Try this Grandma's Portuguese Sweet Bread recipe, or contribute your own.
Suggest a better descriptionDissolve yeast in warm water. Mix sugar, hot milk, butter, and salt together in a large bowl, stirring until butter melts. When cooled to lukewarm, beat in eggs and yeast mixture. Gradually beat 5 cups of flour into liquid to make a smooth dough.
If you have a stand mixer that will handle this amount of dough, you can use that to shorten the process. Simply complete above steps in your mixer bowl and let your dough hook do the kneading for you.
To knead by hand, heavily flour a board with a portion of the remaining flour. Turn dough out onto board and sprinkle with remaining flour. Knead until very smooth, adding flour to eliminate stickiness as necessary. You should see small "blisters" of air on the surface of the dough. This takes about 15-20 minutes. Consider it your workout for the day.
Place dough in a large buttered bowl. Cover loosely with a towel and put in a warm place until doubled in size (about two hours).
Punch down dough (it will collapse). Using buttered hands, form dough into desired loaves. You can divide dough into two large loaves or try them as smaller rolls. Or you can try the pie pan method you see used by the historical society.
Place your formed loaves and a buttered cookie sheet or in a buttered pie pan. Cover loaves and set in a warm place to rise again for about an hour. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown. Baking time will vary a bit depending upon loaf size.
Optional: Use a pastry brush to baste milk over the loaves just as they start to brown. This will give them a beautiful shiny glow.
To make Portuguese sweet bread rolls:
Turn dough onto floured surface. Divide dough in two. Form each half loosely into a two-inch log. Cut log into two-inch lengths.
Roll dough into balls. Place onto a buttered cookie sheet or in a buttered pie pan, not quite touching.
Cover rolls and set in a warm place to rise again for about an hour.
Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.
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Serving Size: 1 Recipe (688g) | ||
Recipe Makes: 1 Serving | ||
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Calories: 1060 | ||
Calories from Fat: 764 (72%) | ||
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Amt Per Serving | % DV | |
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Total Fat 84.9g | 113 % | |
Saturated Fat 43.1g | 215 % | |
Monounsaturated Fat 26g | ||
Polyunsanturated Fat 6.3g | ||
Cholesterol 1415mg | 435 % | |
Sodium 2602.9mg | 90 % | |
Potassium 1299.2mg | 34 % | |
Total Carbohydrate 23.5g | 7 % | |
Dietary Fiber 5.7g | 23 % | |
Sugars, other 17.8g | ||
Protein 56.3g | 80 % | |
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Calories per serving: 1060
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