German Christmas Bread - Delicious with Honey and Dried Fruit IV Options + Decoration

German Christmas Bread - Delicious with Honey and Dried Fruit IV Options + Decoration
Family Recipe

(4 large units, or 8 medium or 16 small units)
The breads are good for Christmas present

Ingredients:

1 kg whole wheat flour
6 to 8 eggs, clear in firm snow, put last.
200 grs. Non-frozen butter does not serve margarine.
2 cups (tea) 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. Reserve.
2 tablespoons of chemical baking powder.
2 tablespoons of cocoa liquor, or rum, kirche (cherry spirit)
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 (only orange part) the bitter white part,
1 tablespoon of lemon peel only the green part to bitter white.

Filling:

150 grs. dried fruits washed and chopped into cubes.
300 grs. ground or coarsely chopped walnuts, or the
200 grs. of various fruits, Turkish figs, apricots, black plums
yellow raisins, dark raisins without seed dates.
All fruits are minced and passed on wheat flour. Reserve.
NOTE:

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, it can be curdled, that's the way it is. Reserve.

In a separate bowl, add wheat flour, salt, powdered milk, baking powder and spices in a large bowl. Add the dough in the center of the mixer, slowly and gradually, until all the pasta.

Then add chopped and floured fruit.
Finally the egg whites, mixing until a homogeneous mass.
Throw the dough into the egg whites in small increments and slowly until done.

Grease the 4 shapes with margarine, put paper butter and spreads.
Big English cake shapes are 20 X10 centimeters.
Or 8 small English cake shapes, or
16 individual mini-cups (miniatures) suitable for gifts.
Preheated oven for 160 ° C, for approximately 60 to 90 minutes.
Do not open oven while baking.

Place the baking shapes inside an aluminum baking dish.
The bread dough is heavy.
Dipping into shapes less than half, 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 well-ventilated 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.
note:
Make one for each guest.
Wrap with colored cellophane paper. Tie a pink, red, or green ribbon and two 10-centimeters of wheat, place the Christmas card and two small balls one golden and one red, or the color of your preference.

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