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BREADS:
Portuguese Sweet Bread
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Portuguese Sweet Bread |
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Grandma's old
recipe...
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2
packages |
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yeast |
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¼
cup |
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warm
water |
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1
cup |
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granulated sugar |
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1
cup |
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hot
scalded milk |
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¼
cup |
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butter |
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1
tsp |
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salt |
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3
large |
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eggs, well beaten |
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7½
cups |
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flour, sifted |
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1 |
Dissolve 2
packages of yeast in warm water. |
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In a large
bowl, mix together sugar, milk, butter and salt.
Stir the mixture until the butter melts. Cool
the mixture until it is lukewarm arnd beat in
eggs and the yeast mixture. Gradually beat in
flour, blending well until dough is smooth. |
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3 |
Turn the
dough out onto a well-floured surface and
sprinkle dough with more flour. Knead the dough
for 15-20 minutes, or until it is very smooth
and small blisters appear on the surface. Add
more flour to the board if necessary. |
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4 |
Put the
dough in a buttered bowl, cover it with a damp
towel, and let it rise in a warm place for about
2 hours, or until it doubles in bulk. |
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5 |
Punch the
dough down and shape it into 2 small round
loaves. Flatten the loaves and put them in
buttered pie plates. Let the loaves rise in a
warm place for about an hour, or until they are
almost double in bulk. |
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Bake loaves
at 350 degrees F. for about 20 minutes, or until
they are golden brown and test done. Turn the
loaves out on their sides on a wire rack and let
them cool. |
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Yield: 2 loaves |
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Ratings:
****Restaurant
Quality!- would
make it again. "I think I may have needed to knead it a little
more and it may have risen higher, but this bread turned out perfectly
fluffy and sweet. LOVED it with our dinner, and it was delicious
made as toast in the morning too."
-San Diego, CA
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