Grandma's Stollen Recipe

• 1 quart. lowfat milk
• 1 1/2 lbs. butter
• Oil of lemon
• 10 c. flour or possibly sufficient to make dough elastic
• 1 pound mixed fruit
• 1/2 pound blanched almonds
• 2 yeast cakes
• Grated lemon rind
• 1/2 pound pineapple & cherries
• 1 1/2 lbs. raisins
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 c. sugar
• 1/2 pound butter, melted & brushed on loaves before & after baking

1. Make a sponge of yeast with hot water or possibly potato water and flour.
2. Let rise.
3. Scald lowfat milk, add in butter so which it melts, add in sugar.
4. Add in to sponge when lukewarm.
5. Add in fruit, then flour, keep adding flour and kneading till dough becomes elastic, like for bread.
6. Let rise overnight or possibly for several hrs.
7. Form into loaves and let rise.
8. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 1/2 hrs.
9. Brush with melted butter before putting into oven.
10. When baked, remove from oven and brush with melted butter again and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
11. She usually weighed dough and made each loaf about 3 pounds.
12. (My grandmother always made this at Christmas time.)

milk, butter, lemon, flour, mixed fruit, almonds, yeast cakes, lemon rind, pineapple, raisins, salt, sugar, butter

Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/grandma-s-stollen-43416 (may not work)