Braided Blonde Panettone
Hi!
Every once in a while I’m sent something for my blog that knocks my socks off. And recently it was a bread machine cookbook, called 300 Best Canadian Bread Machine Recipes. See I love bread. If I could have it my way, and my hips didn’t mind, I would eat bread all the time. No kidding. Especially warm with loads of butter…mmmmm
So I thought that perhaps I might like this book, and was I ever right. I have made 5 recipes already from it (some of them more than once) and every single loaf of bread was amazing. Delicious.
This book is so good that I wanted to get this post up right away because honestly, I think this book would make a great Christmas gift.
So in keeping with the Christmas theme on my blog this December, I wanted to share with you a festive bread recipe…Panettone. Panettone, traditionally, is a bread originating from Italy, that is enjoyed at both Christmas and Easter. This recipe is not a traditional panettone, but a tweaked version of it.
And panettone breads aren’t usually braided, but I braided this one because I don’t like the shape of the loaves that come out of the bread machine. I like to use the bread machine to make the dough, then I shape the loaves and bake them myself.
This recipe is delicious! And makes a fantastic french toast!
PrintBraided Blonde Panettone
- Yield: 1 loaf 1x
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup milk (at room temperature)
- 2 eggs (at room temperature)
- 1/2 – 1 tsp salt (I always use less salt (so I added 1/2 tsp))
- 3 tbsp liquid honey
- 1/4 cup butter cut into 1 inch cubes
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose or bread flour
- 1 tbsp bread machine or instant yeast
- 1 tbsp grated orange zest
- 1 tbsp grated lemon zest
- 1 tsp anise seeds (I left these out)
- 1/2 cup golden raisins
- 1/2 cup mixed candied peel (see notes)
- 1/3 cup candied citron (see notes)
- 1/4 cup silvered almonds
Instructions
- Add all of the ingredients EXCEPT for the raisins, peel, citron and almonds, to the bread machine, in the order listed above.
- If you are baking the bread in the bread machine, select Sweet Cycle.
- Add the raisins, peel, citron and almonds at the “add ingredient” signal. OR
I did not bake my bread in the bread machine, so I selected the “Dough” cycle. Here’s How To:
- When the dough cycle is up, remove the dough, and knead in the raisins, cherries and almonds.
- Then let the dough sit on a floured surface for 15 minutes, covered with a bowl.
- After this time, split the dough into 3 pieces, and roll it out into long ropes, about 1 inch thick.
- On a parchment lined baking sheet, braid the ropes, pinching the ends together.
- Let it rise, in a warm place covered with a tea towel, for 30-45 minutes, or until doubled in size.
- In the meantime preheat your oven to 350.
- When the dough has doubled in size, you can add an egg wash to make the crust shiny. Just mix together 1 tbsp water with 1 egg yolk, and brush the surface of the bread.
- Bake for 25 to 30 minutes – until the bread sounds hollow when you tap the bottom.
Notes
Instead of the candied peel and candied citron, I added a generous 1/2 cup of chopped glace cherries.
Here are some of the other loaves that I baked from this book, and we loved!
So yum! And such a good book! I’m thankful to have been sent it…and anyone who loves their bread machine would love to have this book!
Have a delicious day!
Excerpted from 300 Best Bread Machine Recipes by Donna Washburn & Heather Butt © 2012 Robert Rose Inc. www.robertrose.ca All rights reserved: May not be reprinted without publisher permission.
Fabulous! Could you e-mail me some of that Pannetone?
OMYGOSH…these all look so good. I would love to have a bread machine…..someday….sigh
Your photos just blow my skirt up….you do know how to use that camera. 🙂
made this and it was awesome!!!!
That looks so yummy AND pretty!! Yum!!
i think i would like something in south nampa. i also think i would love to go on a snhppiog trip and learn how its really done. thanks, robin nava