2 lb Flour
2 oz Yeast
Melted butter
Salt
1 ts Ground cinnamon
1 ts Ground nutmeg
1 ts Ground ginger
1 Teacup of raisins mixed with
-chopped
; crystallised oranges and
-lemons
1 Handful glace cherries
1 Handful almond flakes
Mix the flour, yeast, a little melted butter and salt together with enough
water to make a firm dough. Leave to rise for two hours.
Take the dough and roll out into a thick slab. Then add one spice or fruit
ingredient and fold the pastry over after each addition.
Shape into a rough log and bake in a medium oven for 70 minutes for a spicy
Christmas treat that’s been enjoyed in Austria and Germany for several
hundred years.
Yields
1 servings