Recipes

Christmas Shtolen ingredients:

• sugar 0.5 cup
• butter 300gr.
• milk 1.5 cup
• salt 0.3tsp.
• yeast 17gr.
• 1 lemon
• white raisins 200gr
• black raisins 200gr.
• almonds 100gr.
• candied fruits 200gr.
• liquor 125ml.
• icing sugar 0.3 cup
• flour 5.5 cup.
• Vanilla 2 packs

1. Peel nuts, rinse, dry. Fry until golden brown, cool and chop. Rinse and drain the raisins. imperative –Place raisins and candied fruits in a large bowl and add liquor. Stir and leave in fridge for the night.
2. Dilute yeast in a warm milk, add sugar and sift 2 cups flour. Leave in a warm place for 20-30 minutes. Add 3 cups flour, 200gr softened butter, salt, peel lemon and vanilla. Knead soft dough for 1 hour and leave it for another 45 minutes.
3. Roll out the dough to be 3.5sm thick, lay almonds and fruits on top and knead it well.
4. Roll out the dough one more time and fold in half. Lay out on the pan and leave in a warm place for 30 min.
5. Heat up the oven on F345*. Place pan in the oven and bake Shtolen pan for 30 minutes until golden brown. Afterwards, cover with foil and bake for 50 minutes.
6. Melt the remaining butter. Lay out another baking form with foil and put into hot Shtolen. Pour melted butter and generously sprinkle with icing sugar. Seal tightly with foil and wrap in a warm towel. Put in the bag and leave in cold place for 2 weeks. Shtolen must rest to be enriched by the aromas.
7. In the evening before Christmas Eve leave Shtolen out, at room temperature for the night. In the morning the delicious and aromatic Shtolen is ready to eat. Bon appetit.