Milk bread Recipe | Food From Portugal

For a delicious and exquisite breakfast, make these milk breads, serve them warm with a hot drink!

INGREDIENTS FOR MILK BREAD

Here you'll find all the ingredients needed to make this recipe:

● Milk
● Granulated sugar
● White flour
● Dry baker's yeast
● Egg
● Salt
● Egg yolk
● Margarine

Below you’ll find the correct measurement of all ingredients and the step-by-step guide for this recipe.

HOW TO MAKE MILK BREAD

In a bowl, mix the flour and the salt with your hands. Flour mixed with salt on a glass bowl Add the baker’s yeast and mix well. Flour mixed with salt with baker's yeast on a glass bowl Pour some of the milk, the beaten egg, sugar and the melted margarine. Flour mixture with milk, beaten egg, sugar and melted margarine on a bowl Knead everything with your hands and go slowly pouring the remaining milk. Milk bread dough kneaded on a glass bowl Put the dough over a table sprinkled with flour and knead it well until it’s fully involved and soft. Milk bread dough on a wooden board sprinkled with flour

When this process is completed, let the dough rise in a bowl covered with cling film about 1 hour or until the dough double in size. Milk bread dough on a glass bowl covered with cling film Remove the dough from the bowl and knead it a little more. Divide the dough in 6 balls and put them in a baking tray lined with tracing paper. Milk bread dough on a baking tray lined with tracing paper Cover with cling film and let stand about 1 hour. Brush with beaten egg yolk Milk bread dough brushed with beaten egg yolk and bake for 30 minutes until the bread start to turn slightly golden. Remove the milk bread from the oven, and serve preferably hot.

Milk bread

For a delicious and exquisite breakfast, make these milk breads, serve them warm with a hot drink!

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Category:Bread, Breakfast, Recipes

Cuisine: Portuguese

Difficulty: Intermediate

Servings: 6 units

Prep Time:25 m

Cook Time:30 m

Total Time:2:55 h

Ingredients

100 ml (1/2 cup) milk
60 grams (1/4 cup) granulated sugar
300 grams (about 2 cups) white flour
1 tablespoon dry baker's yeast
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg yolk
50 grams (1/4 cup) margarine

Directions

In a bowl, mix the flour and the salt with your hands. Add the baker’s yeast and mix well. Pour some of the milk, the beaten egg, sugar and the melted margarine. Knead everything with your hands and go slowly pouring the remaining milk.
Put the dough over a table sprinkled with flour and knead it well until it’s fully involved and soft. When this process is completed, let the dough rise in a bowl covered with cling film about 1 hour or until the dough double in size.
Remove the dough from the bowl and knead it a little more. Divide the dough in 6 balls and put them in a baking tray lined with tracing paper. Cover with cling film and let stand about 1 hour.
Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 140ºC (285ºF).
Brush with beaten egg yolk and bake for 30 minutes until the bread start to turn slightly golden. Remove the milk bread from the oven, and serve preferably hot.

Milk bread

Nutrition facts

Serves 6 units

Per Serving:

% DAILY VALUE

Calories 310

Total Fat 9 g(14%)

Saturated Fat 2 g(10%)

Cholesterol 70 mg(23%)

Sodium 280 mg(12%)

Total Carbohydrate 49 g(16%)

Protein 7 g