Dresden Stollen

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 3 cups raisins
• 4 tablespoons rum
• 8 cups flour
• 2 cups lukewarm milk
• 2 compressed yeast cakes
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• grated lemon zest
• 2 teaspoons nutmeg
• 2 cups butter
• 3/4 cup ground or chopped almonds
• 1 cup candied lemon peel, finely diced
• 3/4 cup candied orange peel, finely diced
• butter, for brushing
• confectioners' sugar, for dusting

Recipe

• 1 soak raisins overnight in rum.
• 2 prepare yeast dough with flour, milk, yeast, sugar, salt and butter.
• 3 work in almonds, peels, nutmeg and raisins into dough, kneading well after each. rest for 1 hour.
• 4 knead dough again, divide in health, shape into stollen shape.
• 5 bake in oven preheated to 350ã‹å¡f for 1 hour.
• 6 while the stollen is war, brush it with melted butter and dust thickly with confectioners sugar.