This easy German Christmas Stollen recipe uses cottage cheese to keep it moist.
Make this when you're in a hurry - no yeast is used - and it tastes so-o-o-o good!
The traditional German Christmas Stollen is made with yeast. Filled with nuts and dried fruits, it's a delicious staple of the traditional German Christmas foods.
The yeast-based Stollen is often made with a center of marzipan or poppy seed filling. This type of Christmas cake is certainly a centerpiece of the German Christmas celebration.
This version of the Stollen uses cottage cheese. The German name for this is "Quarkstollen" ("cottage cheese stollen") and is a favorite because it is so moist. It's a favorite as well because it's so quick.
Even though this Stollen is a tradition for our German Christmas celebration, it tastes great throughout the year.
Easy Christmas Stollen
Ingredients:
2 cups cottage cheese, pureed in blender
3 1/3 cups flour, all-purpose
2 tsp. baking powder
3 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
3/4 cup sugar
pinch salt
1 tbsp. lemon peel, grated
t tbsp. almonds, chopped
1 tbsp. raisins
3 tbsp. mixed candied fruit, chopped
3 tbsp. mixed candied peel, chopped
1 tbsp. butter, melted
1 tbsp. powdered sugar
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 375° F.
Grease and flour a baking sheet
Sift flour mixed with baking powder into large bowl. Make an indentation in the center.
Add cottage cheese, eggs, vanilla, sugar, salt, lemon peel, almonds, raisins, and candied fruits into indentation.
Mix to a firm dough with your hands and knead LIGHTLY. If it is too moist, add a bit of extra flour.
Shape into traditional stollen-shaped loaf, wetting hands to keep dough from sticking. Place on prepared baking sheet.
Bake 50 - 60 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
Transfer to cookie rack.
Brush melted butter over warm loaf and sift powdered sugar over stollen.
