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 breadorpueblo 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]
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