My mom died before she could write down her stollen recipe. It has been over five years since we had it. After making this recipe it was everything that I remembered hers to be.
This is pretty close to the recipe I have used for years from my great grandfather a German baker. However I must comment on one review so others do not try this. If you want stollen you need to use cardamom. Nutmeg belongs in eggnog.
If you are using quick yeast in the jar the measurement is 2 1/2 tablespoons. Very nice dough.
Perfect! I doubled the fruit but no other changes. (I used cranberries apricots cherries plums and also sliced almonds). The dough turned out wonderfully. Mixed it in my Kitchenaid mixer. Absolutely no flour adjustments needed. I dusted the baked loaves (4) generously with powdered sugar. Easy recipe and like ones I made years ago but less work! I'll be making it more often now. Thank you for bringing back a tradition.
I made this recipe as gifts at Christmas. The dough was beautiful but I would probably add more fruit next time I make it. I will definitely make it again. By the way I used 2 packets of yeast and that worked fine (there seemed to be some confusion about the amount of yeast to use.
Very delicious! My husband likes to bake breads and he made this and it was better than his grandfather's German recipe that had been used for years and years! He added dried cranberries, raisins, red and green candied cherries and slivered almonds. Drizzled the top with a sugar glaze(powdered sugar, milk and almond extract)and decorated top with red and green candied cherry halves on icing. He/I will always use this recipe every Christmas from now on! Everyone loved it. Thanks!
I used 3 whole eggs instead of the eggs and yolks. This is a wonderful recipe but next time I make it I will add twice as much fruit. I put a glaze on it and decorated with green and red sprinkles. I used nutmeg instead of cardomon. This is good!
This recipe was good. I do think that the amount of dry active yeast listed is incorrect. I thought it sounded like alot. I found another recipe with similiar ingredients. It calls for.25oz of yeast. The yeast comes in.25oz packages. Is that what the recipe should have 1 (.25oz) package? Not 1 oz of yeast.
I just made this and it was awesome! I only made two per batch and braided the dough. After it cooled I made the Butter Cream Frosting II from Allrecipes and frosted them added some red and green colored sugar and a few more candied cherries. Very nice. I'm going to make some for Christmas gifts but I will divide the dough into thirds. This was an excellent recipe!
I feel like i'm reading something wrong. I followed all the measurements exactly but there seems to be tool much wet ingredients or not enough dry. I didn't even have a dough it was more like a really sticky soupy blob...what did i do wrong?
