Rich Panettone

This recipe calls for both a bread maker and an oven, and is more rich and flavorful than most -- you just can't find many panettone recipes that have rum or cream. It took a while to perfect this recipe, but feel free edit it to your own liking! Enjoy this beautiful bread during the holidays!

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 35 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins
• Calories: 189 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• ¾ teaspoon salt
• ¼ cup milk
• ¼ cup white sugar
• 2 tablespoons water
• ⅓ cup butter, softened
• ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
• ¼ cup dark rum
• 1 ½ teaspoons lemon zest
• ½ cup golden raisins
• ¼ cup heavy cream
• ¼ cup chopped almonds (Optional)
• ½ cup sliced almonds (Optional)
• 3 cups flour
• 1 egg white, room temperature
• 1 tablespoon yeast
• ½ cup candied fruit

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Place the milk, cream, rum, vanilla extract, butter, eggs, sugar, salt, lemon zest, flour, and yeast into the pan of a bread machine in the order listed. Set machine to Bread Dough for a 1.5 pound loaf; press start. When dough has been kneaded 10 minutes, add the candied fruit, raisins, and chopped almonds and continue to knead.

Step 2

Grease 2 9x5-inch pans. When the kneading and rising cycles of the bread machine have completed, remove the dough. Turn out onto a lightly floured board and divide into two equal portions. Spread dough into prepared bread pans. Cover loosely with plastic wrap; allow to rise for 1/2 hour.

Step 3

Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Whisk together the egg white, water, 1/4 cup sugar, and the sliced almonds. Spoon mixture evenly over loaves.

Step 4

Bake in preheated oven until a knife inserted into the center of a loaf comes out clean, about 35 minutes. Cool on rack for 5 minutes before slicing. Serve warm or at room temperature.