GRANDMA'S PORTUGUESE SWEET BREAD RECIPE
From the fragrance of the proofing yeast to the dough rising and then baking into golden brown loaves, this family tradition - above all others - is my favorite. Nothing compares to a slice of sweet bread, still warm from the oven and topped by a pat of real butter.
Provided by Kris Bordessa
Categories Side Dish
Time 3h20m
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Dissolve 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 on 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.
- 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.
- Form each half of the dough into a ball, working to put the "loose" ends on the bottom so that the top is nice and smooth. Place each dough on a cookie sheet and set aside to rise.
- Divide each half of the bread dough into three equal pieces.
- Roll each into a rope, about 1-2 inches in diameter.
- Press the ends of the ropes together and braid. When you reach the end, tuck ends under slightly and place bread on a cookie sheet for the second rise.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 80 calories, Carbohydrate 11 grams carbohydrates, Cholesterol 35 milligrams cholesterol, Fat 3 grams fat, Protein 1 grams protein, SaturatedFat 1 grams saturated fat, ServingSize 1 grams, Sodium 132 grams sodium, Sugar 10 grams sugar, UnsaturatedFat 0 grams unsaturated fat
GRANDMA CARDOZA'S PORTUGUESE SWEET BREAD
Grandma Cardoza's sweet and tasty Portuguese Sweet Bread
Provided by Blue Blossom Family Farm
Categories Baking
Time 4h
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Dissolve 1 package of yeast and 2 tbsp. sugar in 1/2 cup warm water. Let stand until frothy and bubbly (about 5-15 minutes).
- In a small saucepan, combine milk and butter and bring to a simmer. Remove from heat and let cool a bit.
- Combine flour and salt. My grandma's recipe calls for sifting the flour, so I sift as grandma suggests.
- In a mixing bowl, beat eggs and sugar together until mixed well. Next add the milk and butter mixture, the lemon extract, the anise extract, and the yeast mixture to the eggs and sugar.
- Gradually add the 6 cups of flour to the mix.
- Knead the bread until very smooth, which takes about 15 to 20 minutes.
- Cover the dough, place in a warm area, and let rise until the dough doubles in size. This takes approximately 2 hours.
- Punch dough down, divide, and form into rolls, large round loaves, or braided loaves.
- Place the dough on a buttered cookie sheet (I use parchment paper) or in a pie pan, cover, and let rise again for roughly an hour.
- If you are making Folar da Pascoa, make sure the eggs are boiled and tuck them in the loaves before baking.
- Bake at 350 F for 25-30 minutes. When the bread starts to brown, I brush the top with milk, and this helps give a shiny, golden top to the bread. As soon as the bread is ready, I butter the top.
- Enjoy right from the oven, if you choose!
PORTUGUESE SWEET BREAD
Adapted from one of my favorite cookbooks, The Bread Baker's Apprentice (by Peter Reinhart), this recipe makes lovely sweet, light loaves. Prep time includes time for fermentation and proofing of the sponge and the dough. This bread will start browning rather quickly, due to the high sugar content, but don't be alarmed - it will get even darker as the center catches up with the outside, and the final color will be a rich mahogany brown.
Provided by GaylaJ
Categories Yeast Breads
Time 6h50m
Yield 2 1-pound loaves, 28 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- To make the sponge, stir together flour, sugar, and yeast in a small bowl. Add the water and stir until all ingredients are hydrated and make a smooth batter. Cover with plastic wrap and ferment at room temperature for 60-90 minutes, or until the sponge gets foamy and seems on the verge of collapse.
- To make the dough, combine the sugar, salt, powdered milk, butter, and shortening in a 4-quart mixing bowl (or the bowl of an electric mixer, which is what I use). Cream together with a sturdy spoon (or the paddle attachment) until smooth, then mix in the eggs and the extracts. Knead by hand (or switch to the dough hook) and mix in the sponge and flour (I wait to change out the attachments until most of the ingredients are mixed, as it seems I have a problem getting the dough to grab onto the hook if I switch too early). Add the water, as needed, to make a very soft dough (more than likely you will not need the full amount of water, but it can vary due to factors such as the moisture content and protein percentage of your flour). The finished dough should be very supple and soft, easy to knead, and not wet or sticky. To achieve this will take 10-12 minutes with the mixer and close to 15 minutes by hand, as dough with high amounts of fat and sugar usually takes longer to knead because the gluten requires longer to set up. The finished dough should pass the windowpane test (see note below if you are unsure what this is) and register 77F to 81°F Lightly oil a large bowl, put the dough in the bowl, rolling it around to coat with oil. Cover with plastic wrap.
- Ferment at room temperature until dough doubles in size, around 2 hours.
- Remove dough from bowl, divide in 2 equal pieces, and form each into a boule. Lightly oil two 9-inch pie pans and place a boule, seam side down, in each pan. Mist with spray oil and loosely cover with plastic wrap.
- Proof at room temerature for 2 to 3 hours, or until the dough fills the pans fully, doubling in size. (If you want to bake only 1 of the loaves, you can retard the second in the refrigerator for 1 day, but it will take 4 to 5 hours to proof after it come out of the refrigerator.).
- Very gently brush the loaves with the egg wash. Preheat the oven to 350F with the oven rack on the middle shelf.
- Bake the loaves for 50 to 60 minutes, or until they register 190F in the center. After 30 minutes, check the loaves and rotate 180 degrees, if necessary, for even baking. The dough will brown rather quickly (please see intro), long before it is done. When done, the loaves will be a rich mahogany brown.
- Remove the bread from the pie pans and place on a rack to cool. The bread will soften as it cools, resulting in a very soft, squishy loaf. Allow the bread to cool for at least 90 minutes before slicing or serving.
- *Windowpane Test: Cut off a small piece of dough and gently stretch, pulling and turning it to see if it will hold a paper-thin, translucent membrane. It it falls apart before it make this windowpane, continue to knead for another minute or two and test again.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 100, Fat 2.7, SaturatedFat 1.2, Cholesterol 23.2, Sodium 95.8, Carbohydrate 15.7, Fiber 0.5, Sugar 3.7, Protein 2.7
PORTUGUESE SWEET BREAD - PAO DOCE
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!
Provided by Leahs Kitchen
Categories Yeast Breads
Time 4h35m
Yield 2 loaves, 10-12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Dissolve yeast in warm water in a large bowl.
- Stir in milk, 3/4 cup sugar, 3 eggs, salt, margarine or butter, and 3 cups of flour.
- Beat until smooth.
- Stir in enough of the remaining flour to make the dough easy to handle.
- Knead dough on a lightly floured surface until smooth and elastic - about 5 minutes.
- 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.
- Punch down dough and divide in half.
- Shape each half into a round slightly flat loaf.
- Place each loaf into a well greased round 9" x 1 1/2" pan.
- Cover and let rise until double (a/b an hour).
- Heat oven to 350°F.
- Beat 1 egg and brush over tops of loaves.
- Sprinkle with 1 teaspoon of sugar.
- Bake until loaves are golden brown, about 35-45 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 420.6, Fat 12.8, SaturatedFat 7.1, Cholesterol 102.2, Sodium 356.8, Carbohydrate 65.4, Fiber 2.3, Sugar 15.6, Protein 10.8
PORTUGUESE SWEET BREAD I
This recipe is for the bread machine. It is similar to homemade grandmother's sweet bread.
Provided by Jennifer Houde
Categories Bread Yeast Bread Recipes
Time 3h5m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Add ingredients in order suggested by your manufacturer.
- Select "sweet bread" setting.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 55.9 calories, Carbohydrate 6.9 g, Cholesterol 17.1 mg, Fat 2.6 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 1.5 g, SaturatedFat 0.7 g, Sodium 180.6 mg, Sugar 6.6 g
PORTUGUESE SWEET BREAD
Steps:
- To make the sponge, stir together the flour, sugar, and yeast in a small bowl. Add the water and stir until all the ingredients are hydrated and make a smooth batter. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and ferment at room temperature for 60 to 90 minutes, or until the sponge gets foamy and seems on the verge of collapse.
- To make the dough, combine the sugar, salt, powdered milk, butter, and shortening in a 4-quart mixing bowl (or the bowl of an electric mixer). Cream together with a sturdy spoon (or the paddle attachment) until smooth, then mix in the eggs and the extracts. Knead by hand (or switch to the dough hook attachment) and mix in the sponge and the flour. Add the water, as needed, to make a very soft dough. The finished dough should be very supple and soft, easy to knead, and not wet or sticky. It will take 10 to 12 minutes with the electric mixer and close to 15 minutes by hand to achieve this consistency. (Dough with high amounts of fat and sugar usually take longer to knead because the gluten requires more time to set up.) The finished dough should pass the windowpane test (see NOTE below) and register 77 to 88 degrees F. Lightly oil a large bowl and transfer the dough to the bowl, rolling it around to coat it with oil. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap.
- Ferment at room temperature for approximately 2 hours, or until the dough doubles in size.
- Remove the dough from the bowl and divide it into two equal pieces. Form each of the pieces into a boule. Lightly oil two 9-inch pie pans and place 1 boule, seam side down, in each pan. Mist the dough with spray oil and loosely cover the pans with plastic wrap.
- Proof at room temperature for 2 to 3 hours, or until the dough fills the pans fully, doubling in size and overlapping the edges slightly. (If you only want to bake one loaf, you may retard the second in the fridge for 1 day, although it will take 4 to 5 hours to proof after it comes out of the refrigerator.)
- Very gently brush the loaves with egg wash. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F with the oven rack on the middle shelf.
- Bake the loaves for 50 to 60 minutes, or until they register 190 F in the center. After 30 minutes, check the loaves and rotate 180 degrees, if necessary, for even baking. Because of the high amount of sugar, the dough will brown very quickly, but don't be fooled into thinking it is done. It will get darker as the center gradually catches up with the outside, but it will not burn. The final color will be a rich mahogany brown.
- Remove the bread from the pie pans and place on a rack to cool. The bread will soften as it cools, resulting in a very soft, squishy loaf. Allow the bread to cool for at least 90 minutes before slicing or serving.
PORTUGUESE SWEET BREAD III
This is a very old recipe for Portuguese sweet bread. The dough for this egg bread is prepared the night before, left to rise overnight, and then baked the following morning in round cake pans.
Provided by Pat
Categories Bread Yeast Bread Recipes Egg
Time 15h
Yield 24
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Let stand until creamy, about 10 minutes.
- In a medium bowl, beat 6 eggs and the sugar together until light and fluffy. Sift the flour and salt into a large bowl. Stir in the dissolved yeast, the egg and sugar mixture and the cooled, melted butter. Slowly add the milk to the flour mixture until the dough is of working consistency. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead until the dough is soft and elastic, about 15 minutes. Place into a well oiled bowl, and cover with a damp cloth. Set aside to rise overnight.
- The next morning, preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C). Grease two 10 inch round cake pans. Divide dough in half, shape into round loaves, and place into prepared pans. Brush the tops with beaten egg.
- Bake at 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) for 15 minutes, then lower temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and bake for another 40 minutes, or until the top is golden brown and the loaves sound hollow when tapped on the bottom.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 566.8 calories, Carbohydrate 103.6 g, Cholesterol 77.6 mg, Fat 10.8 g, Fiber 2.7 g, Protein 13.1 g, SaturatedFat 5.9 g, Sodium 456.6 mg, Sugar 31.4 g
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