Cuban-Style Bread

Name: Cuban-Style Bread
Prep time: 3 h 5 min
Cook time: 3 h 5 min
Total time: 3 h 5 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 leave Palmetto , for creating a seam (unbleached or colored shoe strings can be used); 4 packets ounce dry yeast; 680 grams flour, plus more if necessary; 1 pint ice water; 3 servings Oil, for coating; 1 Tbsp salt; 28 grams shortening (lard or vegetable); 1 Tbsp sugar

Cuban-Style Bread might be a good recipe to expand your bread recipe box. This recipe covers 31% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 3 servings with 1054 calories, 24g of protein, and 26g of fat each. Head to the store and pick up salt, yeast, shortening, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 3 hours and 5 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a vegan diet.

Instructions

In a mixing machine fitted with a dough hook, add the water, salt, sugar, shortening, and yeast.

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Add the flour slowly, making a stiff dough that is silky smooth.

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Turn dough out into a large oiled bowl, cover with a cloth.

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Place dough in a warm place, and allow to double in bulk.

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Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Pound and knead the dough, until it is silky smooth. Return the dough to the bowl, cover, and let rise again, until doubled in bulk.

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Meanwhile, sterilize the palmetto leaves or shoe strings by soaking them in boiling water.

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Portion dough into 10-ounce loaves. As a loaf is formed, immediately place a palmetto leaf or shoestring down the length of the loaf, and turn the loaf over onto a baking sheet, leaf/string side down. Repeat with the remaining loaves.

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