Snacks & baking

Pan Kuadradu

The square bread of Curaçao, with a soft, slightly sweet crumb, baked in a rectangular tin. It is the island's homemade sandwich loaf, ideal for sandwiches and toast.

1 h 05
8 servings
Advanced
Budget-friendly
🇨🇼 Curaçao

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Ingredients

Nutrition facts

258 kcal per serving

Protein: 8.6 g
Carbohydrates: 39.2 g
of which sugars: 5.9 g
Fat: 6.8 g
Fiber: 1.8 g

Ecomely’s estimate, calculated from the ingredients with the ANSES Ciqual food composition table, excluding sides and seasoning added to taste.

Instructions

Crumble the yeast into the lukewarm milk with a spoonful of sugar and let it rest for 5 minutes.
In a bowl, mix the flour, the remaining sugar and the salt.
Add the egg and the yeast-milk mixture, then knead for 5 minutes.
Work in the softened butter in small pieces and knead for another 8 minutes, until smooth and elastic.
Cover and let rise for 1 hour, until doubled in size.
Punch down the dough, shape it into a loaf, place it in a buttered loaf tin, let rise for 30 minutes, then bake at 180 °C for 35 minutes.