on top of ingredients followed by butter.
- Using a paddle attachment start mixing dough on low speed and gradually increase to medium. Mix dough until it starts to clean away from the sides a bit. The dough will still be very soft, buttery and sticky.
- Remove from machine and cover the bowl with plastic food wrap. Set in a warm place until nearly doubled in size.
- Meanwhile remove sugar cubes from box. Hit each cube firmly with a rolling pin to crush it into 3-5 pieces.
- Place obtained pieces in a sieve and sieve out the finely crushed sugar. (The finely crushed sugar can be used to sweeten homemade lemonade or tea.)
- Add large crushed sugar to (doubled in size) dough and mix in by hand. Cover and rest dough for 10 minutes.
- Cut even pieces size of a jumbo egg or scale to 3.5 ounces. Make round and cover with plastic wrap.
- Heat waffle iron to its highest setting. Pour a little oil on a plate and dip each side of dough pieces into oil.
- Place in iron and cook until both sides are golden brown.
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