Pandoro in One Day

Name: Pandoro in One Day
Prep time: 60 min
Cook time: 45 min
Yield: 10 portions
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 500 g · 4 cups bread flour (strong); 150 g · ¾ cup sugar; 200 g · 4 eggs eggs; 60 g · 3 yolks egg yolks; 200 g · ¾ cup butter, soft; 20 g · ¾ oz fresh yeast; 80 ml · ¼ cup milk, lukewarm; 20 g · 1 tbsp honey; 3 g · 1 bean vanilla bean; 5 g · 1 tsp salt; 40 g · ¼ cup powdered sugar, to dust

🍽 Serves 10⏱ Prep 60 min🔥 Cook 45 min⏳ Rest 720 min🌍 Italian

A soft, buttery star-shaped Italian Christmas bread made with one simplified dough in a single day.

📍 Veneto · Verona · Italy

The story of the dish

Pandoro was patented in Verona in 1894 by the baker Domenico Melegatti and became, with panettone, Italy's Christmas bread.

The name: Pandoro means 'golden bread', for its rich yellow crumb.

Ingredients

Ingredient	EUg · ml	UScups · spoons
bread flour (strong)	≈ 500 g	≈ 4 cups
sugar	≈ 150 g	≈ ¾ cup
eggs	≈ 200 g	≈ 4 eggs
egg yolks	≈ 60 g	≈ 3 yolks
butter soft	≈ 200 g	≈ ¾ cup
fresh yeast	≈ 20 g	≈ ¾ oz
milk lukewarm	≈ 80 ml	≈ ¼ cup
honey	≈ 20 g	≈ 1 tbsp
vanilla bean	≈ 3 g	≈ 1 bean
salt	≈ 5 g	≈ 1 tsp
powdered sugar to dust	≈ 40 g	≈ ¼ cup

≈ amount suggested from similar recipes

Tools & equipment

Item	UAEamazon.ae	USamazon.com
Pandoro Mould Decora Aluminium	🛒 Buy	🛒 Buy
Sky-touch 10 Piece Measuring Cups and Measuri	🛒 Buy	🛒 Buy
Stand Mixer Black & Decker 1000w 4l	🛒 Buy	🛒 Buy
Black+decker Multi-Function Glass Chopper & M	🛒 Buy	🛒 Buy

Also used: oven thermometer

Method

Make a starter with the yeast, milk and 80 g flour and let it double.
Knead the starter with the rest of the flour, sugar, eggs, yolks, honey and vanilla until elastic.
Add the salt, then the soft butter little by little until the dough is smooth and shiny.
Let it rise until doubled, then fold and place in a buttered pandoro mould.
Proof until the dough reaches the rim.
Bake at 170°C (340°F) for 40 to 45 minutes, covering if it browns too fast; cool upside down if possible.
Dust generously with powdered sugar and slice horizontally into stars.

🌡️ Oven 170°C (340°F)

👨‍🍳 Chef’s tips

Add the butter slowly: the dough must absorb each piece before the next.

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Nutrition per portion estimate · 1 of 10

440kcal

10 gprotein

56 gcarbs

20 gfat

Allergens

GlutenEggsMilk

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