Stollen Bites Recipe with Kenwood

Stollen Bites

 A miniature twist on this traditional German Christmas bread. Perfect with morning coffee

Ingredients

For the stollen:

• 100g blanched almonds 
• 42g fresh yeast 
• 150ml semi-skilled milk 
•  500g plain flour flour for rolling 
• 50g sugar 
• 8g vanilla sugar 
• ½ tsp salt 
• 150g butter, softened 
• 100g marzipan 
• 100g dried cranberries

To finish:

• 100g butter 
• 100g icing sugar

Method

 1- Chop the almonds in the food processor attachment on the high-speed outlet of your Kenwood Chef machine. 
 2- Place the yeast in some warm milk and leave for a few minutes. 
 3- Then place the flour, sugar, vanilla sugar, salt, butter and marzipan in the Chef mixing bowl and knead using the dough hook until the ingredients are combined into a smooth dough and no longer sticky. 
 4- Cover and leave for an hour. 
 5- Place the dough back into the Chef bowl and knead the dough once again. On a floured work surface, roll the stollen to 1cm thick. Cut the dough into 3 x 5cm sized pieces and place on a baking sheet covered with greaseproof paper. 
 6- Cover once again for 15 minutes. WhiIst they are resting, preheat the oven to 180 °C/ Fan 155 °C.  
 7- Bake in the oven for approx. 15 minutes.  
 8- Melt the butter and gently brush the warm stollen bites. 
 9- Sprinkle liberally with icing sugar. 
10- Store in an airtight jar to prolong freshness.