Portuguese Sweet Bread
Serves: 3
Fredy Murphy
1 January 1970
Based on User reviews:
41
Spice
52
Sweetness
56
Sourness
44
mins
Prep time (avg)
5.4
Difficulty
Ingredients:
1 cup
Water (warm)2 cups
Milk (warm, nonfat)2270 g
Flour2 tbsps
Salt3.5 cups
Sugar3 tbsp
Lemon Juice450 g
Butter (melted)Directions:
1
Dissolve 3 yeast cakes in 1/2 cup warm water, (not hot)
2
Add 2 cups warm, nonfat milk (or scalded whole milk slightly cooled) and 3 cups flour, and 1 teaspoon salt
3
Whisk together and set aside to proof yeast
4
In a separate bowl, add 1dozen fresh eggs, sugar, and lemon juice
5
Beat well and then add melted butter
6
Add yeast mixture, the remaining flour and 2 tablespoons of salt
7
Mix well and let rest for 10 to 20 minutes
8
Continue mixing until dough begins to pull away from bowl or knead with greased hands until dough pulls away from your hands
9
This takes a while and the dough is sticky unlike bread dough
10
Place in greased bowl and cover to let rise to double, about 1 to 3 hours
11
Punch down, turn over, and let rise to double a second time
12
Carefully break away about 2/3 pound of dough at a time, rolling dough into a nice loaf shape and place into greased loaf pans
13
This should make about 5 to 7 nice loafs
14
Let rise until double in the pans for a third rising
15
Make two to three 1/4-inch slits on the top of each loaf and then brush tops with 1 beaten egg mixed with 1 tablespoon of water
16
Bake at 325 degrees F for about 10 minutes and then reduce heat to about 300 degrees F for another 25 to 30 minutes
17
Remove loaves from the oven and lay them on their side on a rack for a couple of minutes before removing from the pan