I made fruit cake for Christmas the last couple of years, but this year I wanted to make something different and that is when I saw this Easy Stollen recipe on King Arthur Flour. So I made the Stollen instead of the traditional fruitcake this year. Stollen is a traditional German bread made during the Christmas season. It is a fruit bread that has dried fruit and is usually covered with powdered sugar. Technically it is a fruit bread that is made with yeast and the dough is flavored with some citrus zest. Marzipan is also a very common ingredient in a stollen. Stollen is not very sweet except for the fruit added. The finished bread is slathered with melted unsalted butter and then rolled in powdered sugar as soon as it comes out of the oven. This results in improving the shelf life of the bread and also makes it more moist and delicious.I tasted Stollen years ago when my manager brought it to work during Christmas season. The look of the bread intrigued me – it looked like it was snowed over with all that powdered sugar on top. But interestingly the bread itself was not too sweet. It has been on my list of breads to make for a very long. Finally got a chance to make it, even though this is a cheater version without yeast. This quick stollen recipe uses baking powder instead. It has all the elements of a traditional stollen – dried fruit, toasted almonds and tender, buttery dough and of course the blizzard-like coating of powdered sugar. But it takes fraction of the time it takes to make it the traditional way. Recipe makes 2 loaves; one for you and one to wrap and give away. I sliced both the loaves and gave them all away to friends. Now I want to make it again because it tastes amazing and needs just a few minutes to put together. Do try it, I am sure you won’t be disappointed.

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