Portuguese Sweet Bread
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
-
2 loaves
- Serves:
- 24
ingredients
directions
- Dissolve yeast in large bowl with warm water and a pinch sugar. Let stand until foamy, about 5 minutes.
- Scald milk. Add butter to melt, then add the salt and stir. Let cool to 100 degrees.
- In electric mixer, beat eggs until frothy. Add sugar and beat 3 minutes. Blend in milk mixture. Stir into yeast mixture in large bowl.
- Stir in 7 cups flour, 1 cup at a time.
- Dough should be soft and pull away from sides of bowl. Turn dough onto well floured surface and sprinkle with 1 cup flour. Knead about 10 minutes (adding up to 1 more cup flour).
- Grease large bowl. Add dough turning to coat both sides. Cover and let rise in a warm area until doubled in size (about 2 hours).
- Punch down dough. Let rest 10 minutes. Now cut dough in half to make two loaves. You can braid one loaf or put in a greased 1 quart casserole dish or cake pan.
- Cover and let rise once more (about 1 hour).
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Bake until loaves are golden brown and hollow sounding about 30 minutes. Brush tops with melted butter when done. Also freezes well.
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adopt a greyhound
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