This German stollen with dried fruits, almonds, and marzipan is so delicious! It’s made with Christmas spices and it’s just the perfect treat for the holiday season. My stollen recipe is of course 100% vegan. No butter, milk, or eggs required.
This stollen is absolutely perfect to embrace the Christmas season! It’s perfectly sweet and nicely spiced with Christmas spices and dried fruits. We simply can’t get enough of it around here!
What is German Stollen?
For those of you who have never heard of German stollen. It’s a sweet yeast bread with candied lemon and orange peel and marzipan in the middle. It has been a German Christmas tradition for centuries.
My grandma used to make the most delicious Christmas stollen. Unfortunately, I’ve never asked her for her recipe, but I always thought it was super complicated.
I first tried tried to make a vegan stollen a few years ago and it turned out so delicious! And the recipe actually wasn’t complicated at all.
Of course baking with yeast is always a bit more time-consuming as the dough needs to rise about two hours. But apart from that the recipe couldn’t be easier!
What You Need For This Stollen:
You should find almost all of these ingredients in the baking section of every well-stored supermarket.
You need:
- all-purpose flour
- instant yeast
- brown sugar
- vegan margarine
- soy milk
- brown rum
- cardamom, cinnamon, ground ginger, and allspice
- ground almonds
- raisins
- candied lemon and orange
- dried apricots
- marzipan
- powdered sugar
As always, you can find the full ingredient list and the recipe instructions in a separate recipe box at the end of this post.
How to Make A Stollen:
The recipe is pretty easy! All you have to do is combine the flour with melted margarine, soy milk, ground almonds, instant yeast, and the spices. I used cinnamon, ground ginger, allspice, and cardamom.
So it’s a mixture of traditional Christmas spices. Form a ball out of the dough and let it rise for about two hours. So grab a cup of tea and a good book and let it enjoy some alone time in a warm place…
Once it’s ready, gently fold in some candied orange and lemon peel as well as raisins and dried apricots.
STEP 1: In a small pot, melt the margarine over low heat and let it cool down for a bit.
STEP 2: In the meantime, combine the flour, the dry yeast, the sugar, the milk, the rum, the ground almonds, and the spices in a mixing bowl. Add the melted margarine and knead all ingredients into a dough. Form a ball, cover it with plastic wrap, and let it rise at a warm place for about 2 hours.
STEP 3: When the dough is ready, gently gold in the dried apricots, the raisins and the candied lemon and oranges.
Recipe Notes:
- I know it’s tempting to eat the stollen right after baking. However, it’s best when you prepare it in advance and let it sit for at least 2 weeks. The flavors will be much stronger this way. It should be wrapped in aluminium foil and stored at a cool and dry place. It’s really worth waiting!
- It’s important to let the dough rise at a warm place for about 2 hours before you add the dried fruits and bake it.
- Coat the stollen with melted margarine and powdered sugar right after you take it out of the oven. It should still be warm for this step.
Other Vegan Christmas Recipes You Might Like:
- German Mulled Wine
- Orange Cinnamon Christmas Cookies
- Vegan Sugar Cookies
- Lentil Loaf with Gravy
- 25 Amazing Vegan Christmas Cookies
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Sina
German Stollen with Marzipan
Ingredients
- 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- one packet instant yeast
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 3/4 cup + 2 tablespoons vegan margarine
- 1/4 cup soy milk (it should have room temperature)
- 2 tablespoons brown rum
- 1 pinch cardamom
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon allspice
- 1/3 cup ground almonds
- 2/3 cup raisins
- 1/3 cup candied lemon, chopped
- 1/3 cup candied orange, chopped
- 6 dried apricots, chopped
- 3.5 oz marzipan
- 1/4 cup margarine
- powdered sugar, to sprinkle
Instructions
- In a small pot, melt the margarine over low heat and let it cool down for a bit.
- In the meantime, combine the flour, the dry yeast, the sugar, the milk, the rum, the ground almonds, and the spices in a mixing bowl. Add the melted margarine and knead all ingredients into a dough. Form a ball, cover it with plastic wrap, and let it rise at a warm place for about 2 hours.
- When the dough is ready, gently gold in the dried apricots, the raisins and the candied lemon and oranges.
- Form the marzipan into a longish role. Roll the dough into a 9 by 13-inch rectangle. Place the marzipan in the middle of the rectangle and fold one side of the stollen over the marzipan.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and bake for 45 minutes. Cover with aluminium foil if necessary (if it gets too brown).
- When the stollen is ready, melt the remaining margarine. Immediately coat the stollen with the melted margarine and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
- The stollen is best when you prepare it in advance and let it sit for at least 2 weeks (it should be wrapped and stored at a cool place).
Notes
- I know it's tempting to eat the stollen right after baking. However, it's best when you prepare it in advance and let it sit for at least 2 weeks. The flavors will be much stronger this way. It should be wrapped in aluminium foil and stored at a cool and dry place. It's really worth waiting!
- It's important to let the dough rise at a warm place for about 2 hours before you add the dried fruits and bake it.
- Coat the stollen with melted margarine and powdered sugar right after you take it out of the oven. It should still be warm for this step.
I made this for the first time. It looked a bit lumpy, but tasted great! I recommend this recipe.
I made this last night and we loved it!! despite the facts that I didn’t knead it enough and that the dough was a bit dry. It was wonderful, and the small amount of rum complemented the spices so well and made it taste so festive. Thank you!!!! ????????????
I passed your recipe on to my mom—she was going to try to make a stollen! I am a total sucker for marzipan—I remember using it to make holly leaves and berries for yule logs when I was a kid and I’m pretty sure I ate more marzipan that we used for the decorations! I’m sure I would love your stollen!
It’s been decades since I’ve had stollen, and to be honest, it wasn’t something I missed. But geez, your version looks AMAZING Sina. May need to try it at home.
Love that you made a vegan version of Stollen. I’m not a fan at all but know plenty of people who are so it’s great to have a vegan recipe for it on hand. I’ll take several liters of your Glühwein recipe though ;)
I used to love Stollen but haven’t had any since I’ve been vegan. Great recipe and I love your suggestion of eating it with mulled wine. Perfect!
This is so festive! I’ve never had stollen before, but I really want to try it.
Ooooh, the perfect dessert and wine combo situation going on. Love how you tied in the German tradition here! Yum!
I had to keep reading just to see what exactly stollen was! Looks delicious and I love how it ties back to something your Grandma use to make.
I’ve never had stollen before, but you had me at rum! This looks so festive!
I love the holidays for learning about traditional baked sweets and treats in other cultures, it is always so intriguing to me! I have heard of Stollen before, but never made or had it because I don’t think I’ve ever seen a vegan version, but it looks absolutely perfect Sina. Mmm all the spices and fruity citrusy bits sound delicious to me, and of course a dusting of sugar “snow” never hurts :)
That is awesome! It looks like ti came out great!