Hazel's Recipe Files: Bread, Rolls, Biscuits, Waffles

Portuguese Sweet Bread

"Maria and Manuel, from Portugal, are living here while Manuel completes his doctoral degree. She has experimented with recipes to closely resemble those of her country. This is one of my favorites."

                    Small             Medium           Large

milk                1/2 cup           2/3 cup          1 cup
eggs                1                 1 1/3            2
margarine/butter    1 TB              1 1/3 TB         2 TB

sugar               2 1/4 TB          3 TB             1/3 cup
salt                1/3 tsp.          1/2 tsp.         3/4 tsp.
bread flour         1 1/2 cups        2 cups           3 cups
yeast               1 tsp             1 1/2 tsp        2 1/2 tsp

Variation: Should you prefer this even sweeter, increase sugar to:

sugar               3 TB              1/3 cup          1/2 cup

[The Bread Machine Cookbook, by Donna Rathmell German, Bristol Publishing Enterprises, San Leandro CA, 1991, ISBN 1-55867-025-4; pg. 26.]

Portuguese White Bread

"A very light, airy bread. Slightly difficult to cut while hot -- but who can wait that long anyway?"

                    Small             Medium           Large

water               2/3 cup           1 cup            1 1/3 cups
margarine/butter    2 TB              3 TB             1/4 cup

sugar               2 tsp             1 TB             1 1/3 TB
salt                1 tsp             1 1/2 tsp        2 tsp
bread flour         1 7/8 cups        2 3/4 cups       3 2/3 cups
yeast               1 tsp             1 1/2 tsp        2 1/2 tsp

[The Bread Machine Cookbook, by Donna Rathmell German, Bristol Publishing Enterprises, San Leandro CA, 1991, ISBN 1-55867-025-4; pg. 27.]

February 1999

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