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dry sweet dough

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dolcebaker

dry sweet dough

I made a sweet dough and then into a danish type outcome.. It was good, ok, but not great.  I would like the dough to be moister.  The recipe has milk, butter, eggs, malt, sugar, salt, yeast - should be like a brioche but it seemed a little to dry to me. 

What should I change/add?  would changing some of the milk to cream affect this as it would add slightly more fat?

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Ford

My guess if that you may be over baking.  The interior temperature should be 190-200°F.  More liquid may also be in order.  You are using butter now, so I think substituting cream for the milk would not help.

Ford