Dessert Recipes - Portuguese Sweet Bread Recipe

Ingredients   

• 6 1/4 cups (about) un-sifted flour

• 2/3 cup sugar

• 1 tsp grated lemon peel

• 1/4 tsp ground mace

• 1 package Beischmann's Active Dry Yeast

• 2/3 potato water

• 1/2 cup milk

• 1/2 cup margarine

• 3 eggs (at room temperature)

• 1/2 cup unseasoned mashed potato

• Confectioners sugar

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Method:

1. Combine 1 1/2 cups flour, sugar, lemon peel, mace and un-dissolved yeast.

2. Heat potato water, milk and margarine, to 120°F to 130°F.

3. Add to dry ingredients; beat 2 minutes. Add eggs, mashed potato and 1/2 cup flour. Beat 2 minutes. Stir in more flour to make a soft dough.

4. On floured board, knead 8 to 10 minutes. Place in greased bowl; turn to grease top. Cover; let rise until doubled, about 1 3/4 hours. Punch dough down, roll out to 16 x 10 inches. Roll up.

5. Place, seam side down, in greased 10­inch tube pan. Pinch ends to form ring. Cover; let rise until doubled, about 1 hour.

6. Bake at 350°F 40 minutes or until done. Cool in pan 5 minutes. Remove. Cool. Dust with confectioners sugar.