Portuguese Honey Bread Recipe

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Ingredients
17
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Nutrition
1538
Calories
Total time
150
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 2 1/2 sticks (1 1/4 cups) unsalted butter, softened , plus additional for buttering pans
  • 3/4 cup chopped mixed fine-quality candied fruit such as pear, citron, and candied orange peel (not a supermarket brand; 1/4 lb)
  • 1/4 cup port
  • 1 1/4 cups walnuts (4 1/4 oz)
  • 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp ground ginger
  • 1/4 tsp ground cloves
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 3 tsp active dry yeast (from two 1/4-oz packages)
  • 1/4 cup
  • 1/2 cup mild honey

Directions:

  1. Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 325°F. Butter loaf pans.
  2. Bring cranberries, candied fruit, and Port to a simmer in a small saucepan. Remove from heat and set aside, covered.
  3. Pulse walnuts in a food processor until just coarsely chopped. Add flour, salt, baking soda, and spices and pulse to combine.
  4. Beat together butter (2 1/2 sticks) and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, about 4 minutes in a stand mixer or 6 with a handheld. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
  5. Stir together yeast and warm water in a small bowl and let stand until foamy, about 5 minutes. (If mixture doesn't foam, discard and start over with new yeast.)
  6. Add one third of flour mixture to butter mixture and mix at low speed until combined, then add molasses and mix until incorporated. Add half of remaining flour mixture and mix until combined, then add honey and mix until incorporated. Add yeast mixture and remaining flour mixture and mix until combined, then stir in candied-fruit mixture.
  7. Divide batter among pans, smoothing tops. (Do not let batter rise.) Bake until a wooden pick or skewer inserted in centers of loaves comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes. Cool in pans on a rack 10 minutes, then remove loaves from pans and cool completely on rack.
  8. Cooks' note: Breads keep, wrapped tightly in plastic wrap and then foil, at room temperature 1 week.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1538.3 Kcal (6441 kJ)
Calories from fat 843.78 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 93.75g 144%
Cholesterol 303.12mg 101%
Sodium 693.72mg 29%
Potassium 928.68mg 20%
Total Carbs 161.77g 54%
Sugars 84.47g 338%
Dietary Fiber 5.79g 23%
Protein 20.52g 41%
Vitamin C 0.7mg 1%
Vitamin A 0.9mg 32%
Iron 4.4mg 24%
Calcium 192.6mg 19%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 429.13 Kcal (1797 kJ)
Calories from fat 235.39 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 26.15g 144%
Cholesterol 84.56mg 101%
Sodium 193.53mg 29%
Potassium 259.07mg 20%
Total Carbs 45.13g 54%
Sugars 23.56g 338%
Dietary Fiber 1.61g 23%
Protein 5.73g 41%
Vitamin C 0.2mg 1%
Vitamin A 0.3mg 32%
Iron 1.2mg 24%
Calcium 53.7mg 19%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 37.8
    Points
  • 43
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar,
  • High in Total Fat

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