Pao Doce (Portuguese Sweet Bread) Recipe
Pao Doce is a Portuguese sweet yeast bread enriched with milk, eggs and butter. When making this recipe, you first boil the potatoes and mash them, then stimulate the yeast with warm milk and knead the dough. Once the dough has risen twice, you will have a soft, slightly sweet bread. How to make Pao Doce and its ingredients step by step here.
Ingredients
Ingredients
Step-by-Step Method
Prepare the potato
Boil the potato and peel it. Puree it while it is hot, so that there are no lumps left; let it cool down.
Wake up the yeast
Take the warm milk in a bowl. Add 2 tablespoons of sugar and active dry yeast and mix. Wait for it to foam for 5–10 minutes.
Mix the dough
In a large bowl, combine mashed potatoes, salt, melted butter, eggs, and 3/4 cup sugar. Add yeast milk and mix until homogeneous.
Add the flour and knead
Add the flour little by little. Knead for 8–10 minutes until you obtain a soft dough that is not sticky; Adjust the amount of flour with small touches if necessary.
First fermentation
Place the dough in a lightly oiled bowl. Cover it and let it sit in a warm place for about 1 hour, until its volume increases significantly.
Shape and second fermentation
Gently deflate the dough. Make single loaves or small rolls. Arrange on tray and cover again; Let it rise for 30-45 minutes.
Bake
Preheat the oven to 180°C. Bake the bread for 25–30 minutes, until the top is golden brown. Let it rest on the tray for 10 minutes and put it on a wire rack.
Serve
Slice while it's warm. Serve plain or with jam or butter; When it cools down completely, put it in a storage container.