A stollen is a rich fruit loaf, typical for the festive season. This recipe is based on a Dresdner Christmas stollen recipe from an old cookbook1. I reduced the amounts of butter, raisins and candied peel by half compared to the original.
Ingredients
- 50 g raisins (I used a cereal topper mix)
- 100 g candied orange/lemon peel
- 300 g marzipan
- 7 g dried yeast
- 700 g white flour
- 0.25 l milk
- 150 g butter (I used a mixture of butter and vegetable oil)
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 50 g butter to spread on top of the loaf after baking
- 2-3 tablespoons icing sugar
Preparation
The preparation is quite similar to making bread.
- Put the flour and salt in a bowl.
- Make a hollow in the middle and put in the yeast, 2 tablespoons sugar and some water.
- Cover with a teatowel and let the yeast do its work for 10 minutes or so.
- Mix the butter in with the milk (I heated it to a little above room temperature in the microwave).
- Add the mixture to the flour and knead into a smooth dough. You may need add a little bit water if it is too dry.
- Leave to rise, covered, for 30 minutes.
- Quickly knead in the raisins and candied peel.
- Flatten the dough, shape the marzipan into a roll and fold the dough over it.
- Leave to rise, covered, for another 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven on 200°C; bake for 15 minutes at 200°C, then 1 hour at 180°C.
- While it’s still hot, spread butter on top and sprinkle on the icing sugar.
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A Dutch translation of a German cookbook, now long out of print: “De heerlijkste gerechten” by Annette Wolter, Culinaire boekerij, 1988. ↩