Ingredients
- 2 1/2 +1/3 +1/4 cups flour
- 7 Tbsp warm milk
- 1/2 packet dry yeast
- 1/3 cup + 1 Tbsp sugar
- 2 sticks soften butter
- 4 beaten eggs
- The zest of 1 lemon
- The zest of 1 orange
- 1 Tbsp orange blossom water
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips
- Powdered sugar
Instructions
- Mix the yeast and the warm milk with 1 Tbsp sugar. Set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat 1/3 cup sugar with the butter until creamy. Add the eggs and stir.
- Add the orange and lemon zest, and the orange blossom water. Stir.
- Add the flour and the yeast with the milk and knead with the hook attachment until you can form a ball. The dough should still be sticky.
- Place the dough in a bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Let rise for 2 hours.
- After 2 hours, punch the dough to remove air. Flour a flat surface and knead the dough with hands incorporating the chocolate chips.
- Place the dough in a buttered round cake pan. Cover and let rise for 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Bake for 45 to 55 minutes.
- Once the Panettone has cooled, remove from pan and sprinkle with powdered sugar.