Christmas Stollen Bread
A sweet and savory combination comes together in this loaded Christmas Stollen Bread, a traditional German sweet holiday bread!
Ingredients
- 130 grams butter softened
- 120 grams sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 150 grams cream cheese
- 1 large egg
- 230 grams all-purpose flour
- 1½ teaspoon baking powder
- 40 grams walnuts chopped
- 50 grams almonds chopped
- 70 grams dried cranberries
- 60 grams candied ginger chopped
- a pinch of salt
- powder sugar for dusting
Instructions
- Start by preheating your oven to 180oC/350oF. Cover baking sheet with some parchment paper.
- Cream butter and sugar using hand mixture. When the butter becomes pale, add an egg, cream cheese, salt, and vanilla. Beat until smooth.
- Separately whisk the flour with baking powder. Combine dry and wet mixture together to form a thick batter, then add nuts, ginger, and cranberries.
- Wet your hands and form batter into a log on a parchment paper-covered baking sheet.
- Bake for 40 minutes, let cool down till warm and dust with powdered sugar.