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Refrigerator yeast dough for sweet buns

Name: Refrigerator yeast dough for sweet buns
Yield: About 1 kg of dough
Cuisine: Slovak
Ingredients: 50 g Fresh yeast; 200 ml Milk; 200 g Margarine; 1/2 tsp Salt; 2 tbsp Granulated sugar; 500 g Semi-coarse wheat flour

Make-ahead yeast dough with milk, margarine, and semi-coarse wheat flour for buns and cakes. Keeps refrigerated for up to a week; makes about 1 kg.

Slovak cuisine · Translated from Slovak · October 24, 2026

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Recipe at a glance

Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 3 min
Servings: About 1 kg of dough
Difficulty: Medium

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This versatile refrigerator yeast dough is a make-ahead base for sweet buns, stuffed rolls, and cakes. It originated in Russia, where it was reportedly made famous by Nikita Khrushchev's cook. Stir the yeast into warm milk with salt and sugar, add melted margarine or butter and semi-coarse wheat flour, and knead into a dough.

Wrap it in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least half an hour; it will keep there for up to a week. Baked goods made with this dough are fluffy and stay soft for a long time.

Ingredients

Fresh yeast 50 g
Milk 200 ml
Margarine 200 g
Salt 1/2 tsp
Granulated sugar 2 tbsp
Semi-coarse wheat flour 500 g

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Instructions

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Stir the yeast into the warm milk, then add the salt and sugar and mix. Pour in the melted butter or margarine, then add the semi-coarse wheat flour and knead into a dough.
Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least half an hour. Then shape it into your choice of baked goods, adding a filling if desired.
The dough is easy to work with and keeps in the refrigerator for up to a week.

Tip: Wrap the dough loosely in plastic wrap or place it in a larger container, as it will continue to rise in the refrigerator. Let the shaped buns rise briefly at room temperature before baking.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per 100 g, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 356 kcal
Protein: 6.4 g
Carbohydrates: 43 g
of which sugars: 3.8 g
Fat: 17 g
of which saturates: 3.4 g
Fiber: 1.8 g
Salt: 0.3 g

Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Univerzálne kysnuté cesto do chladničky na buchty