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Holiday Breads
Panetonne (Easter bread, without yeast, with baking powder, oil, milk, lemon zest and vanilla)
Originated from: Casacalenda, Molise, Italy
Occasion: Easter holidays
Contributed by: Mary Melfi (Zia Rosina's recipe)

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Panettone
Panettone (Easter bread, without yeast, with baking powder and lemon zest)
Originated from: Marche, Italy
Occasion: Easter and Christmas
Contributed by: Nadia Ballienzano (her Nonna Irma's recipe)

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italian sweet bread
Italian Sweet Bread/Pandolce all'Italiana (made without yeast; using butter, flavored with candied fruit peel)
Originated from: Italy
Occasion: Any time & special times
Contributed by: Taken from "The Complete Italian Cook Book: LA CUCINA" by Rose L. Sorce (Grosset & Dunlap, 1953)

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Pan Dolce/ Italian Christmas Cake (with yeast, Sherry, anise, pine-nuts, pistachio nuts and raisins)
Originated from: Italy
Occasion: Christmas
Contributed by: Taken from "Pan-Pacific Cook Book" by L.L. McLaren (1915)

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pan d'oro
Pan D'Oro (Italian holiday bread, made without yeast; using butter, rum, lemon juice and "Pane degli Angeli")
Originated from: Italy
Occasion: Christmas and Easter
Contributed by: Anna-Maria Benvenuto

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panettone
Baba (Yeast sweet dough made with fine flour, sugar and beer yeast; flavored with Marsala and cognac)
Originated from: Italy
Occasion: Special times
Contributed by: Taken from "Italian Cook Book" by Pellegrino Artusi (1945)

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easter bread
Bread with Colored Eggs (Italian Easter bread, made with dough, flavored with vanilla; glazed)
Originated from: Molise, Italy
Occasion: Easter
Contributed by: Taken from Rizzi DeFabo's cookbook, "Cooking with Rizzi" (Crabtree Press, 2010)

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le pupazze
Easter Dolls/Le Pupazze (Italian Easter doll-shaped cookies, made with yeast dough, flavored with vanilla)
Originated from: Molise, Italy
Occasion: Easter and St. Joseph's Day
Contributed by: Taken from Rizzi DeFabo's cookbook, "Cooking with Rizzi" (Crabtree Press, 2010)

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Easter bread
Easter Bread Eggs/Torta Pasqualina (Panetonne, shaped into baskets or flowers, decorated with eggs)
Originated from: Italy
Occasion: Easter
Contributed by: Taken from "The Complete Italian Cook Book: LA CUCINA" by Rose L. Sorce (Grosset & Dunlap, 1953)

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easter bread eggs
Italian Easter Nests/ Nidi di Pasqua (Sponge cake, frosted and decorated with eggs made with almond paste)
Originated from: Italy
Occasion: Easter
Contributed by: Taken from "The Complete Italian Cook Book: LA CUCINA" by Rose L. Sorce (Grosset & Dunlap, 1953)

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