Christmas Stollen from Germany

My entry for Weezie63´s Christmas project.

Here are the ingredients in ounces:
17.6 oz self- raising flour (or flour plus 1 satchel of baking powder)
5 oz sugar
7 oz butter
3 eggs
8.8 oz of "Quark" or créme fraiche
3.5 oz chopped almonds
a handfull (or 2) of raisins
7 oz of marzipan mixed with two tablespoons of icing sugar
1.5 oz of melted butter
icing sugar to sprinkle on top of the cooled down stollen

Of Course you can make one big stollen or two out of this recipe. Then you have to kepp the stollen in the oven longer (1 big stollen about 55 -60 minutes, 2 stollen ~ 45 minutes . Make a test with a wooden stick. Put the stick into the stollen. The stollen are ready when there is no dough on the stick. I just like the "snack size" ones. I always put two in the freezer. for later.

The stollen is best after a days rest. Eat with butter and a bit of honey or jam.

Enjoy!

Love
Bea