YIELD | 1 STOLLEN LOAF, SERVING 10 TO 12 PEOPLE BASE TEMPERATURE | 60°C Stollen, a celebration bread that has been a Christmas tradition since the fifteenth century, is an eastern European type of brioche that is similar to Italian panettone The rich oblong bread is loaded with butter, nuts, raisins, and candied citrus peels, and lasts for weeks due to the rum in the recipe, which acts as a curing agent, and to the melted butter and confectioners’ sugar coating that is applied when the bread comes out of the oven, creating a seal that keeps the bread moist The bread is also called Christstollen, and its shape is supposed to represent the baby Jesus wrapped in a blanket You can make this bread in a single day; the dough does not require a 2-day process like many other brioche doughs BEFORE YOU BEGIN >> Get out the following equipment and allow all of the ingredients except for the milk and the eggs to come to room temperature: Digital scale, set to metric weights 1 chef’s knife 1 medium jar 1 digital thermometer KitchenAid or stand mixer fitted with the dough hook 1 rubber spatula 1 bowl scraper 1 medium mixing bowl, if needed ... acts as a curing agent, and to the melted butter and confectioners’ sugar coating that is applied when the bread comes out of the oven, creating a seal that keeps the bread moist The bread is also called... equipment and allow all of the ingredients except for the milk and the eggs to come to room temperature: Digital scale, set to metric weights 1 chef’s knife 1 medium jar 1 digital thermometer KitchenAid or... is supposed to represent the baby Jesus wrapped in a blanket You can make this bread in a single day; the dough does not require a 2-day process like many other brioche doughs BEFORE YOU BEGIN >> Get out the following