How to make Stollen

Many of us want to learn how to cook, but we don’t know how to learn. The editor here introduces to you the learning methods and experiences. In fact, you must first start to cook a dish. The following introduces the method of making Stollen. Try to make it yourself first.

1.1 Sponge starter: 113g milk → heat to about 38 degrees → add 64g medium flour and 4t (12g) dry yeast → cover with plastic wrap and ferment at room temperature until a lot of bubbles appear, expand to the maximum, and start to fall

2.2 Dried fruits: 171g raisins, 171g candied dried fruit mixture → chop → add 113g brandy or rum or other fruit wine, 1T orange or lemon essence (I repeat, 25 yuan) → soak for one hour to 2 days

3. Main dough: 284g medium flour, 14g fine sugar, 5g salt, 3g orange peel, 3g lemon peel, 1t cinnamon powder, 47g whole egg liquid, 71g butter, 57g water. 2 medium sponge starter → knead into soft dough (no need to expand) → let stand for 10 minutes → add 1 medium dried fruit and soaking wine → knead evenly → cover with plastic wrap and place in a warm and humid place to ferment (not to double in size) → divide into 4 parts → roll into a ball and relax

4. Shaping and baking: Roll out the relaxed dough to a thickness of about 1.3mm → sprinkle as many almond slices and chopped nuts as possible in the middle → press the dried fruits into the dough and thin the lower middle part → fold the larger upper part downwards → sprinkle as many almond slices and chopped nuts as possible → continue to fold the edges just folded upwards → stuff as many dried fruits and almond paste as possible into the two folded seams, press the seams tightly → shape into a crescent shape (I completely forgot this step...) → ferment until 1.5 times larger → 170 degrees, upper and lower heat, middle and lower layers, about 25 minutes → brush with cooking oil while hot after baking, sift a lot of powdered sugar → seal and freeze after sufficient cooling → thaw at room temperature before eating and cut into thin slices

If you have been eating takeout for many years, now that you know how to make Stollen, you will definitely want to try making it yourself in the kitchen. Believe in yourself, and what you make will definitely be unique.