Portuguese 5-Egg Easter Bread

Recipe Ingredients

4 cups	948ml	Milk
1 teaspoon	5ml	Salt
1/2 lb	227g / 8oz	Lard
3		Dry yeast
5 lbs	2270g / 80oz	Flour
1/2 cup	118ml	Warm water
12		Eggs
4 cups	792g / 27oz	Sugar
1		Lemon - zested
		Eggwash
5		Eggs - for top of each
		Bread, optional

Recipe Instructions

In a saucepan combine milk, salt and lard and bring to a boil. Set aside.

In a small bowl combine yeast, 1 cup of the flour and 1/2 cup warm water and set aside.

In a large bowl with a whisk combine eggs, sugar and lemon zest and mix thoroughly. Add milk mixture, yeast mixture, and remaining flour and thoroughly combine. Set aside to rise, kneading 6 times every 1/2-hour. Bread will take 6 hours to rise.

Prepare 5 round loaf pans with butter or lard. Divide dough between pans (pans should be half-full). Knead bread and let it rise again until it reaches the top of the pan.

Note: If you choose to add the 5 eggs for Easter, place eggs on top of bread dough during final rising.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Brush with beaten egg and bake for 1 hour, until golden brown.

This recipe yields 5 loaves of bread.

Source:
ESSENCE OF EMERIL with Emeril Lagasse - (Show # EE-2A27) - from the - TV FOOD NETWORK

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