Portuguese Sweet Bread | Massa Sovada | Flour, Butter and Eggs Never Tasted So Good!

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Ingredients
4 packs dry active yeast 21 g
2-1/2. Cups milk. 610 g
2 Cups sugar 400 g
1/2 Cup butter 113 g
1/2 Cup shortening 113 g
1 TBSP salt 18 g
11 Cups flour 1320 g
8 eggs 456 g
2 lemons for zest
EGG WASH
1 egg
1 tsp water
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Directions
1. Use a half a cup of milk (from the total 2-1/2 cups) to dissolve yeast with a pinch of sugar (ideally the milk should be between 105 and 115°F )
2. Mix together flour and salt in a large mixing bowl. In a small saucepan, melt butter and shortening in milk over medium heat and cool to warm temperature (not over 130 F.
3. Beat eggs and sugar together.
4. Mix all ingredients together and knead 10 minutes by hand or about 5 minutes in a mixer with the kneading hook. Let rise, usually 4-5 hours if the ambient temperature is between 75 and 80. It will take about six-7 hours if the temperature is between 65 and 70. (or you could let it proof overnight 8-9 hours)
5. Punch down, deflating the dough. Knead by hand for about 5 minutes. Form individual breads and put in buttered pans. The dough should fill only half the pan. Let rise again until dough doubles in size, filling the pan. 2-4 hours
6. Make an egg wash with one egg white and 1 tablespoon of water. (whisk the water and egg together in a small bowl) Brush top of dough with beaten wash. .
7. Bake at 325 degrees for 40-45 minutes (adjust longer cook time for larger loaves). The bread should be golden brown. If you have a meat thermometer, you can pull the bread out of the oven when the internal temperature is between 180 and 190°F. Because this bread has so much sugar it has the tendency to get very dark. So I found that pulling the bread when the temperature gets to about 180 is sufficient.
8. Let cool for about 15 minutes and remove from pan.
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[@josemedeiros007]

Great recipe and cooking tips. I used Portuguese sweet bread to make French toast that my sister had left over, and was a little stale, I was amazed how good it was.

[@TheCaitling]

My nana used to make these faster than we could eat them lol. She's been gone since 2003; thinking about trying to cook some of her staples lately and this is one. Thanks!

[@JustCookwithMichael]

Sounds like a great way to honor your Nana! 🍻

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Looks yummy Thanks for sharing 🙏🏻

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I remember this as an Easter treat

[@monizdm]

With an egg cooked inside!

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[@JustCookwithMichael]

Thank you, sounds like we’re about the same level speaking Portuguese🍻

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[@CVenza]

My Nina would put whiskey in her batter 🤔I wonder if that was another Portuguese recipe? Is it typical to add that in Portuguese breads? It was wonderful and much-loved bread by everyone.

[@JustCookwithMichael]

I have not heard of adding alcohol directly to Portuguese sweetbread. Although alcohol that contain a lot of flavor or often added to bread or cakes such as, pork wine, Madeira wine amaretto, Grand Marnier - orange liquor. 🍻

[@BrittanysAdarcangel]

Do you have a video for the Rosquillas bread that is made during the Festas? Thank you!

[@fredericksouza6101]

I looked this up, and for most of the Festas I am familiar with, Sweet Bread is more common though the shape is that of the Rosquillas. I can't imagine this bread made with water instead of milk which is what I am finding when I look at these recipes.

[@joepereira5618]

I did a half batch of this recipe and followed all the ingredient measurements by weight. The flavor was good but it was really crumbly and was falling apart. Any tips to get it more like yours? A little less crumbly.

[@JustCookwithMichael]

Hi, some things you might want to do to make the recipe less crumbly. To begin with always double check yo your measurements. The other thing I would try is adding more flour. If you are making a half batch of recipe try using an additional cup of flour. Also a bread flour has more protein and gluten so it would improve the structure of the bread. 🍻

[@fia8079]

You need to really look up bread recipes because they don't take NO NINE HOURS !!

[@cschmick2154]

Portuguese sweet bread definitely takes that long, or longer. I currently have some rising right now. 10hrs sitting over night, and now their sitting in the forms and its been 3.5 hrs rising. Their almost ready to be baked.