Spiced Sweet Dough (base For Brown Sugar-pecan Sticky Buns) Bon

Total Time: 24 hrs Cook Time: 24 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 25
• 1 cup warm whole milk (105ã? f to 115ã? f)
• 1/2 ounce active dry yeast (2 envelopes)
• 1/4 teaspoon sugar
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons orange peel, finely grated
• 3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 large egg
• 1 large egg yolk
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature

Recipe

• 1 stir milk, yeast, and 1/4 teaspoon sugar in small bowl. let stand until mixture bubbles, about 6 minutes. stir again.
• 2 mix remaining 2/3 cup sugar and orange peel in medium bowl.
• 3 add flour, cinnamon, salt, and ginger to bowl of heavy-duty stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment; mix on low speed. add yeast mixture; mix on medium-low speed until dry shaggy mass forms, scraping down bowl occasionally, about 2 minutes. add egg and egg yolk; beat on medium speed until well blended. add sugar mixture; beat until moist soft dough that resembles thick batter forms, about 3 minutes.
• 4 add butter by 1 1/2 tablespoonfuls; beat on medium-low speed until almost incorporated before adding more, about 2 minutes (dough will be sticky). beat dough on medium-high 2 minutes longer. let dough rest in bowl 10 minutes (dough will become less sticky).
• 5 scrape dough out onto work surface; gather together. place in large buttered bowl. cover with plastic wrap; let rise at room temperature until almost doubled, about 2 hours. punch dough down; cover with plastic wrap and chill overnight.