Sweet Bread Ingredients
Sweet breads are just that---breads that are sweet, not savory. A variety of sweet breads are traditional to many cultures, including Greek, Mexican, Jewish and Hawaiian, not to mention the sweet breads we've come to know and love in the United States. Though sweet, the world's favorite sweet breads include different ingredients. Does this Spark an idea?
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Banana Bread
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Banana bread is an all-American favorite, and it's the perfect recipe if you've got a few overripe bananas. The ingredients for banana bread are: mashed bananas, butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla, baking soda, salt and flour. Chocolate chips are an optional addition to some banana bread recipes. While you may think that sugar is the primary ingredient that makes this bread sweet, the bananas actually provide much of the saccharin to this recipe. For the true banana lovers out there, pair a banana ice cream from this website (see link below) with banana bread.
Honey Cake
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Honey cake is a traditional Jewish sweet bread, enjoyed especially on the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashannah, when Jews eat honey frequently as a symbol of a sweet new year. The ingredients for Jewish sweet bread are: flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, vegetable oil, honey, granulated sugar, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla, brewed coffee, orange juice and sliced almonds. The honey flavor is unmistakeable in this special New Year's cake, and the two types of sugar also add to its sweetness.
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Tsoureki, Greek Sweet Bread
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Tsoureki is a twisted sweet bread from Greece, traditionally eaten during Easter. Tsoureki is most-often compared to brioche; it is also similar to challah and king cake. The ingredients in Tsoureki: milk, flour, yeast, sugar, butter, eggs, orange rind and juice, vanilla and, optionally, colored hard-boiled or quail eggs. In this sweet bread recipe, sugar makes Tsoureki sweet, and an egg wash gives the bread a shiny glaze.
Pan Dulce, Mexican Sweet Bread
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Pan Dulce is enjoyed year-round in Mexico. Pan Dulce is an egg-y bread, topped with a colored, sweet icing. The pan dulce dough is made up of dry yeast, sugar, water, bread flour, salt, sugar, shortening and eggs. The icing for pan dulce contains seven ingredients: butter, shortening, powdered sugar, flour, vanilla extract, cocoa and cinnamon.
Hawaiian Sweet Bread
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Hawaiian sweet bread is native to Hawaii. It is similar to Tsoureki, challah and brioche because it is a sweet, egg-y, braided bread, but it contains more sugar and less shortening than the others. An excellent vehicle for peanut butter and jelly, Hawaiian sweet bread contains: yeast, water, sugar, boiled and mashed potatoes, lemon juice, milk, salt, eggs, butter and flour.
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