Dresden Stollen

Submitted by superblondieno2

"From Culinary Germany. A moist delicious stollen that can be easily made vegan"

 

• Ready In: 2hrs 30mins
• Ingredients: 15
• Yields: 2 loaves
• Serves: 24

ingredients

• 3 cups raisins
• 4 tablespoons rum
• 8 cups flour
• 2 cups lukewarm milk
• 2 compressed yeast cakes
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• grated lemon zest
• 2 teaspoons nutmeg
• 2 cups butter
• 3⁄4 cup ground or chopped almonds
• 1 cup candied lemon peel, finely diced
• 3⁄4 cup candied orange peel, finely diced
• butter, for brushing
• confectioners' sugar, for dusting

directions

1. Soak Raisins overnight in rum.
2. Prepare yeast dough with flour, milk, yeast, sugar, salt and butter.
3. Work in almonds, peels, nutmeg and raisins into dough, kneading well after each. Rest for 1 hour.
4. Knead dough again, divide in health, shape into stollen shape.
5. Bake in oven preheated to 350ËšF for 1 hour.
6. While the stollen is war, brush it with melted butter and dust thickly with confectioners sugar.