Bolos Lêvedos, Portuguese Bread
Portuguese Bread from romance novel, Summer Reading
Ingredients
- 1 package active dry yeast
- ¼ cup warm water
- pinch of sugar
- 4 eggs, room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 cups warm milk
- 7½ cups flour
- ¼ cup melted butter
Instructions
- Pour the warm water into a small bowl and add the yeast with the pinch of sugar.
- Set aside.
- In a standing mixer, blend eggs, the cup of sugar, the salt, and warm milk.
- Add the flour, rehydrated yeast, and butter until fully incorporated.
- It is a wet dough and will be sticky.
- Knead the dough for five minutes.
- et it proof (rise) until it has doubled in size. This will take 1 1⁄2 to 2 hours.
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
- Dust the countertop with flour and knead the dough for another three minutes.
- After kneading, shape the dough into discs about three inches in diameter.
- Place them on a parchment- paper- covered baking sheet.
- Cover them with a cloth and let them rise for 1 1⁄2 to 2 1⁄2 hours.
- Using a large frying pan, cook the bolos over medium-low heat for a few minutes until lightly browned on both sides.
- Transfer back to the baking sheet and bake in the oven for 10 to 12 minutes.