Christmas Bread - German Made in Brazil

Christmas Bread - German Made in Brazil

Christmas Bread - German

(4 large units, or 8 medium or 16 small units)

Ingredients:

1 kg whole wheat flour
6 to 8 eggs, clear in firm snow, put last.
200 grs. Of non-frozen butter does not serve margarine.
1 cup (tea) wheat flour if necessary to complete the dough
2 cups brown sugar
2 cups of honey of honey, does not serve another type of honey.
Other ingredients
1/2 liter of raw milk (curd) with broth of 2 lemons. To reserve.
2 tablespoons of chemical baking powder.
2 tablespoons of cocoa liquor, or rum or kirsche (cherry brandy)
2 tablespoons milk powder, 1 pinch of salt.

Spices:
1 tablespoon of cinnamon powder,
1 teaspoon ground cloves
 ½ teaspoon grated fresh ginger
½ teaspoon ground coffee (kümmel)
1paced with nutmeg.
2 tablespoons (vanilla) essence of vanilla,
1 tablespoon grated orange peel (orange part only) do not put the white part that bitter,
1 tablespoon of lemon peel only the green part to bitter white.
Filling:
150 grs. Dried fruits washed and chopped into cubes.
300 grs. Of walnuts ground or coarsely chopped, or medium to medium.
200 grs. Of various fruits, Turkish figs, apricots, black plums
Yellow raisins, dark raisins without seed dates.
All fruits are minced and passed wheat flour. To reserve.
NOTICE:
I - Option:

If you want you can use only nuts, or almonds 600 grs. Being 400 grs, ground and 200grs. Chopped very small.

II - Option nuts with raisins.

III - Option; Nuts, raisins and plums.

How to Prepare Bread Dough:

Beat the brown sugar with the butter, add the egg yolks, beat again, then put the honey, the curd and if you need to use the whey, everything can be curdled anyway. To reserve.

In a separate bowl, place in a large bowl or on top of the table, flour, salt, powdered milk, baking powder and spices, make a hole in the center, adding the batter mix, Slowly until all the dough is finished.

Then add the chopped and floured fruits, mix well
Finally the egg whites, gradually and slowly mixing until a homogeneous mass.
Throw the dough into the egg whites in small increments and slowly until done.
The bread dough is heavy.
Grease the 4 shapes with margarine, put in the butter and re-spread.
Big English cake shapes are 20 X10 centimeters.
Or 8 small English cake forms, or
16 individual round bowls (miniatures) suitable for gifts.
Preheated oven for 60 ° C for approximately 60 to 90 minutes.
Notice:
Do not open oven while baking.
Place the baking shapes inside an aluminum tray.
Notice:
Pouring the dough into shapes less than half the height, grows a lot.
Allow to cool in the oven. After cool leave in the form until the next day covered with a napkin.

The next day pack tightly closed with cellophane paper, well sealed.
Store in tightly closed containers in a dry and cool place.
*** If the temperature (the weather) is cold, the durability is up to one year inside the unopened can ***.

Note:
"Here at home does not last a day," he creates owner.
Notice:
Make one for each guest.
Wrap with colored cellophane paper. Tie a pink, red, or green ribbon and two 10-inch bundles of wheat, place the Christmas card and two small balls one golden and one red, or the color of your preference.

You can put each miniature of the "Christmas Bread" on the table or at a separate table to distribute to the guests.
It looks very elegant and fine.