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Stollen (Christmas Christmas Bread) Recipe

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Stollen (Christmas Christmas Bread)
3 1/2 cup milk
2 envelopes yeast
4 cup flour
2 tbsp sugar
2 tsp salt
2 cup shortening
3 eggs -or-
5 egg yolks
6 cup flour
1 1/2 cup sugar
2 oz brandy
1 lb raisins
1/4 lb dried apricots
1/2 tsp cardomom
1 lb pecans or almonds
1/2 lb citron
3 lb mixed glace fruits
2 tsp grated lemon rind
1 cup flour


Scald milk. Soak the envelopes of yeast in 1/2 cup lukewarm water
for ten minutes. Add milk, 4 cups flour, 2 tbs. sugar, salt and make
a sponge of these ingredients in a large bowl. Let rise until double
in bulk. Cream shortening, eggs, 1-1/2 cups sugar and brandy, and add
to sponge mixture after rising. Mix in 6 cups flour. Chop remaining
ingredients and dust with 1 cup flour. Knead after adding fruits and
nuts. Let rise again until double in bulk. Punch down, divide into 6
parts; roll each into 1: round. Brush with melted butter, sprinkle
with cinnamon and sugar. Fold over as for a Parker-House roll. Rise
until double in size. Bake at 325ø for 45 minutes.

from Ruth Moreland

from "The Old Stone House Cookbook", 1965, compiled by The Service
Leaque of Morgantown, West Virginia

typed and posted by teri Chesser 10/96
 


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