Christmas Stollen GERMAN - Northern European Recipe

Christmas Stollen GERMAN

🌍 Northern European Difficulty: ●●●○○

Ingredients

• 500g flour
• 1 packet yeast
• 100g sugar
• 150ml warm milk
• 200g butter
• 2 eggs
• 300g mixed dried fruit
• 100g almonds
• 100g marzipan
• lemon zest
• rum
• cardamom
• cinnamon
• nutmeg
• vanilla. For finish: 100g melted butter
• powdered sugar

Method

1. Soaking — Soak fruit in rum overnight.
2. Making — Make enriched yeast dough; rise 1 hour.
3. Step 3 — Flatten; place marzipan log on one side; fold over.
4. Baking — Bake 175°C (350°F) 50–60 minutes.
5. Brushing — Brush hot stollen with melted butter; dust heavily with powdered sugar.
6. Wrapping — Wrap; mature 2–4 weeks.

Tags: flour, yeast, sugar, warm milk, butter · Source: Observatory Recipe Research Kitchen