Stollen Bites
Delicious stollen bites made with marzipan, dried fruit, and dusted with icing sugar for the perfect festive treat!
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Servings: 16 bites
Ingredients
- 375 g plain flour
- 1 tsp baking pwoder
- 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 100 g unsalted butter (cold and cubed)
- 75 g caster sugar
- 175 g marzipan (grated)
- 100 g dried fruit
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- Zest of 1 lemon
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 1 medium egg
- 150 g quark
- 1 tsp almond extract
Dusting
- 50 g unsalted butter (melted)
- 100-200 g icing sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 220ºc/200ºc fan and line 2 large baking trays with parchment paper
- Add the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate, sugar and butter to a bowl and rub together to a crumb texture
- Add the grated marzipan and dried fruit with lemon zest and spices
- Add the egg, quark, lemon juice and zest and almond extract and mix with a fork or spatula (or your hands) to a sticky dough
- Portion the stollen bites dough with a 5cm scoop or tablespoons and place onto the trays - I lightly roll them in my hands to a ball
- Bake 12-15 minutes until golden
- When they come out of the oven, brush over with some melted butter and dust with icing sugar immediately
- Cool slightly, dust with extra icing sugar if you fancy
Notes
- These will last best for up to a week
- Can be kept for up to a month
- Can be frozen 3+ months
- I use this cookie scoop to portion my stollen bites
- You can use any dried fruit you want