Best Portuguese Egg Bread Recipes

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GRANDMA CARDOZA'S PORTUGUESE SWEET BREAD



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Grandma Cardoza's sweet and tasty Portuguese Sweet Bread

Provided by Blue Blossom Family Farm

Categories     Baking

Time 4h

Number Of Ingredients 11

6 cups all-purpose flour
3 eggs for the dough
1 tsp. salt
1 cup sugar + 2 tbsp. sugar (for yeast)
1 package of yeast (21 g)
1/2 cup butter + some for the top after baking, if you choose
1 1/4 cup milk (scalded) + some additional milk for basting during baking
1/2 cup of warm water (for yeast)
1 tbsp. Lemon extract
1 tbsp. Anise extract
Optional: Boiled eggs to include in the loaves if making Folar da Pascoa

Steps:

  • Dissolve 1 package of yeast and 2 tbsp. sugar in 1/2 cup warm water. Let stand until frothy and bubbly (about 5-15 minutes).
  • In a small saucepan, combine milk and butter and bring to a simmer. Remove from heat and let cool a bit.
  • Combine flour and salt. My grandma's recipe calls for sifting the flour, so I sift as grandma suggests.
  • In a mixing bowl, beat eggs and sugar together until mixed well. Next add the milk and butter mixture, the lemon extract, the anise extract, and the yeast mixture to the eggs and sugar.
  • Gradually add the 6 cups of flour to the mix.
  • Knead the bread until very smooth, which takes about 15 to 20 minutes.
  • Cover the dough, place in a warm area, and let rise until the dough doubles in size. This takes approximately 2 hours.
  • Punch dough down, divide, and form into rolls, large round loaves, or braided loaves.
  • Place the dough on a buttered cookie sheet (I use parchment paper) or in a pie pan, cover, and let rise again for roughly an hour.
  • If you are making Folar da Pascoa, make sure the eggs are boiled and tuck them in the loaves before baking.
  • Bake at 350 F for 25-30 minutes. When the bread starts to brown, I brush the top with milk, and this helps give a shiny, golden top to the bread. As soon as the bread is ready, I butter the top.
  • Enjoy right from the oven, if you choose!

PORTUGUESE SWEET BREAD (MASSA SOVADA)



Portuguese Sweet Bread (Massa Sovada) image

No where else can make a sweet bread loaf like my hometown of Fall River, MA. It is a traditional recipe that is known to be brought over from the immigrants of São Miguel. This bread is most popular at Easter, but enjoyed year round. I like to have mine for breakfast with a little butter added on it. But, it is also served for...

Provided by Tara Pacheco

Categories     Other Breakfast

Time 8h40m

Number Of Ingredients 12

3 pkg dry active yeast
1/2 c lukewarm water
2 c milk
2 c sugar
1/2 c butter
1/2 c shortening
3/4 tsp salt
10 c flour
8 eggs
EGG WASH
1 egg
1 tsp water

Steps:

  • 1. Dissolve yeast in water and let rise to double in size.
  • 2. Mix together flour and salt in a large mixing bowl. In a small saucepan, melt butter and shortening in milk over medium heat and cool to lukewarm. Beat eggs and sugar together.
  • 3. Mix all ingredients together and knead until dough lifts neatly from bowl. Let rise, usually six to eight hours.
  • 4. Punch down, deflating the dough. Form individual breads and put in buttered and floured pans (most any shape or size will do). The dough should fill only half the pan. Let rise again until dough doubles in size, filling the pan.
  • 5. Brush top of dough with beaten egg.
  • 6. Bake at 325 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes (adjust longer cook time for larger loaves). The bread should be golden brown.

PORTUGUESE EGG BREAD



Portuguese Egg Bread image

I got this recipe from our local Bermudian newspaper 'The Royal Gazette' in the late 90's. It's really a very good recipe (tasty) and makes a nice solid loaf of bread. Great for sandwiches! I love egg bread! This recipe makes 5 loaves of bread. Since I never feel like going through the math and cutting down the recipe; I only use it when there's room in my freezer for the extra loaves. Sad, I know.

Provided by byZula

Categories     Yeast Breads

Time 3h

Yield 5 loaves

Number Of Ingredients 9

5 lbs flour
4 cups sugar
4 compressed yeast cakes (pkgs.)
2 tablespoons salt
1/2 lb margarine (2 sticks)
1/2 lb Crisco (1 cup)
9 eggs
1 quart milk (4 cups)
1 quart water (4 cups)

Steps:

  • In a small bowl put yeast and 1/2 teaspoons sugar in warm water. Mix together the flour, sugar, salt, crisco and margarine in a separate bowl by hand. Beat eggs well(separate bowl). Warm milk and water but do not boil. Add the milk, water, yeast mixture and eggs to dry ingredients.
  • knead the dough, cover and let rise to twice the original amount. Loaf the bread in greased baking pans and let rise again to twice the size. just before putting in the oven; brush tops of loaves lightly with cream.
  • Bake at 300 degrees until golden brown; about 1 hour.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 3271, Fat 102.7, SaturatedFat 28.1, Cholesterol 408, Sodium 3457.3, Carbohydrate 519.1, Fiber 13.4, Sugar 161.8, Protein 66.2

PORTUGUESE SWEET BREAD I



Portuguese Sweet Bread I image

This recipe is for the bread machine. It is similar to homemade grandmother's sweet bread.

Provided by Jennifer Houde

Categories     Bread     Yeast Bread Recipes

Time 3h5m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 cup milk
1 egg
2 tablespoons margarine
⅓ cup white sugar
¾ teaspoon salt
3 cups bread flour
2 ½ teaspoons active dry yeast

Steps:

  • Add ingredients in order suggested by your manufacturer.
  • Select "sweet bread" setting.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 55.9 calories, Carbohydrate 6.9 g, Cholesterol 17.1 mg, Fat 2.6 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 1.5 g, SaturatedFat 0.7 g, Sodium 180.6 mg, Sugar 6.6 g

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