Pão de Deus (Portuguese bread for God - Pao por deus)

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Ingredients to rehydrate the yeast:
3/4 cup warm milk (105- 115 F)
2 tablespoons sugar
2-1/4 tsp dry yeast (7 g)
Dough:
2 eggs
1 tablespoon dark rum
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 tablespoon lemon zest
3 -1/2 cups all-purpose flour (450 g)
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup soft butter (40 g)
1 teaspoon salt
For coconut crust
2 cups grated coconut sweetened (150 g)
1 tablespoon sugar
1 egg
2 tablespoons melted butter
Egg wash:
1 beaten egg
1 TBSP water
Rehydrate Yeast:
In a small bowl add 3/4 cup of warm milk. (ideally at a temperature between 105 and 115°F) stirring 2 tablespoons of sugar and the dry yeast. Allowed to rehydrate for about 5 to 10 minutes.
Dough:
Zest 1 lemon.
Add the flour, 2 eggs, salt, lemon zest, 1/4 cup of sugar, vanilla, dark rum to a mixing bowl. Then add the warm milk yeast mixture. Then mix with a dough hook for about 2 minutes.
While medium speed with the dough Hook add a quarter cup of soft butter - a little bit out of time. After you finish adding the butter continue mixing at medium speed for 6 to 10 minutes. The dough should be a little wet slightly tacky to the touch.
Bulk proof the dough. For about
1.5 hours if the ambient temperature is 80 - 85°F
3 hours if the ambient temperature is 70- 75°F
5 hours if the ambient temperature is 60- 65° F
After bulk proofing. Place the dough on a floured surface. Divide the dough into 10 portions about 90 g each (a little bigger than a golf ball but smaller than a tennis ball)
Shape the portions into a ball.
After shaping the portions of dough, allow the Dow to proof for a second time:
If the ambient temperature is about 85° proof for 30 minutes.
If the ambient temperature is about 75° proof for an hour
Coconut topping:
Place 2 cups of grated sweetened coconut in a bowl. Add 1 tablespoon of sugar, 2 tablespoons of melted butter, and one egg. Combine with a spoon until mixed well together.
Make an egg wash: in a small bowl add one whole egg and 1 tablespoon of water. Whisk together.
After the portioned pieces of dough finished their second proofing, bush each portion with the egg wash.
Put about 1-2 tablespoons of the coconut mixture in the palm of your hand and with the back of a spoon press it into the palm of your hand to form a dome shaped. Place the coconut dome on each piece of dough.
Bake in a preheated 350° oven for 20 to 25 minutes. If using an Instant read digital thermometer the interior temperature should be between 190 and 200°F
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[@riapotgieter8297]

I love Portuguese food. Back in the day I worked in Bank of Lisbon. That is how I got hooked.

[@natalialopes719]

I am 70 and immigrated to the USA as a child in 1960 and I remember as a child going out for pao por deu on Halloween for these little buns. Thank you for the recipe.

[@samantha9313]

Granier Bakery in Spain used to sell these

[@mstrsims2]

"I'm a lost soul Michael, send me some bread" :) Good vid. Thanks for sharing

[@JustCookwithMichael]

Thank you 🍻

[@paul756uk2]

I've just come back from a 5 week holiday in Madeira and our regular go to venue for a coffee and a cake was a 20 minute walk uphill from our apartment to a pasteleria called petit fours. Everything there was baked on the premises and their pao de Deus was undoubtedly the best I'd had and I'd have it every time we went. It was so unbelievably indulgent. I want to recreate these at home so will be trying this recipe very soon!

[@llovefood4927]

Please why does your recipes always look amazing 😭 I’m have to makes some soon for all soul/saints day❤️ I might mix a lil pineapple or lemon/orange with the coconut ❤️ Keep up the amazing work! I always look forward to your videos 🎉

[@anabs_wrenandrita]

These look phenomenal! I'm going to give your recipe a shot. I made some last year, but my dough was much too dense.

[@rtotheobinn]

Oooh. I love coconut! This looks delicious. Have you ever had it with non dairy milk?

[@JustCookwithMichael]

Hi, I haven’t. But whole milk is about 87% water so you should be able to substitute water (or something like almond milk) for the cows milk. 🍻

[@tommiethornton7636]

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