This month we were supposed to bake a Stollen for the Daring Bakers Challenge. Everything started well, only I ended up with a very wet dough so I added flour, a bit more flour and again a bit much more flour… Finally I think I added about 300 g additional flour.
Of course this change had an impact on the final result.
Look at this slice of big, burnt, dry and compact MONSTER Stollen!
Now I’m sitting on a Stollen of 2 kilograms, that event doesn’t taste like Stollen, more like Pain d’Epice. ;-)
So next year I will stick again at Baker Süpke’s foolproof Christstollen recipe and hope (or better pray?) that I will be more successful with the 2011 Daring Baker Challenges.
Nevertheless I wish you all a Merry Festive Season and a Happy New Year! :-)
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For the recipe please head over to the Daring Kitchen Headquarter. There you will also find all the Stollen my fellow Daring Bakers made.
The 2010 December Daring Bakers‘ challenge was hosted by Penny of Sweet Sadie’s Baking. She chose to challenge Daring Bakers to make Stollen. She adapted a friend’s family recipe and combined it with information from friends, techniques from Peter Reinhart’s book and Martha Stewart’s demonstration.
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I’m sorry to hear that! I had to add a little flour, but only 2-3 tablespoons.. Anyway, I’m sure it tasted great!
Cheers,
Rosa
REPLY:
Probably I exaggerate with the flour. ;-) Its taste is okay, but not much like Stollen….
Du wirst Dir doch nicht auf die letzten Tage im Jahre 2010 einen Backfluch eingehandelt haben?
You can just shave all the burnt out skin and make pudding, but it still looks pretty good on the pic ;) Any how.. HAPPY HOLIDAYS! :)
REPLY:
Uii, verschrei es nicht. Den kann ich absolut nicht gebrauchen. Zum Glück habe ich Pascal. ;-)
Dir und deinen Lieben ein gesegnetes Weihnachtsfest
Kiek einst, wat is de Himmel so rot,
dat sünd de Engels, dei backt dat Brot,
dei backt dan Wiehnachtsmann sien Stüten
vor all de lütten Leckersnüten
…nu flink de Teller ünners Bett
un legt jük hen un west recht nett
de Sünna Klaas steiht vor de Dör,
de Wiehnachtmann, de schickt em her,
wat de Engels hevt backt,
dat shüt jü probeirn
und smeckt dot good, dann hört se dat gern
un de Wiehnachtmann smunzelt, nu backt man mehr
ach, wenn doch erst mol Wiehnachten wär.
I’m sorry it didn’t come out as expected… Enjoy your holidays anyway!
I’m sorry it didn’t come out as expected… hope you do better next time! happy holidays!
I’m sorry it didn’t turn out as you’d hoped. Next year is a new year! Happy holidays!
Woops! That was a lot of extra flour. Maybe you can toast your stollen, or make bread pudding or French toast with it?
Better luck next time. :)
Seasons greetings and best wishes for a happy new year.