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🍰 Cranberry Stollen

485 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 100 g citron peel
• 100 g orange peel
• 70 g dried cranberries
• 6 tbsp rum
• 1 kg flour
• 2 cubes yeast
• 250 g sugar
• 250 ml milk
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 pinch cardamom
• 1 pinch allspice
• 1 pinch nut flower
• 400 g room-temperature butter
• 100 g butter
• 50 g powdered sugar

Instructions

1. 1. Finely chop the citron and orange peel.
2. 2. Place the chopped fruits and the cranberries in a bowl.
3. 3. Drizzle the fruits with rum.
4. 4. Cover the bowl and let the fruits soak.
5. 5. Pour the flour into a large bowl.
6. 6. Make a well in the center of the flour.
7. 7. Crumble the yeast into the well.
8. 8. Sprinkle one tablespoon of sugar over the yeast.
9. 9. Heat the milk until it is lukewarm.
10. 10. Pour about one-third of the warm milk into the well.
11. 11. Stir the yeast, sugar, and some flour from the edges until the yeast dissolves.
12. 12. Cover the bowl and let the starter rise for about 30 minutes.
13. 13. Add the remaining sugar to the bowl.
14. 14. Pour in the remaining milk.
15. 15. Add the spices.
16. 16. Add the butter in small pieces to the dough.
17. 17. Knead everything with the dough hook of a hand mixer until smooth.
18. 18. Continue kneading the dough until it bubbles.
19. 19. Continue kneading until the dough easily releases from the sides of the bowl.
20. 20. Cover the bowl with a cloth.
21. 21. Let the dough rise for about 1 hour.
22. 22. Place the dough on a floured work surface.
23. 23. Press the dough down slightly.
24. 24. Pile the soaked fruits on top of the dough.
25. 25. Knead the fruits into the dough by hand.
26. 26. Prepare a baking sheet.
27. 27. Divide the dough into two halves.
28. 28. Roll out one half slightly flat with a rolling pin.
29. 29. Fold one side of the dough over to just past the center.
30. 30. Form the typical stollen shape.
31. 31. Place the stollen on the baking sheet.
32. 32. Optionally place a ring of folded aluminum foil around the stollen.
33. 33. Let the stollen rise covered for another 2 hours.
34. 34. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
35. 35. Slide the baking sheet into the oven.
36. 36. Bake the stollen for about 1 hour.
37. 37. Meanwhile, melt the butter.
38. 38. Brush the stollen with the melted butter immediately after baking.
39. 39. Brush the stollen with butter again several times while they cool.
40. 40. Thickly coat the completely cooled stollen with powdered sugar.
41. 41. Wrap the stollen well.
42. 42. Store them in a cool place.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 485
• Protein: 6 g · Fett/Fat: 25 g · Carbs: 58 g