Hello and welcome to Cup of Culture,
Today we are going to prepare a traditional German sweet baked good to enjoy during the Christmas season- a Christstollen / Christmas Stollen. The Dresden Christmas Stollen has its origin in the Middle Ages. It is said that the first stollen was baked about 700 years ago but the taste must have been slightly different as they didn't use any butter to prepare the dough back then.
As the Christmas season is different this year and there won't be any Christmas markets, this is the perfect way to experience a bit of German tradition at home!
I would love to know if you've ever eaten a Christmas Stollen or if you have given this recipe a try :)
xx
Sarena
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Ingredients:
300g raisins
125ml rum
100g candied orange peel
100g candied lemon peel
100g ground almonds
1tbsp lemon zest
800g flower
42g fresh yeast
220ml milk
200g butter
2 eggs
120g sugar
pinch of salt
1tbsp cinnamon
1/2 cardamom
1/2 nutmeg
70 butter
icing sugar
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