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Portuguese Sweet Rolls

Ingredients

  • 4 tablespoons butter
  • 1/3 cup warm milk
  • 3 eggs slightly beaten
  • 2/3 cup sweetened condensed milk
  • 3½ cups all purpose flour
  • zest from ½ lemon
  • 2 tablespoons brown sugar
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon active dry yeast
  • 1 egg for egg wash
  • sesame seeds

Instructions

  1. Add the yeast and brown sugar to warm milk in a bowl and stir well. Leave to activate about 10 minutes or until frothy.
  2. Add flour to the bowl of the mixer and add the lemon zest and salt to it.
  3. Add the melted butter, eggs and condensed milk to the yeast mixture and stir everything together.
  4. Pour the wet ingredients over the dry ingredients and mix for about 3 minutes. The dough will be pretty sticky and elastic.
  5. Let the dough rise and double in size in a warm place about an hour.
  6. Turn the dough over onto a clean surface, use flour if you need to. Knead the dough about five minutes. Form it into a long roll and cut into 12 pieces. Form into any shape roll you like. I made a knot.
  7. Preheat oven to 350 F degrees.
  8. Let the rolls sit for a about 10 minutes, so they rise a bit more. Brush with an egg wash and sprinkle with sesame seeds
  9. Bake for about 25 to 30 minutes.