Ingredients
- STARTER YEAST
- 2 1/4 teaspoons dry yeast (7 grams)
- 1/2 cup tepid water (100ml)
- 1 cup + 1 tablespoon flour (133 grams)
- SWEET DOUGH
- 2 3/4 cups + 3 tablespoons flour (367 grams)
- 3/4 cup butter - divided (180 grams)
- 3/4 cup sugar (150 grams)
- 5 egg yolks
- 1/4 cup milk (57 grams) **add a little at a time may need a little more or less
- 1 teaspoon vanilla (5 ml)
- zest of 1 lemon and 1 orange
- 1/4 teaspoon salt (1.4 grams)
- 1/4 - 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips (70 grams)
- TOPPING
- 1 egg white
- 2 tablespoons powdered sugar (15.6 grams)
- whole almonds
- Pearl sugar
Recipe Description
Colomba Italian Easter Dove Bread, a traditional Easter Holiday Italian Sweet Bread, a perfect dessert or snack treat recipe. My name is Rosemary and I blog at An Italian in my kitchen, you will find all kinds of terrific authentic Italian recipes, not so Italian recipe and so yummy desserts. I hope you enjoy the recipes as much as my family and I do. Buon Appetito!
Click here to view Full Recipe Directions
