dang it.  I am not a baker.   I can do sourdough.  I dont own a stand mixer.

 

my 96 year old neighbor is German born.  she loves to hand out Stollen for the holidays.   her Stollen is not good, but it is the thought that counts right?

this year, I was waiting for it..I love how it makes her feel when she hands it out.  happy.

 

this year, she fell asleep and burned it all.  she is alone and really bummed about it.   so I reached out to a few coworkers, took notes, watched a few videos.   I have two Stollen baking right now.  smells nice.  one looks like butt.  I'll hopefully gift her the better looking one.  I think I over floured the work surface.  dont know.  I am not a baker.   I punted with the dried fruit and used what I had.  hahah.. every recipe uses a stand mixer.  I used a wooden spoon like the nanny in Sound of Music.

 

hoping to cheer her up with a warm Stollen.  she is a pain in the butt sometimes..and always wants to talk politics, and she is kinda racist..hahahhaa..

 

dang, I hope this Stollen comes out.   the pressure!!

Wow. 
 

Helen started to cry.   She was so happy and told me this was her first stollen gifted to her.  
 

mission accomplished 

 

 

Good on you - being of German roots it can be tricky, but that looks great for an off the cuff. Bread is easy without a mixer, it’ll help your fishing forearms. The dried fruit can make it not rise - that looks tasty!

On 12/24/2025 at 2:47 PM, VolFan said:

The dried fruit can make it not rise -

I did not know that!!  I have two more developing flavor in my fridge.  going for a 24 hour period to see what the yeast can get done.  hahahah

 

I had extra ingredients so I experimented.   I put dried mangos in these for a tropical touch.  

This. Is. OUTSTANDING!!! Excellent work @Darth-Baiter!!!

Very fine! Thank you for sharing with us!

Fishingmickey

@Darth-BaiterYou sir are a good neighbor. I've never had Stollen but that looks good to me.

Your neighbor’s a lucky women, good show.