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Portuguese Sweet Bread Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2 packages dry yeast
1/2 cup warm water
1 cup milk
t teaspoon vegetable oil
1 cup butter
6 eggs
11/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon salt
8 cups flour
Directions:
Directions:
Soften yeast in warm water. Scald milk and quickly remove from heat. Place milk, add butter and shortening in a large bowl and allow milk to cool to lukewarm. Separately, beat eggs well and gradually beat in sugar and salt. When milk is lukewarm and butter melted, add the egg mixture. Stir in softened yeast.
Sift in flour gradually, mixing well ad you add. Turn dough into greased bowl, cover and keep inward place to rise. Takes about four hours to rise. Punch down dough and divide into four loaves, placing each in a round greased cake pan. Butter top of loaves and let rise until double.
Bake at 300º for 45 minutes or until golden brown. Serve bread warm with softened butter or let loaves cool and wrap to store.
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
6 hours

 

 

 

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