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Ingredients
- recipe for: Portuguese Sweet Bread Pao Doce
Serving Size : 1
- 2 pkg active dry yeast
- 1/4 cup warm water – 105 to 115f
- 1 cup lukewarm milk – scalded, then cooled
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine – softened
- 6 cups flour
- 1 egg
Method
- Dissolve yeast in warm water in large bowl.
- Stir in milk, 3/4 cup sugar, salt, 3 eggs, margarine and 3 cups flour.
- Beat until smooth.
- Stir in enough remaining flour to make dough easy to handle.
- Turn dough onto lightly floured surface.
- Knead until smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes.
- Place in greased bowl.
- Turn greased side up.
- Cover and let rise in warm place until double, 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
- Dough is ready if indentation remains when touched.
- Punch down dough and divide into halves.
- Shape each half into round, slightly flat loaf
- Place each loaf in greased round 9×1 1/2-inch layer cake pan.
- Cover and let rise until double, about 1 hour.
- Heat oven to 350F
- Beat 1 egg slightly and brush over loaves.
- Sprinkle with 1 teaspoon sugar.
- Bake until loaves are golden brown, 35 to 45 minutes.
SNAIL LOAVES (CARACOIS): After dividing dough into halves, roll each half into a rope about 25×1 1/2-inches.
- Coil each to form a snail shape in greased round 9-inch layer cake pan.
- Proceed as directed.
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