Kerststol Recept | How to Make Dutch Christmas Bread
Traditional Dutch Christmas Bread, shaped in an oval. Contains dried fruit, raisins and nuts.
Kerststol Recept | How to Make Stollen Bread | Dutch Christmas Bread
Kerststol | How to Make Dutch Christmas Bread
This year for Christmas we will learn how to make Dutch Christmas bread | how to make stollen bread. Kerststol is also known as holiday bread or Christmas stollen bread in German. In Dutch it's called Kerststol!
This holiday bread recipe is an oval shaped bread with dried fruits and nuts, filled with almond paste (amandelspijs) in the middle and topped with powdered sugar. You can find this stollen cake in most of the Dutch stores around Christmas time. I will teach you the basics on how to make Kerststol. You can personalize your homemade bread by using your favorite dried fruits and nuts.
This Kerststol bread will be a perfect addition to your Christmas breakfast or serve it as a dessert during Christmas dinner! Let's make this homemade fresh bread for Christmas!
Check out my Gevulde Speculaas Recipe to learn how to make almond paste and Dutch spice mix for your Christmas bread!
Scroll down to check out the ingredients needed for the Kerststol with step by step instructions!
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Kerststol | Christmas Bread
Kerststol Ingredients
Filling:
โฟ 300 Grams Raisins
โฟ 100 Grams Nuts
โฟ Lime/Lemon Zest
โฟ 250 Grams Almond Paste
Bread:
โฟ 375 Grams Flour
โฟ 10 Grams Yeast
โฟ 50 Grams Sugar (To Taste)
โฟ 160 Milliliters Milk (Luke Warm)
โฟ 1 Egg
โฟ ยฝ Teaspoon Speculaaskruiden(Dutch Spice Mix)
โฟ Pinch Of Salt
โฟ 75 Grams Butter
Kerststol INSTRUCTIONS | Click here for the recipe video
Bread Dough
Prepare Bread Dough.
Add Filling
Add Your Favorite Nuts And Dried Fruit.
Rest
Rest for 1 hour.
Shape
Add Almond Paste And Shape The Bread.
Bake
350F | 20 Min
325F | 15 - 20 Min
Garnish
Top With Powdered Sugar.
If using raisins, start by soaking the raisins with water.
Activate yeast with luke warm milk and a little sugar. Set aside for 5 minutes. Combine flour, Dutch spice mix and salt together. Make a little well and slowly pour the activated yeast mixture in the middle. Start mixing and kneading. Knead until a non sticky dough forms. Add butter and knead again. Once dough forms keep kneading for another 5 - 10 minutes until a soft and smooth dough forms.
Set aside dough and let it rest for 10 min. Drain the water from the soaked raisins and pat dry the raisins with a paper towel. Time to add the filling!
Add raisins, your favorite nuts and some zest. Knead to combine the ingredients
Coat dough with a thin layer of oil . Let it rest for 1 hour.
When the dough is ready, knead the dough to remove air. Roll the dough flat in an oval. Place almond paste in the middle and fold the dough over the almond paste, leaving a gap in front.
Tightly press dough against the almond paste. Cover dough with plastic film and let it rest for 45 minutes.
First bake the bread at 350F for 20 Min. Lower heat to 325F.
Bake the bread for another 15 - 20 Min.
Transfer the bread to a cooling rack . Let it cool down for 10 Min. Brush bread with melted butter and coat with powdered sugar
Happy Holidays โฟโ โฟ โโฟ
TIPS & NOTES
โฟ Feel free to use a stand mixer to make the bread dough.
โฟ Use your favorite nuts, dried fruit or other filling to the bread dough. Add your desired amount.
โฟ Check out my Gevulde Speculaas Recipe to learn how to make almond paste and Dutch spice mix for your Christmas bread!
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