Portuguese Sweet Bread Pao Doce Recipe 55 Food

PAO DOCE (PORTUGUESE SWEET BREAD)

Steps:

• Boil potato until soft. Save 1/4 cup of the water the potato was boiled in and cool to lukewarm.
• Mash potato and measure out 1/2 cup.
• Add 2 Tbsp sugar and the yeast to the lukewarm potato water, stir to dissolve. Stir in mashed potato and set mixture aside to double in bulk.
• Scald milk, add salt and cool to lukewarm.
• Melt butter and cool.
• In large warm mixing bowl (rinse with hot water and dry before using), beat eggs.
• Remove 1 Tbsp of eggs to use for brushing tops of loaves.
• Gradually beat in sugar, then melted butter.
• Combine egg and yeast mixtures.
• Blend thoroughly.
• Add 1 1/3 cups of the flour and 1/4 cup milk.
• Beat until completely mixed.
• Add another 1 1/3 cups flour and beat till blended.
• (All ingredients should be in your dough now except for the last of the flour you will be kneading with.) Turn out the dough on floured board.
• Add last 1 1/3 cups flour* and knead dough till smooth and elastic, 75 to 100 times.
• Make a ball of dough, place in an oiled bowl, cover with damp cloth, and let rise in warm place. When double in bulk, punch down, divide dough into 2 round balls and place on 2 oiled pie pans or in oiled bread pans.
• Allow it to double in bulk (about 1 hour). Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Brush loaves with beaten eggs.
• Bake for 35-45 minutes or until brown and done. They may be frozen.
• * Additional flour may have to be added to make a soft dough.
• Dough should be smooth not sticky after kneading is complete. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

PORTUGUESE SWEET BREAD FOR THE BREAD MACHINE

Steps:

• Add ingredients in order given.
• Bake on "sweet bread" setting.

PORTUGUESE SWEET BREAD

Steps:

• Dissolve yeast in warm water in a large bowl.
• Stir in milk, 3/4 cup sugar, 3 eggs, salt, 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. (dough is ready if indention of finger remains when poked)
• Punch down dough and divide in half.
• Roll each half into a rope, then coil each to form a snail shaped.
• Place each "snail" in greased round cake pan.
• Cover and let rise until double (about 1 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

PORTUGUESE SWEET BREAD - PAO DOCE

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.

PORTUGUESE SWEET BREAD

Steps:

• Sprinkle yeast into 1/2 cup warm water and let activate.
• Combine all ingredients and knead well.
• Cover with a dry towel and let rise until doubled.
• Divide into 3 round loaves and placed in greased round cake pans.
• Let rise, brush tops with beaten egg and bake at 350F degrees 30-40 minutes .

PAO DOCE - PORTUGUESE SWEET BREAD

Steps:

• 1. Dissolve yeast in potato water. Stir in 3 Tbsp sugar, potatoes and ginger. Cover, let rise till it doubles in size.
• 2. Scald milk, add salt and cool to lukewarm.
• 3. In a small mixing bowl, use a mixer to beat eggs, gradually beat in 1 3/4 cup of sugar. Stir into yeast mixture.
• 4. Add butter and mix well. Stir in 2 cups of flour, then milk. Add 2 more cups of flour, beat for 5 minutes. Stir in enough flour to make a stiff dough.
• 5. Place on lightly floured surface, knead the remaining flour until the dough is smooth and elastic, about 8 to 10 minutes
• 6. Place in greased bowl, cover and let rise till double it's size.
• 7. Grease 4 - 9 x 5 x 3 loaf pans.
• 8. On a lightly flour surface divide the dough into 4 equal parts. Shape each dough into the loaf pans. Cover, let rise till doubled.
• 9. Preheat electric oven to 325 degrees. Bake for 45 minutes or until done.