Stollen Christmas Strudel - Traditional festive recipe
Stollen is a traditional Christmas strudel that has been popular in many European countries for centuries. Its characteristic shape, richness of dried fruit and a delicate layer of powdered sugar on top symbolize Christmas abundance and joy. This aromatic, buttery pastry with the addition of marzipan and dried fruit fits perfectly into the atmosphere of Christmas. Stollen cake is perfect for the Christmas Eve table, it tastes great both fresh and after a few days, when the flavors have blended even more. Check out our recipe for stollen cookies.
Christmas Stollen recipe
Ingredients
Ingredients for the dough
- 3 cups of wheat flour
- 150 g butter
- 1/3 cup powdered sugar
- 350 g cream cheese
- 1 pack of baking powder (15 g)
- 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
- 3 eggs
- 100 g cranberries
- 100 g dried cherries
- 100 g apricots
- 100g almonds
- 100 g hazelnuts
- 100 g candied orange peel
- 200 g marzipan mass
Ingredients for a snow blanket
- 100 g butter
- 1 cup powdered sugar
Instructions
Preparation of the dough
Sift flour into a large bowl, add baking powder and mix well. Then add icing sugar, vanilla extract , cheese, soft butter and eggs. Knead the dough by hand or with a planetary mixer until the ingredients are well combined. The dough will be heavy and sticky - that's how it should be.
Add dried fruit, you can chop it or add it whole. Mix well so that it is covered with the dough.
Cut the marzipan into 4 long pieces and shape into rolls.
Place the dough on a floured pastry board. The ingredients listed will make one very large strudel or two smaller ones. Use your hands to form a flat 2 cm thick dough, place the prepared rolls of marzipan mass in the middle. Fold both sides and form the strudel. Give it an elongated shape, the dough will rise a lot to the sides during baking.
Place on a baking sheet lined with baking paper and bake for 50-60 minutes at 160 C, top and bottom heating. Check with a toothpick to see if they are done.
Preparing a snow blanket
Melt butter in a saucepan. Prepare powdered sugar and a small sieve and a kitchen brush.
Brush the strudel with butter, then sprinkle generously with powdered sugar using a sieve. Repeat until all ingredients are used up. The final layer is powdered sugar.
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