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Christmas stollen

Course Desayuno, Postre
Cuisine Alemana, German
Keyword Christmas, Christollen, Dresden Bread, Navidad, Pan de Dresde, Stollen
Prep Time 2 hours
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 35 minutes
Servings 8 people
Cost 6€

Equipment

  • Oven

Ingredients

  • 2 cups Strong flour
  • 3 tablespoons Strong flour
  • 2+1/4 teaspoons Dry yeast Or 25 grams fresh yeast
  • 1/2 cups Warm milk
  • 1/2 cups Granulated sugar
  • 2 tablespoons Granulated sugar
  • 3/4 cups Unsalted butter Room temperature
  • 2 units Eggs
  • 1 cup Raisins
  • 1 teaspoon Rum
  • 1 unit Tangerine or orange zest (optional)
  • 1 pinch Salt
  • 1 cup Confectioner's sugar to dust As much as you want

Almond filling

  • 1+3/4 cups Almond flour
  • 1+1/2 cups Confectioner's sugar Or granulated sugar.
  • 1 pinch Salt
  • 1 unit Egg white

Instructions

  • You can sarta preparing the filling. Mix the almond flour, sugar and egg white and l et it cool into the fridge with film forming a log.
  • To start with the stollen we mix the sugar and flour, a pinch of salt and fresh yeast. If we use instant  yeast let it rest for some minutes on two tablespoons of warm milk before adding to the flour (and use two tablespoons of milk less later)
  • Now we can start adding the rest of the warm milk, the eggs and start kneading.
  • When we have a nice dough and without stop kneadning we can add the butter bit by bit and keep kneading until we have a nice dough that doesn’t stick to our hands or the kitchen bowl.
  • Now we can add the raisins and knead for a minute and let the dough rest for an hour covered with film until it doubles its size.
  • With your hands knead for a minute and extend the dough with a roll and place the almond filling in the middle
  • Fold the dough covering the almond paste and let it rest again for an hour covered on your baking tray, it will need some space left because it will double its volume again
  • Preheat your oven  356º Fahrenheit.
  • Bake for 30-35 minutes, depending on your oven and being careful not to burn it, you can cover the stollen with foil the last minutes of baking.
  • Let the stollen cool and dust with  abundant confectioner’s sugar.