I am not a kneady sort of person. Too many failures. On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 10:52 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Here is one recipe cut down to normal household measures and quantities: > > Pao Doce: Portuguese Sweet Bread > (Hawaiian Sweet Bread) > > Makes 2 loaves > INGREDIENTS > > 2 tablespoons active dry yeast > 1/4 cup warm water > 1 cup lukewarm milk (scalded, then cooled) > 3/4 cup sugar > 1 teaspoon salt > 3 eggs > 1/2 cup butter (2 sticks), softened > 5-6 cups Bread flour > 1 egg > 1 teaspoon sugar > > > Working with sweet bread is different than any "normal" bread. The dough > will be much softer and tends to be sticky, more like a sweet roll dough. > It likes a moist atmosphere and warm ambient temperatures. 80º F and 80% > humidity or more are ideal. > > Check Out Our Top Yeast Recipe > 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. (Sweet bread is a very soft dough, and because it is so rich, it > takes kneading time to develop the gluten to make a stretchy dough that is > not too sticky. Be careful not to add too much flour, or it will be too > dry.) Knead dough on a lightly floured surface until smooth and elastic > - about 5 minutes. If you knead on a mixer, it may take 15 to 20 minutes to > develop the gluten at low-med speeds. An alternative way I have used is to > blend in the flour and mix or knead some. the dough will be very sticky. > Stretch and fold the dough a couple times. Let the dough rest 2-5 min, and > repeat the folds. Rest and fold until the dough is not sticky or just a > little sticky. > 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 or loaf > pan. > Cover and let rise until double (about 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. > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
