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Oak Bluffs Massa Sovada
 
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Prep Time: 540 Minutes
Cook Time: 60 Minutes
Ready In: 600 Minutes
Servings: 4
Portuguese sweet bread was a traditional treat in my mother-in-law’s family for generations. Nowadays, you find it in ordinary grocery stores, but not yummy as this version. Thickly sliced, toasted, then spread with real butter is a little bit of heaven. Mace, which is the outer covering of a nutmeg, is the ingredient that gives it a distinctive taste. It is also the dominant spice in old-fashioned plain doughnuts.
Ingredients:
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 cup milk (heated)
1 (1/4 ounce) envelope active dry yeast
1/4 cup hot water
4 large eggs
1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
1/2 teaspoon ground mace
5 -5 1/2 cups flour
2 tablespoons butter, melted
Directions:
1. Dissolve butter, sugar, and salt in 1 cup hot milk. Cool to luke-warm. Combine with dissolved yeast.
2. Add 5 cups of the flour. Cover and set aside this sponge overnight.
3. In the morning, cut down. Shape into two round loaves.
4. Grease 8 cake pans and place loaves into them, Let rise another hour.
5. Bake at 350 degrees for one hour. Cool 5 minutes, then turn out on a rack, brush with melted butter and cover with a towel while cooling.
By RecipeOfHealth.com