Panettone
Panettone recipe in the italian category
Recipe ingredients:
- 1 cup flour, plus 2 tbls.
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1 package Yeast, dry fast-rising
- 2 tb, water, lukewarm
- 3 tablespoon sugar, divided
- 2 eggs
- 8 teaspoon margarine
- 1/2 teaspoon orange peel, grated
- 1/2 teaspoon brandy extract
- 3 ounce mixed dried fruit, coarsely chopped
Recipe method:
- Sift together flour and salt onto sheet of wax paper. Set aside.
- In small bowl sprinkle yeast over water. Add 1 teaspoon sugar and stir to dissolve. Let stand until foamy, about 5 minutes.
- In mixing bowl, using electric mixer at medium speed, beat eggs with remaining sugar until frothy.
- Add margarine and beat until well combined.
- Continue to beat while adding orange peel and brandy extract.
- Add yeast mixture, then gradually beat in sifted flour. Beat at high speed for 5 minutes.
- Add dried fruit, beating until thoroughly combined.
- Cover bowl with clean damp towel or plastic wrap and let stand in warm draft-free area until dough is doubled in volume, about 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 400. Spray 3-cup fluted mold with nonstick cooking spray.
- Punch dough down, then turn into prepared mold. Bake in middle of center oven rack for 10 minutes.
- Reduce oven temperature to 325 and bake until top is browned and cake begins to pull away from mold, about 30 minutes longer.
- Unmold onto wire rack and let cool.
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