Gluten Free Panettone Recipe

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It’s that time of year when traditional recipes like gluten free Panettone (ok maybe the gluten free part isn’t so traditional!) are brought out and dusted off, everyone remembers how much they loved them, and then they’re not made again until next year. And with typical recipes for panettone, I can see why!

Gluten Free Panettone slices

While this lovely Italian sweet bread is a joy to eat, it can be quite the time consuming effort to make it the traditional way. Much like a fruitcake, it takes some patience to candy the fruit, but I found that it’s not entirely necessary in this case. If you would like to make candied citrus peels though, I have a recipe for that!

Gluten free panettone with plates

I created an abbreviated candying approach for those of us who are more into instant gratification, and with my gluten free panettone recipe, I’ve also devised a shortcut for the bread that will have you making this recipe year-round. Using my gfJules Gluten Free Bread Mix and a bread machine (you can still use the oven though), this recipe is a breeze to pull together and so impressive to present at a party or as a hostess gift.

Gluten Free Panettone in bread machine

If you do decide to use the oven method, get creative with what you bake this sweet bread in — coffee cans work especially well, or you could try using several smaller tins to create loaves to gift to friends and neighbors!

Disposable parchment Panettone papers are quite pretty, or buy your own decorative parchment and line a springform Panettone pan (I like the springform kind, personally).

Gluten free panettone with slices

gluten free panettone in zojirushi bread machineIf you don’t have my gfJules Gluten Free Bread Mix on hand, it’s a little more work, but gather all the dry ingredients listed in this homemade gluten free sandwich bread recipe, then add to this recipe where it indicates to add the mix.

And if you do want to try this recipe in a bread machine, I highly recommend the new Zojirushi Home Bakery Maestro because it already makes an upright loaf in just the right shape for panettone.

If you have another bread maker with gluten free setting, give it a try! There’s no hard and fast rule stating that panettone can only be in a certain shape.

Here are some others of my favorite bread machines with gluten free settings (in case you’re making a wish list!).

Gluten Free panettone with bells

If you’d like to see how I made this sweet bread in the Zojirushi hop over to my quick video!*

making gluten free panettone in zojirushi bread machine
Click on the photo to watch the quick video about the bread machine being used for gluten free panettone.

One other quick tip: I love using a pastry blender to incorporate butter into dry ingredients in recipes like these before baking. It’s a huge time saver and prevents over-working and melting the butter. You’ll see it referenced in the directions, below. This is the one I use:

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A pastry blender makes cutting in butter easy!

 

Gluten Free panettone square

Gluten Free Panettone Recipe

Yield: 1 large panettone (1 1/2 - 2 lb)
Prep Time: 1 hour
Cook Time: 1 hour
Additional Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 3 hours

This traditional sweet Italian holiday bread is made easy with gfJules Gluten Free Bread Mix and a bread machine!

Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup raisins/craisins
  • ¼ cup chopped dried apricots or mango
  • ¼ cup triple sec or orange juice
  • ¾ cup buttermilk (or ¾ cup dairy or non-dairy milk with 1 Tbs. lemon juice)
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 1 gfJules® Gluten Free Bread Mix
  • ½ cup sugar
  • ½ cup butter or vegan butter (e.g. Earth Balance® Buttery Sticks), cut into chunks
  • yeast packet (2 1/4 tsp. rapid rise yeast like Red Star®) - included with gfJules® Gluten Free Bread Mix
  • 1/3 cup orange juice
  • 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
  • ½ tsp. almond extract
  • ½ cup chopped candied walnuts
  • 2 tsp. each grated orange zest and lemon zest
  • 1/4 cup diced, pressed maraschino cherries
  • butter or egg whisked together with 1 Tbs. water to brush on top of bread if using the oven method

Instructions

Bread Machine:

Prepare marinated fruit by combining raisins and apricots (or other dried fruit) in a small bowl with triple sec or orange juice. Let stand for 1 hour. Drain fruit in a sieve over a bowl, reserving fruit and liqueur separately. Measure out enough extra triple sec or orange juice to equal 1/3 cup when added to the remaining liquid after marinating the fruit.

Add all liquids to the bread machine pan first.

In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the entire gfJules Bread Mix, sugar and yeast. Cut butter into chunks and cut into this dry mixture using a pastry blender or two butter knives cutting against one another.

Once the mixture is like tiny pebbles, add to the bread machine pan containing the liquids. Use the gluten-free or homemade setting on your machine (see this article for more information) so that the recipe is mixed (kneaded), rises and bakes. The bake time should be 60 minutes.

During the mixing cycle, add all chopped nuts and fruit so they are not clumped, but are distributed throughout the bread. (To prepare the cherries, press gently between paper towels to remove excess liquid, then slice.)

Once the bake cycle is through, test with a wooden skewer to see that the bread is done - it should come out clean when inserted into the center of the bread. Internal temperature should be at least 200F.

Remove to cool on a wire rack.

To serve, dust with confectioner's sugar and cut into wedges.

Oven Method:

Prepare marinated fruit by combining raisins and apricots (or other dried fruit) in a small bowl with triple sec or orange juice. Let stand for 1 hour. Drain fruit in a sieve over a bowl, reserving fruit and liqueur separately.

Preheat oven to 375F.

Butter and flour (with gfJules Flour) a panettone mold, small 7-inch round, high-sided cake pan, bread pan or coffee can, or line with parchment paper.

Bring buttermilk and eggs to room temperature. Mix the eggs and yolks together with a fork and set aside.

In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the gfJules Bread Mix, sugar and yeast. Cut butter into chunks and cut into this dry mixture using a pastry blender or two butter knives cutting against one another.

Once the mixture is like tiny pebbles, add the buttermilk (or milk with lemon juice, triple sec (use the leftover from marinating fruit plus enough to equal 1/3 cup), eggs and extracts, stirring slowly at first to integrate the dry ingredients, then mixing at medium speed for 2 minutes.

Once mixed thoroughly, fold in all the fruits and nuts. (To prepare the cherries, press gently between paper towels to remove excess liquid, then slice.)

Scoop dough into prepared pan, then wet a rubber spatula or your fingers to smooth the top of the bread into a dome shape. Brush the top with melted butter and set aside to rise in a warm place, lightly covered with a damp towel.

Allow to rise for 30 minutes to one hour. Brush with more melted butter or full egg wash and bake for 35-45 minutes, depending on the size of your pan. The top should be lightly browned and a wooden skewer inserted into the center should come out clean (internal temperature will be 200F or higher). Remove to cool on a wire rack.

To serve, dust with confectioner's sugar and cut into wedges.

Notes

If you don't have my gfJules Gluten Free Bread Mix on hand, it's a little more work, but gather all the dry ingredients listed in this homemade gluten free sandwich bread recipe, then add to this recipe where it indicates to add the mix.

Nutrition Information
Yield 16 Serving Size 1
Amount Per Serving Calories 200Total Fat 10gSaturated Fat 5gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 4gCholesterol 77mgSodium 130mgCarbohydrates 24gFiber 1gSugar 19gProtein 3g

Please keep in mind that nutrition information provided is per serving, which may vary. While we have taken care to provide you with the most accurate nutritional values possible, please note that this information may differ significantly depending on the exact ingredients and brands that you choose to use to make this recipe. Additionally, where options are given for ingredients, the resulting calculation may include all ingredient options instead of only one per line, skewing the totals significantly.

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Gluten Free Panettone for bread machine or oven

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*Zojirushi provided me with a bread machine to use and review. All opinions are my own. In some cases links provided may be affiliate links. If you choose to purchase through those links, you will not pay any more for the product but a small affiliate payment may go toward paying for expenses related to this blog. See my full disclosure policy for more information.

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  1. So I made this in a 6.5” spring form pan. Took 65 min to finally bake. I took it out at 191.5 degrees. It looks great and it didn’t fall when cooled.

    Phylis Ryan Panettone

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    • That is GORGEOUS, Phylis! I don’t know how I missed seeing your Panettone before!!! WOW – it’s really stunning! Thanks so much for sharing. Did you make another this year?
      ~jules

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  2. I’m not much of a baker but made the Panettone recipe and made my own bread flour as Gules isn’t available here in western Canada. Wow it turned out great and was certainly worth the effort. i baked in a round angel food cake pan for 50 minutes

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  3. I LOVE panettone, and have lived without it fir too many years. NO MORE! Thank you GF Jules!! I made it in a Bundt pan and after the full 45 minutes it was perfect! I did not use the bread mix – I followed the instructions for gfJules Flour! We ate some, and cubed the rest for a baked French toast casserole! I froze the cubed pannetone in the uncooked egg/cream/flavorings mixture, then let it thaw in the fridge overnight before baking it this morning. Yummmm!!

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    • WOW!!! I’m so excited to see this modification for bundt pan, Alison, and also that you used the leftovers to make a gluten free French Toast Casserole! Every aspect of this is sheer brilliance!!!! WOW! just wow! Thank you so much for sharing! Merry Christmas!!!!
      ~jules

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  4. I followed this to the letter, and the dough was extremely thin. Is that normal? I baked it for an hour, and while it rose nicely, it was still dense and raw in the middle.

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  5. Just finished making this recipe. Waited long enough to cut a piece to try it. Yum. Yum. Didn’t have dried apricot or mango so used dried peel and ginger instead. Turned out great and has fabulous flavor. Didn’t have any orange juice so replaced it with the orangecello that I had brewing since September.

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