Cheese Puff Bread Recipe- Copy Cat Fogo de Chao Bread

Cheese Puff Bread Recipe- Copy Cat Fogo de Chao Bread

30 min
24 servings

Copy cat Fogo de Chao Brazilian Cheese Puff bread- No yeast cheesy bread puffs ready in 30 minutes!

Ingredients

  • 2 cups tapioca flour
  • 1 cup whole milk
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 5 oz Parmesan or Cotija cheese (finely shredded)
  • 2 eggs (at room temperature)
  • 2 teaspoons sugar
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • Cooking Spray

Directions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease the inside of a mini muffin tin with cooking spray.

  2. 2

    In a medium sauce pan, combine butter, salt and milk. Bring to a low boil.

  3. 3

    As soon as mixture boils, transfer it to a mixing bowl. Using an electric hand mixer or stand mixer, slowly add in tapioca flour. Be very careful because the mixture can spit out and it is hot!

  4. 4

    Add in cheese, eggs, sugar and oil. Mixture will be the consistency of a wet bread dough. It is very sticky and moist.

  5. 5

    Spoon dough into individual muffin tins to about 2/3 full.

  6. 6

    Bake for 20 minutes. Puffs will start to puff right out of the tin and be golden brown on the tops.

  7. 7

    Serve while warm. Enjoy!

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