Pastries with Butter Dough

Ingredients

• 1 egg
• 1 1/4 cups warm milk
• 1 tbsp yeast (1 packet)
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 4 cups flour, sifted
• 1/2 cup milk powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 100 g soft butter at room temperature
• Milk or evaporated milk for brushing, sesame and nigella seeds for the top

Method

1. Stir the yeast and sugar into the warm milk in a glass, cover with plastic until foamy, then pour into the mixing bowl and add the egg and mix.
2. Add the milk powder, then the flour, salt and baking powder in batches, and finally the butter, and knead.
3. Cover well with plastic wrap, ideally in a plastic or glass bowl with no air between the dough and the wrap.
4. After half an hour, shape into small balls and rest another half hour, then shape as you like.
5. Before baking, brush with milk or evaporated milk and top with sesame and nigella seeds.

Notes

Fillings: see the pastry fillings recipe.