Portuguese Sweet Bread - Pao Doce

Submitted by Leahs Kitchen

"I found this recipe when I was looking for recipes to be posted for ZWT5. It is from the New Betty Crocker International Cookbook. So soft and light!"

 

• Ready In: 4hrs 35mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 2 loaves
• Serves: 10-12

ingredients

• 2 tablespoons active dry yeast
• 1⁄4 cup warm water
• 1 cup lukewarm milk (scalded, then cooled)
• 3⁄4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 eggs
• 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
• 5 -6 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 egg (for glaze)
• 1 teaspoon sugar (for glaze)

directions

1. Dissolve yeast in warm water in a large bowl.
2. Stir in milk, 3/4 cup sugar, 3 eggs, salt, margarine or butter, and 3 cups of flour.
3. Beat until smooth.
4. Stir in enough of the remaining flour to make the dough easy to handle.
5. Knead dough on a lightly floured surface until smooth and elastic - about 5 minutes.
6. Place in a greased bowl and let rise in a warm place until it is double in size - about 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
7. Punch down dough and divide in half.
8. Shape each half into a round slightly flat loaf.
9. Place each loaf into a well greased round 9" x 1 1/2" pan.
10. Cover and let rise until double (a/b an hour).
11. Heat oven to 350°F.
12. Beat 1 egg and brush over tops of loaves.
13. Sprinkle with 1 teaspoon of sugar.
14. Bake until loaves are golden brown, about 35-45 minutes.

Reviews

[ruibrasil160]

I loved it!!!

 

[Brooke F.]

Good Heavenly Father God Almighty this was very very good. My husband ate half the “tray” of buns in a few minutes... oops. Made 1 batch of buns and 1 loaf with this recipe and both turned out beautifully. I used Instant yeast; only 4 tsp instead of rx’ed 6 tsp (2 tbsp) as I found a conversion online saying to reduce volume of instant yeast by 1/3rd when substituting. ???? Highly recommend!

 

[Hayden W.]

They are beautiful!!!

 

[Addie L.]

Wonderful...so easy and absolutely perfect.

 

[Jealith]

I added honey, an extra egg and extra flour to offset the added liquid. It came out great and is now my most requested homemade bread. I made garlic butter and herbed butter spreads also