Per biscuit:
- Calories: 158
- Protein: 2g
- Total fat: 4g
- Saturates: 2g
- Carbs: 26g
- Total sugars: 16g
- Fibre: 1g
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All the flavours of stollen in these 'almost too pretty to eat' crinkle biscuits recipe
Nothing evokes Christmas quite like the flavours of stollen, and we’ve put them into these eye-catching biscuits.
These delicious stollen flavoured cookies are a treat on the eye and make the perfect homemade Christmas gift this festive season!
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Yields:
20
Prep Time:
15 mins
Cook Time:
30 mins
Total Time:
45 mins
Cal/Serv:
158
Ingredients
- 50 g mixed dried fruit
- 15 g chopped mixed peel
- 15 g dried sour cherries, roughly chopped
- 3 Tbsp. brandy
- 75 g unsalted butter
- 175 g caster sugar
- 2 medium eggs
- 250 g plain flour
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 25 g icing sugar, plus extra to dust
- 100 g golden marzipan
Directions
- Step 1In a medium bowl, mix the dried fruit, mixed peel, cherries and brandy. Set aside to soak for 1hr.
- Step 2Melt butter in a small pan, then pour into a medium bowl and set aside to cool for 5min.Stir in caster sugar, followed by the eggs, one at a time.
- Step 3Drain soaked fruit and mix into the sugar mixture. Add flour, baking powder and a pinch of salt and stir to combine. Cover and chill for 1hr.
- Step 4 Preheat oven to 180ºC (160ºC fan) mark 4 and line 3 baking sheets with baking parchment. Put the icing sugar into a small bowl. Divide both the marzipan and biscuit dough into 20 even pieces. If the dough is sticky, dust your hands with a little icing sugar as you work.
- Step 5In the palm of your hand, flatten a portion of biscuit dough and place a piece of marzipan in the centre. Draw up the edges of the dough to encase the marzipan, then roll into a ball. Repeat with remaining dough and marzipan. Roll the balls in the icing sugar, then arrange on the lined baking sheets, spacing apart. Dust any remaining icing sugar over the biscuits.
- Step 6Bake for 20-25min, until lightly golden. Allow to cool on sheets for 5min before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
GH TIP:
You can leave out the brandy, if you prefer, or soak the fruit in apple juice instead. For more festive biscuit ideas, check out our favourites.
If Christmas isn't Christmas without stollen, we have plenty of festive recipes inspired by the flavours of the traditional German bread:
Classic stollen recipe - This is a straightforward stollen recipe with a hidden marzipan centre and fruits including sour cherries. This recipe makes two loaves.
Mini stollen bites - These mini stollen bites are perfect if you are entertaining or thinking of a thoughtful homemade Christmas gift.
Pistachio and cranberry stollen wreath - This plaited stollen wreath is a show-stopping centrepiece for a Christmas table.
TO STORE:
Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days (they will soften on storing).
TO GIFT:
Pack into a lined tin or cellophane bags.
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