Christmas Stollen Bites
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- 7 tbsp. butter
- ⅓ cup sugar
- ⅔ cup quark
- 1 tbsp. rum or apple juice
- 1 tbsp. lemon zest
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- ⅔ cup chopped walnuts or chopped almonds
- ½ cup raisins
- 1 cup hot water
Topping
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 4 tbsp. butter
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 F and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Place raisins in a small bowl, add the hot water and set aside.
- To a medium sized bowl add flour, baking powder and cinnamon and blend.
- In a large bowl beat butter with sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add quark, rum, vanilla extract, and lemon zest to the butter-sugar and mix well.
- Sift the flour on top and blend briefly.
- Add ground almonds and drained raisins and knead until combined.
- Shape the dough into mini-stollen or stollen bites and place on a with parchment lined baking sheet.
- Brush the stollen with butter and bake at 350F for 18-25 min. if you make mini-stollen or 10-15 min. if you are making stollen bites.
- Allow the mini-stollen to cool for about 5-10 min.
- In the meantime, melt butter.
- Brush the warm stollen with butter and sprinkle genously with powdered sugar.
Notes
Store in an airtight container or cookie tin. Allow the stollen to rest for at least 1 day before consumption.
Nutrition
Yield: 1 cookieCalories: 109kcalCarbohydrates: 13gProtein: 2gFat: 6gFiber: 1gSugar: 4gNet Carbohydrates: 12g