Adobe bread

{{Short description|Type of oven bread from southwest USA}}

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Adobe bread, also called oven bread or pueblo bread, is a type of bread typical of the Pueblo peoples of the Southwestern United States.{{cite book|last=Mariani|first=John F|title=Encyclopedia of American Food and Drink|year=1999|publisher=Lebhar-Friedman Books|isbn=0-86730-784-6|page=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofam00mari/page/4 4]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofam00mari/page/4}}{{Cite web |title=In New Mexico, Bakers Keep the Tradition of Pueblo Bread Alive |url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/foods/pueblo-bread |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=Atlas Obscura |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Herbst |first=Ron |title=The Deluxe Food Lover's Companion |last2=Herbst |first2=Sharon Tyler |publisher=Sourcebooks |year=2015 |isbn=9781438076218}} The bread is often shaped like animals typical of the region. The bread is baked in a beehive-shaped outdoor adobe oven{{Cite book |last=Frank |first=Lois Ellen |title=Foods of the Southwest Indian Nations: Traditional and Contemporary Native American Recipes |date=February 20, 2013 |publisher=Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed}} known as an horno.{{Cite book |last=Dent |first=Huntley |title=Feast of Santa Fe: Cooking of the American Southwest |date=November 23, 1993 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |isbn=9780671873028}}

Ingredients

The basic dough is made with yeast, flour, salt, warm water, and either butter, lard, or shortening. Sometimes eggs or a sweetener such as honey or sugar is added to the dough as well. The dough often contains meat, vegetables, seeds, or nuts.

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