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Stollen

By Regina Souza

- 2 minutes read - 239 words

Ingredients

Dough

  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 egg
  • 4 Tbsp butter
  • 3 1/4 cups flour
  • 1/2 cup (brown) sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 1/2 tsp dry yeast

Fruit and nuts

  • 1/2 cup golden raisins
  • 1/2 cup (3/4 cup) slivered almonds
  • 1/2 cup candied fruit
  • lemon zest (finely shredded peel) (optional)
  • orange zest (finely shredded peel) (optional)

Instructions

Note

Using the sweet cycle of the bread machine (mine does the dough cycle in 1:20 min). It works well in the machine, but I end up baking it in the oven (it looks a little more like the original).

  1. Combine milk, egg. butter, flour, brown sugar, salt, baking powder, and dry yeast in the bread machine
  2. Set the bread machine on the sweet/dough cycle (about 1:20 minutes)
  3. After 20 minutes add the fruit
  4. Finish the sweet/dough cycle
  5. Warm your oven (for 2 minutes), grease a baking sheet with butter. Cover it with a thin layer of flour.
  6. Split the dough into 2 loaves and place onto baking sheet
  7. Let dough rise in the warm oven for 1 hour, then remove from the oven. (A trick from my mom and sisters: put a small ball of dough in a glass of water, when it floats, it’s ready for baking.)
  8. (optional) cover loaves with slice almonds before baking
  9. Pre-heat oven to 375 F.
  10. Bake the loaves for 15-20 minutes.
  11. (optional) baste loaves with butter and powdered sugar

Enjoy! (Not optional)