Portuguese sweet bread

By FoodPornDirector

This recipe is from the Kona Historical Society website. This is the traditional bread made by Portuguese farmers in Hawaii. A version of it is packaged and sold as Hawaiian Bread.

Ingredients

• 2 cups Warm Water
• 4 pkg. Dry Yeast
• 2 cups Sugar
• 2 sticks Melted Butter
• 4 Eggs
• 8-10 cups Bread Flour

Details

Adapted from konahistorical.org

Preparation

Step 1

1. Mix together in a big bowl warm water and dry yeast

2. Then stir in sugar, melted butter,and eggs

3. Stir in bread flour one cup at a time and add an additional 2 cups to make a soft dough if needed. When the dough is too difficult to stir, turn dough out on a floured table and knead in the rest of the flour for about 3-5 minutes. Add more flour if needed to keep the dough from sticking to the table. Put the dough back in the bowl and cover it until it has doubled in size (about 1 hour). Punch the dough down and form into 4 equal sized loaves. Pinch off 7 equal pieces of dough from each loaf, roll and place in greased 9-inch round aluminum pans. Let the dough rise again until doubled in size (about 1 hour) and brush with egg wash (1 egg mixed with 2 Tbsp. water). Bake in a 400 degree oven for about 20-30 minutes.