Quick stollen with quark
(2)
1 hour 25 min
German quark stollen is great as a quick alternative to the more elaborate and lengthier yeasted stollen. Quark cheese is not widely available outside Germany but firm Greek yoghurt makes an adequate substitute.
wuschel66
5 people made this
Ingredients
Makes: 2 loaves
- 200g butter, softened
- 180g sugar
- 2 eggs
- 250g quark cheese or Greek yoghurt
- 1 lemon, juiced and zested
- 250g raisins
- 100g cut mixed peel
- 125g ground almonds
- 3 tablespoons rum
- 500g plain flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 pinch ground cinnamon
- 1 pinch ground cloves
- icing sugar for dusting
Method
Prep:25min ›
Cook:1hr ›
Ready in:1hr25min
- Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas 4. Line a baking tray with baking paper.
- Beat butter, sugar and eggs until fluffy. Add all the other ingredients in order, stirring until smooth.
- Divide the mixture into two and form each half into a loaf. Bake in the preheated oven until browned and a tester comes out clean, about 1 hour.
- When cool, dust with a generous layer of icing sugar.
