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Portuguese Sweet Bread
(Note: This whole wheat, fat free, sugar free bread is
drier compared to regular Portuguese Sweet Bread)
Ingredients
- 11 cups whole wheat flour
- 5 cups SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener
- Egg substitute equaling 12 eggs
- 4 packages yeast
- ˝ pound Promise® Buttery Spread
- 2 cups Original 8th Continent® light soymilk
- 1 tablespoon salt substitute
- 1 tablespoon lemon extract
- Pam® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray
Directions
- Preheat bread machine to 325 degrees F. Spray loaf
pan with cooking spray.
- Dissolve yeast in ľ cup hot water, 1 tablespoon
salt substitute, and 1 teaspoon SPLENDA® . Whisk together
and set aside to proof yeast.
- In a separate bowl, add Promise®, egg substitute,
lemon extract, and cream together. Beat well.
- Add dry ingredients and yeast mixture. Mix well
until dough begins to pull away from bowl. Place in
greased bowl and cover to let rise to double, which
should take approximately 1 to 3 hours.
- Place into greased pan and bake at 325 degrees F
for 45 minutes.
- Remove loaf from the bread machine and let it rest
for a few minutes before removing from the pan.
Malasadas
(Note: These whole wheat, fat free, sodium free malasadas
are drier and harder texture than regular ones)
Ingredients
Yeast Mix
- 4 packages yeast
- ˝ cup warm water
- 3 teaspoons SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener
- 2 teaspoons whole wheat flour
- 1 medium Irish potato, boiled & mashed
Butter Mix
- ˝ cup Promise® Buttery Spread
- 2 cups SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener
- 1 teaspoon salt substitute
Milk Mix
- Egg substitute equaling 8 eggs, beat until thick
- 3 cups Original 8th Continent® light soymilk
- 1 cup potato water
- 2 teaspoon lemon extract
Sugar Mix
- 9 cups whole wheat flour
- 2 cups SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener
Directions
- Combine sugar and butter mixes with yeast mix. Stir
until well dissolved.
- In separate bowl, blend milk mix ingredients together.
- Slowly pour blended milk mix into sugar mix.
- Make the sign of the cross on top of dough.
- Dough should be sticky. Allow to rise in warm area.
Cover bowl with towel or blanket.
- Heat canola or olive oil in pot (or wok, if possible).
Dip tablespoon in oil and scoop some dough and drop
into oil. Cook and wait until dough turns over b
- Roll dough in SPLENDA® and cool on wire rack.
