“German” Stollen

Name: “German” Stollen
Ingredients: 1 cup Thompson raisins; 1/3 cup currants, rinsed with warm & water & dried on paper towels; ½ cup each: mixed peel, cut up glacé cherries & citron; ¼ cup dark rum; 1 1/3 cups + 1 ½ tsp. lukewarm milk; 1 ½ tsp lukewarm water; 1 ½ tsp. sugar; 1 packet or 2 ¼ tsp. regular/traditional yeast; 1 1/3 cups unbleached flour; 3 ½ cups + 3 Tbsp. unbleached flour (you may not need all of the 3 ½ cups flour); 2/3 cups blanched silvered almonds; 1 cup (8 oz.) unsalted butter, room temperature (but nice and soft); 1 cup sugar; 2 eggs, room temperature; 1 Tbsp. ground cardamom (also known as desiccated cardamom); 1 tsp. vanilla extract; ½ tsp. salt; (Optional) but according to everyone, necessary, marzipan. (approximately ½ lb., room temperature) I recommend Odense brand from Denmark; 3 – 4 Tbsp. unsalted butter, melted; ½ cup each of icing sugar & berry sugar, aka castor sugar in the UK, combined in a small bowl

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Ingredients

1 cup Thompson raisins
1/3 cup currants, rinsed with warm & water & dried on paper towels
½ cup each: mixed peel, cut up glacé cherries & citron
¼ cup dark rum
1 1/3 cups + 1 ½ tsp. lukewarm milk
1 ½ tsp lukewarm water
1 ½ tsp. sugar
1 packet or 2 ¼ tsp. regular/traditional yeast
1 1/3 cups unbleached flour
3 ½ cups + 3 Tbsp. unbleached flour (you may not need all of the 3 ½ cups flour)
2/3 cups blanched silvered almonds
1 cup (8 oz.) unsalted butter, room temperature (but nice and soft)
1 cup sugar
2 eggs, room temperature
1 Tbsp. ground cardamom (also known as desiccated cardamom)
1 tsp. vanilla extract
½ tsp. salt
(Optional) but according to everyone, necessary, marzipan. (approximately ½ lb., room temperature) I recommend Odense brand from Denmark
3 – 4 Tbsp. unsalted butter, melted
½ cup each of icing sugar & berry sugar, aka castor sugar in the UK, combined in a small bowl