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!"
 
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Ready In:
4hrs 35mins
Ingredients:
10
Yields:
2 loaves
Serves:
10-12
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ingredients

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directions

  • 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.

Questions & Replies

  1. Mine look, and smell wonderful and are tasty. But they’re not as light and fluffy as my grandmother’s. They are quite dense. Is this recipe intended to be a dense bread? Thoughts??
     
  2. How do i print up the recipe and directions
     
  3. After I have need how long should I let them rest to rise
     
  4. Can you use instant yeast instead of active dry?
     
  5. If you make small individual sweetbreads would you need special pans to make them?
     
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Reviews

  1. I loved it!!!
     
  2. Good Heavenly Father God Almighty this was very very good. My husband ate half the “tray” of buns in a few minutes... oops. Made 1 batch of buns and 1 loaf with this recipe and both turned out beautifully. I used Instant yeast; only 4 tsp instead of rx’ed 6 tsp (2 tbsp) as I found a conversion online saying to reduce volume of instant yeast by 1/3rd when substituting. ???? Highly recommend!
     
  3. They are beautiful!!!
     
    • Review photo by Hayden W.
  4. Wonderful...so easy and absolutely perfect.
     
    • Review photo by Addie L.
  5. I added honey, an extra egg and extra flour to offset the added liquid. It came out great and is now my most requested homemade bread. I made garlic butter and herbed butter spreads also
     
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Tweaks

  1. Used golden caster sugar in bread, and brushed top with honey, sprinkled brown sugar over top rather than an egg wash
     

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