5 from 3 votes
Sweet Portuguese Bread Recipe
This sweet Portuguese bread recipe is great for those times you want a soft, light bread for sandwiches. It's a sweet, enriched bread with a special punch of flavor from the citrus zest and vanilla extract.
Prep Time
1 hr
Cook Time
1 hr
Rising times
4 hrs
Total Time
6 hrs
Servings:
32
slices
Calories:
81 kcal
Course:
Bread
Cuisine:
Portuguese
Ingredients
Sponge
- ½ cup bread flour 62 grams (2.2 ounces
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 2 teaspoon instant yeast
- 1 cup water warm
Dough
- 3 cup bread flour plus more as needed, 375 grams (13.2 ounces
- 4 tablespoons sugar
- ¼ cup powdered milk
- orange zest of 1 small
- lemon zest of 1
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter 57 grams (2 ounces), room temperature
- 2 egg room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Mix the sponge ingredients in the bowl of your mixer.
- Top with the dry ingredients for the dough (flour, sugar, milk powder, zests), cover with plastic wrap, and let the bowl sit at warm room temperature for 1 to 2 hours, until the sponge is starting to bubble through.
- Mix at low speed, adding the butter and then the eggs and vanilla and then the salt.
- When the dough comes together, knead in the mixer for 10 to 12 minutes. The final dough should be supple and soft and not wet or sticky.
- Oil the bowl and let rise at warm room temperature until doubled in size, about 2 hours.
- Punch down and divide into two equal pieces and shape into loaves in buttered 9 inch by 5 inch loaf pans or, per the original, into boules in two oiled 9 inch pie or cake pans. P
- Proof at warm room temperature until doubled in size. For loaves, they will reach about an inch or so above the loaf pan.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and bake for 50 to 60 min until the internal temperature reaches 190°F. Check for burning after 30 minutes and cover loosely with foil if the tops are getting too brown too quickly.
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Notes
- This recipe really makes two loaves. If you don't believe me, see above for my mistake when I first made the original recipe.
- If you don't have two loaf pans, you can make this Portuguese sweet bread recipe as round boules in cake pans.
Nutrition Information
Serving
1slice
Calories
81kcal
(4%)
Carbohydrates
13g
(4%)
Protein
3g
(6%)
Fat
2g
(3%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
(6%)
Monounsaturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Trans Fat
1g
(50%)
Cholesterol
15mg
(5%)
Sodium
81mg
(3%)
Potassium
39mg
(1%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
2g
(4%)
Vitamin A
68IU
(1%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
13mg
(1%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 32 slices
Amount Per Serving
Calories 81
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1slice | |
| Calories | 81kcal | 4% |
| Carbohydrates | 13g | 4% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 2g | 3% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 15mg | 5% |
| Sodium | 81mg | 3% |
| Potassium | 39mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 2g | 4% |
| Vitamin A | 68IU | 1% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 13mg | 1% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.