Alternative names | Oven bread, pueblo bread |
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Type | Bread |
Place of origin | United States |
Region or state | Southwestern United States |
Adobe bread, also called oven bread or pueblo bread, is a type of bread typical of the Pueblo peoples of the Southwestern United States. [1] [2] [3] The bread is often shaped like animals typical of the region. [1] The bread is baked in a beehive-shaped outdoor adobe oven [3] [4] known as an horno. [1] [2] [5]
The basic dough is made with yeast, flour, salt, warm water, and either butter, lard, or shortening. [2] [3] Sometimes eggs or a sweetener such as honey or sugar is added to the dough as well. [3] The dough often contains meat, vegetables, seeds, or nuts. [1]
Alternative names | Oven bread, pueblo bread |
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Type | Bread |
Place of origin | United States |
Region or state | Southwestern United States |
Adobe bread, also called oven bread or pueblo bread, is a type of bread typical of the Pueblo peoples of the Southwestern United States. [1] [2] [3] The bread is often shaped like animals typical of the region. [1] The bread is baked in a beehive-shaped outdoor adobe oven [3] [4] known as an horno. [1] [2] [5]
The basic dough is made with yeast, flour, salt, warm water, and either butter, lard, or shortening. [2] [3] Sometimes eggs or a sweetener such as honey or sugar is added to the dough as well. [3] The dough often contains meat, vegetables, seeds, or nuts. [1]