Posted on Monday, December 4, 2017 in
Dessert Recipes
Ana's Portuguese Malassadas
This Portuguese Malassadas recipe is great, I have eaten these on different occasions and it's one of the best I have tried.
| Preparation time | 40 min |
| Cooking Time | 30 min |
| Ready In | 4 h 10 min |
| Level of Difficulty | Easy |
| Servings | 10 |
Ingredients
3 and 1/4 lbs of all purpose flour (11 and 3/4 cups)1 tablespoon of Crisco (vegetable shortening)6 eggs1 teaspoon of salt1 cup of sugar1/2 stick of butter1 and 1/2 tablespoons of active dry yeast1 lemon, zest2 cups of milk
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Preparation
- In a pan over medium low heat, add the milk, crisco and the butter and warm it up a little (or until the butter melts).
- In a large bowl, add the sugar, eggs and lemon zest, salt and beat for a minute then add the warm milk and beat again.
- In a small bowl, combine 1/2 teaspoon of sugar, the yeast, 3 tablespoons of warm water and let the yeast rise.
- Add the flour and the yeast to the large bowl, mix and knead very well (about 15 minutes) and cover the bowl well.
- Let it rise until doubled the size in a warm place (at least 3 hours).
- Grease a working space and place medium sized balls of the dough on it.
- Heat a pan with a good amount of oil (about 2 inches).
- When the oil is hot, stretch out each ball of dough and lay it in the oil.
- When golden brown, remove it from the oil and place it in paper towels.
- When they are cold, sprinkle them with sugar and cinnamon.
Recipe Credit: Ana Neve
Posted by: Eddy
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Lena
Hi,
I’m trying this for the first time and I’m having a really really hard time getting all the flour mixed in. The dough ball isn’t even sticking to itself as I knead it. Help!
1 month ago, Saturday, August 17, 2024
reply
If the dough is to dry, add warm milk a little at a time, and you need to knead it to mix in everything properly. The end result should an elastic and sticky dough.
1 month ago, Saturday, August 17, 2024
Lena
Thank you Eddy. I only landed up using 10 cups of flour because the dough was really dry and hard. I added a little milk as you suggested to the mix I had so time will tell how it turns out.
1 month ago, Saturday, August 17, 2024
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