STOLLEN (BABY JESUS)

STOLLEN (BABY JESUS) image

Yield 2 large

Number Of Ingredients 16

6 cups bread flour (sift before measuring)
2 pkg dry yeast
1 cup luke warm milk
½ cup rasins
1 ¾ cup chopped citron
¾ cups sugar
2 eggs
½ cup currants
½ cup chopped blanched almonds
¾ cup soft butter or margarine
½ cup rum
½ tsp salt
¾ tsp grated lemon rind
½ tsp grated nutmeg
½ tsp almond extract
8 oz. melted butter

Steps:

Dissolve yeast in warm milk. Add 1 cup of the sifted flour. Let (sfong?) rise in warm flour 1-2 hours. Combine almonds, currants, raisins, and citron with a little of the sifted flour. Set aside. Sift sugar. Cream butter, gradually adding sugar. When light and creamy, add one egg at a time. Add salt and lemon rind, nutmeg, (spong?) and rest of flour. Knead dough until smooth and elastic. Add fruits and nuts. Let rise in warm place until double in bulk. Toss on floured board and divide into 2 or 4 chunks. From these form 3 ropes and braid. Place on breased cookie sheet and brush with melted butter. Let rise in warm place until double in bulk. Bake 45 minutes in 350˚ oven. When cool glaze with the following: blend to spread: 1 cup confectioners sugar, 2 Tbsp boiling water or 2 ½ Tbsp lemon juice?