Marzipan Filled Mango, Pistachio, Cashew Stollen Bites

I never was much interested in stollen until I moved to Germany. Now I love it. Marzipan especially is my favorite.  When I saw the idea for stollen bites on the King Arthur Flour website. I knew I had to create my own version and fill them with marzipan.

I have tons of stollen recipes here in my German cookbooks. I borrowed bits and pieces from several of them but my spins were switching up the flavors and using colored marzipan.

I added chopped dried mangos, pistachios and cashews to the dough.

 The results maybe weren't exactly bite size but if you have a big mouth like me, there's no problem.  The other good news is there is more of them to eat at one go. Wow is all I can say. The mango and the cashews added something a little unexpected to the flavor. These were so good, I can't wait for an an excuse to make them again.

Marzipan Filled Mango, Pistachio, Cashew 

Stollen Bites

Ingredients:

3/4 cup dried mango

Sherry for soaking mango

5 cups flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/3 cup of sugar

1 package of dry yeast

2&1/2 sticks butter

1/2 cup lukewarm milk

3/4 cup chopped cashews

3/4 cup chopped unsalted pistachios

9 ounces marzipan rolled into 1 into pieces

1/2 stick butter melted

3/4 cup powdered sugar

4 & 1/2 tablespoons vanilla sugar

Directions:

Soak the mangos in sherry for about 2 hours.

Mix together flour, salt, sugar and yeast.

Melt butter, add milk and pour into dry mixture.

Knead until a shiny dough forms. Cover with a dishtowel and leave for 30 minutes.

Drain mango.

Roll out the dough on a floured surface.

Evenly sprinkle the mango, pistachios and cashews over the dough, fold and knead the mango and nuts in.

Let rise 15 minutes.

Pull off one small ball of dough at a time and make a well with your finger, put marzipan piece in and fold the dough over covering it completely. The idea is to put the marzipan in the middle of the dough.

I molded the balls of dough into mini stollen oval shapes, like little loaves of bread.

Preheat oven to 350 F.

Let them sit for another 10 minutes.

Melt the butter and brush the stollen bites before putting them into the oven.

Bake for 25-30 minutes or until they turn slightly golden.

Remove from oven and transfer to a a wire rack.

Mix together the powdered sugar and vanilla sugar.

Melt the butter.

Brush the tops and sides of each stollen bite with butter and then dip into the sugar mix.

Makes about 22 pieces.