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German Christmas Stollen
A traditional German Christmas bread with dried fruit, marzipan, and spices.
From YouTube · Nov 25, 2025
A traditional German Christmas bread with dried fruit, marzipan, and spices.
About 20 min
Prep time
45 min
Cook time
About 1 hr 5 min
Total time
12
Yield
Ingredients
16 ingredientsAdjust servings
Ingredients and nutrition update together
Per serving169 kcal
- Fat
- 8.1g
- Carbs
- 20g
- Protein
- 4.4g
Whole recipe (12 servings): 2028 kcal
- 350 g strong bread flour
- 7 g instant dry yeast
- 150 ml lukewarm milk (37C)
- 50 g sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp cardamom
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- Zest of 1 lemon
- 1 large egg
- 75 g softened butter
- 200 g mixed dried fruit
- 3 tbsp Rum
- 30 g mixed candied peel
- 30 g slivered almonds
- 200 g marzipan
Method
9 steps- Mix the strong bread flour, instant dry yeast, sugar, salt, cardamom, nutmeg, cinnamon, and lemon zest.
- Add the lukewarm milk, egg, and softened butter to the dry ingredients and knead until smooth.
- Incorporate the mixed dried fruit, candied peel, and slivered almonds into the dough.
- Roll out the marzipan to the same length as the dough.
- Shape the dough into a loaf, placing the marzipan inside during shaping.
- Preheat the oven to 175C (conventional).
- Bake the stollen for 45 minutes, covering loosely with tin foil if it darkens too much.
- Once baked, brush with melted butter and cool completely.
- Siege with icing sugar before serving.
Recipe notes
Storage
Wrap in plastic wrap followed by tinfoil and store in a cool dark place
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Per serving: 169 calories
Fat: 8 g · Carbs: 20 g · Protein: 4 g
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