Name: French Christmas Bread-stollen
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 50g High fan; 3g (1/2 tsp 1/4 tsp) yeast; 40g Powdered sugar; 85g raisin; 60g Dried cranberries; 50g almond; 1 teaspoon rum; 80g Unsalted butter; 1 teaspoon Vanilla sugar; 1 teaspoon Grated lemon zest; 1 teaspoon Cardamom powder

French Christmas Bread-stollen

by Mi Rui's Review

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The atmosphere of Christmas spreads throughout the circle. Everyone is talking about doing this and doing that. I also started thinking about what to do early on. I originally designed a cake by myself, but it didn’t look like it. For Christmas desserts, I see that everyone makes gingerbread houses. Although I also like them very much, it is indeed a bit difficult for me as a newbie in baking. I want to pick and choose. For my bread control or to make a Christmas Bread stollen! Because this bread needs to be stored for 1 to 3 weeks to fully release all the rich fruity aroma, wine aroma, and light spices, in order to take the sliced pictures, we have to wait patiently and finally be able to rush to Christmas Eve. Get the recipe up. My favorite dried fruits and dried fruits are added to the bread is my big love, but this high-oil and high-sugar bread is made this time in a year without worrying about gaining weight.
I also specifically looked up Stollen's allusions: Stollen originated from the town of Dresden in the east of Germany. It is a traditional bread that must be made for Christmas in Germany. In Europe, bread is usually inseparable from traditional religious culture. This is the case with Stollen. This bread symbolizes the infant Jesus, and the various dried fruits symbolize the gifts brought to Jesus. The Germans commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus in the form of sharing bread on the occasion of Christmas.

This cake is also a good choice for a Christmas party or a large celebration cake! This cake is directly translated in "recipes", but I still changed the recipe according to my own taste. Calories: 240 kcal (this is very important for MM who wants to lose weight, so it is specially pointed out)

Original English recipe:
Raisins 175g, Dried cranberries 100g, Almonds 100g, Lighe rum 100ml, Milk 100ml, Wheat flour 500g, Dried quick-acting yesat 5g, Sugar 100g, Butter 200g, Vanilla sugar 1tsp, Gastor sugar 100g"

French Christmas Bread-stollen

1. Soak the A mixture for more than 5 hours.

2. Milk (warm milk should not be too hot like 35 degrees) mixed with yeast flour sugar.

3. Put the mixed batter in a warm place for 30-40 minutes, until bubbles are formed.

4. Add butter that has been melted by heating over water.

5. Sift the flour and mix into a dough. Mix the rum, cardamom powder, vanilla and lemon zest; knead until smooth.

6. Drain the soaked dried fruits, add them to the dough and knead well.

7. Divide the dough into two equal parts and roll into a circle. Cover with plastic wrap and relax for 15 minutes. Then roll them into an oblong shape with a length of 20 cm and a width of 15 cm, and then fold them and press them in the middle with a rolling pin.

8. After the shaping is completed, the final fermentation is carried out for 20 minutes, and the surface is about 3/4 of the size, and the surface is brushed with melted butter.

9. Preheat the oven at 180°C, the middle layer, heat up and down for about 30 minutes, cover with tin foil, and remove it 5 minutes before the end.

10. After baking, brush in the melted butter again, and then sun it in thick powdered sugar after cooling.

Tips:
1. The dough only needs to be kneaded until the surface is smooth, there is no need to reach the expansion stage. 2. Fermentation does not need to be full, just 3/4. 3. The dough will quickly absorb the butter, so the amount of butter spread after the oven comes out is relatively large. 4. Sprinkle granulated sugar and a lot of powdered sugar after cooling. 5. After 1-3 weeks of storage, all the rich fruit aromas, wine aromas, and light spices can be completely released, which is the best time to taste. 6. The deliciousness of Stollen with coffee can only be known if you have tasted it.