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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Spanish and Portuguese >> Portuguese

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Dissolve yeast in large bowl with warm water and a pinch sugar. Let stand until foamy, about 5 minutes. | 2. Scald milk. Add butter to melt, then add the salt and stir. Let cool to 100 degrees. | 3. In electric mixer, beat eggs until frothy. Add sugar and beat 3 minutes. Blend in milk mixture. Stir into yeast mixture in large bowl. | 4. Stir in 7 cups flour, 1 cup at a time. | 5. Dough should be soft and pull away from sides of bowl. Turn dough onto well floured surface and sprinkle with 1 cup flour. Knead about 10 minutes (adding up to 1 more cup flour). | 6. Grease large bowl. Add dough turning to coat both sides. Cover and let rise in a warm area until doubled in size (about 2 hours). | 7. Punch down dough. Let rest 10 minutes. Now cut dough in half to make two loaves. You can braid one loaf or put in a greased 1 quart casserole dish or cake pan. | 8. Cover and let rise once more (about 1 hour). | 9. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. | 10. Bake until loaves are golden brown and hollow sounding about 30 minutes. Brush tops with melted butter when done. Also freezes well. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
yeast	2 1/4	1/4		24.975	2.7567	3.2238	0.1215
water	1/2	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
milk	1	cup		148.84	11.6632	7.686	7.9788
butter	1/2	cup		171.0	7.857	5.343	14.4
salt	2	teaspoons		-	-	-	-
egg	7			500.5	2.52	43.96	33.285
sugar	1	cup		805.98	201.59599999999998	0.0	0.0
flour	8 -9	cups	sifted	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
butter	2	tablespoons	melted	171.0	7.857	5.343	14.4

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.