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Portuguese Sweet Bread
[Pão Doce Português]

Portuguese Sweet Bread is a traditional, soft, sweet and slightly enriched bread perfect as a treat rooted in centuries of Portuguese baking.

Portuguese Sweet Bread [Pão Doce Português]

By Denis Elas The Chef
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Portuguese Sweet Bread
Portuguese Sweet Bread is a traditional, soft, sweet, and slightly enriched bread perfect as a treat rooted in centuries of Portuguese baking.
Recipe dedicated to:My cooking learning journey
4 from 5 votes
Course: Breakfast, Side Dish
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Prep: 15 minutes
Cook: 30 minutes
Rest: 3 hours
Total: 3 hours 45 minutes

Ingredients

The Starter

The Dough

The Wash

  • 1 egg
  • 1 Tbsp. water

The Simple Syrup (Optional)

  • 2 tsp. warm water optional
  • 1 tsp. sugar optional
16 buns

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Instructions
 

The Preparation

  1. Gather the ingredients. Heat 1 cup warm water in a microwave safe bowl. Check the temperature for it to be just under 50℃ or 120℉. Melt 115 g unsalted butter in a microwave safe bowl.

The Dough

  1. In a large mixing bowl, put the 1 cup warm water and stir in the 14 g active dry yeast and 15 g sugar with a wooden spoon. Wait for the yeast to feed and let it sit until bubbly, about 5-10 minutes.
  2. Then, add the remaining 285 g sugar, the melted 115 g unsalted butter, 2 eggs and 1 tsp. salt. Stir until it is fully mixed together.
  3. Gradually stir in 360 g all-purpose flour. Beat vigorously with the spoon for several minutes until the dough becomes quite elastic (if you lift a spoonful of dough up from the bowl it should stretch for about 1 foot).
  4. Stir in another 120 g all-purpose flour to make a thick dough.
  5. Sprinkle the remaining 30 g all-purpose flour on your work surface and scrape the dough onto it. Knead about 5 minutes to incorporate the flour and to make a very smooth, soft, but supple dough that may be only slightly sticky. Wash and dry the bowl you used and rub it with 1 tsp. vegetable oil. Shape the dough into a ball and place it in the bowl. Turn to coat all surfaces with the oil.
  6. Cover the bowl tightly with plastic wrap and let the dough rise at room temperature until almost tripled in size, about 2 hours.

The Baking

  1. Place the dough onto your work surface and pat it gently to deflate it. Don’t punch it. Divide the dough in half.
  2. Roll one piece of dough into a “snake” and pinch off 8 equal pieces. Shape into round balls and arrange in an ungreased 9-inch round pie tin. Repeat with the remaining dough. Cover loosely with a kitchen towel and let rise at room temperature until puffy and light and doubled in size, about 1 hour. Preheat the over 400℉ with a rack placed in the middle.
    Portuguese Sweet Bread
  3. Mix the egg wash with 1 egg and 1 Tbsp. water. Brush with egg wash and bake in the center of a preheated 400℉ oven for about 25 to 30 minutes, until rolls are golden brown and cooked through. Bottoms of rolls should be brown.
    Portuguese Sweet Bread

The Serving

  1. Remove from the oven and immediately brush the buns with sugar water (2 tsp. warm water + 1 tsp. sugar). This step is optional and not traditional to do for Portuguese Sweet Bread, but it does leave a shiny and sweet finish which I find elevates this bread. Feel free to skip this step if looking for a more traditional recipe. Let it cool completely on a wire rack.
  2. Once the Portuguese Sweet Bread is cooled, you can serve it over breakfast or as a nice dessert!
    Portuguese Sweet Bread

Equipments

Mixing bowl
Wooden spoon
Cooking thermometer
Cooking brush
Round cake pan (9 inch)
Parchment paper

Nutrition

Serving: 1 bun | Calories: 190 kcal (10%) | Carbohydrates: 42 g (14%) | Protein: 4 g (8%) | Fat: 8 g (12%) | Sodium: 159 mg (7%) | Fiber: 1 g (4%) | Sugar: 0.1 g

Elasdenis.com is written and produced for informational purposes only. While I do my best to provide nutritional information as a general guideline to our readers, I am not a certified nutritionists, and the values provided should be considered estimates. Factors such as brands purchased, natural variations in fresh ingredients, etc. will change the nutritional information in any recipe. Various online calculators also provide different results, depending on their sources. To obtain accurate nutritional information for a recipe, use your preferred nutrition calculator to determine nutritional information with the actual ingredients and quantities used.

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I’m Denis Elas, a Moldovan guy living in Canada with a variety of passions. I started cooking recently and doing challenges. I try to modernize the recipe scene in an ad-free environment that I prefer and I hope you do too!

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