Stollen Recipe ☆ Old Fashioned Stollen

My great-grandmother's recipe for stollen, a German Holiday Bread. Most people put frosting on top, but I don't.

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups milk
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 ½ teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons lemon zest
• ¾ cup butter
• 1 (.25 ounce) envelope active dry yeast
• 1 teaspoon white sugar
• ¼ cup warm water
• 2 eggs
• 2 egg yolks
• 5 ⅓ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup raisins
• ½ cup chopped nuts
• 1 egg, beaten

Cooking Directions

1. In a small saucepan, heat milk until hot, but not boiling; mix in 1/2 cup sugar, salt, lemon zest, and butter. Remove from heat, and cool slightly. In a small bowl, mix together yeast, 1 teaspoon sugar, and 1/4 cup water; stir into milk. Beat in 2 eggs and egg yolks. Mix in 3 cups flour. Cover, and let rise in a warm place.
2. Mix in the raisins and nuts. Gradually mix in enough of the remaining flour to form a soft dough. Place dough in a well-oiled bowl, cover, and set aside to rise.
3. Divide dough into 3 balls. Roll each ball out into a thick log, braid, and tuck the ends under. Place on a large cookie sheet, and set aside to rise one more time.
4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Brush beaten egg over the dough. It gives a shine to it.
5. Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

• calories233.9
• carbohydrateContent33.6 g
• cholesterolContent56.8 mg
• fatContent9 g
• fiberContent1.3 g
• proteinContent5.3 g
• saturatedFatContent4.4 g
• sodiumContent203.4 mg
• sugarContent9.3 g