Azoresgal~Life on an Island

I almost did not bake any sweet bread this year for Easter, I had so many things to do, preparing for our daughter's communion, which was celebrated also on Easter  Sunday. I kept talking my self out of it, but in my heart I knew that I would kick myself for not baking any. My kids had asked all week, when are you making the "massa sovada", to which I kept responding, "one of these days". I made it Good Friday, which I must confess, did not sit well with me, because that day, is a day of  reflection and quiet, surely the Good Lord will not be to upset with me. I grew up with my mom, making "massa sovada", she would even let us help out (sometimes) and I now know why only sometimes, little hands sometimes get in the way of speeding things up. The thing is,she never used a written recipe, it all came magically from her head. This  led me on a search for a recipe for sweet bread, and I finally found one, that I can follow, but make my own way "magica...