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Vanilla Cream Filled Stollen sliced, dusted with powdered sugar
Christmas bread with silky vanilla filling

Vanilla Cream Filled Stollen

Author: Flavelo
Recipes Cakes and Desserts
Imagine the classic, spiced Christmas bread hiding a silky, wobbly vanilla cream center. This recipe is for those who think a cake can never be creamy enough. The pudding layer hidden beneath the crispy crust and soft dough surprises with every bite. This stollen is best fresh, when the dough is still lukewarm and the cream melts gently in your mouth.
🕒 Prep Time 40 mins
🍳 Cook Time 40 mins
⌛ Total Time 2 hrs 20 mins
🍽️ Servings 10 servings
🔥 Calories 380 kcal
🌍 Cuisine German

Ingredients

Equipment Needed

  • Pot (for pudding)
  • Whisk
  • Mixing bowl
  • Baking sheet
  • Plastic wrap

Allergen Information

⚠️ Wheat
⚠️ Milk
⚠️ Egg

Instructions

1 ✓

First, make a thick pudding: mix powder with sugar and a little milk until smooth, then whisk into boiling milk until thickened. Let cool completely.

Tip: Place plastic wrap directly on surface to prevent skin formation.
2 ✓

For the dough: mix flour, yeast, salt, sugar, and spices in a bowl.

Tip: Smell the spices: if intense, your cake will be delicious.
3 ✓

Add warm milk, melted butter, and egg. Knead into elastic, smooth dough. Rise 1 hour covered in warm place.

Tip: If indented dough springs back slowly, gluten is developed.
4 ✓

Roll dough to finger-thick rectangle. Mound cold pudding in a strip down the center.

Tip: Pudding must be cold and firm or it will flow out.
5 ✓

Fold edges over pudding and pinch ends tightly to seal. Shape into neat loaf.

Tip: Seal like a zipper.
6 ✓

Place on lined sheet, rest 30 mins, bake at 350°F (180°C) until golden (35-40 mins).

Tip: If pudding bubbles out, remove immediately.
7 ✓

Cool to lukewarm before dusting with sugar and slicing.

Tip: Hot pudding burns, so wait!

Recipe FAQ

Cream leaked during baking. Why?
You likely didn't seal the edges tightly enough, or pudding was too thin.
Can I use instant pudding?
Not recommended, as they are usually thinner. You can make cooked pudding thicker.

Ingredients

  • 3 3/4 cups All-Purpose Flour
  • 1 packet Active Dry Yeast (0.25 oz)
  • 3/4 cup Warm Milk (for dough, + 2 tbsp)
  • 1/3 cup Sugar (for dough)
  • 1 1/4 sticks Unsalted Butter (melted)
  • 1 large Egg
  • 1 package Vanilla Pudding Mix (Cook & Serve, approx 1.5 oz)
  • 1 3/4 cups Milk (for pudding)
  • 2 tbsp Sugar (for pudding)
  • 1 tsp Gingerbread Spice Mix
  • 1/4 cup Powdered Sugar (for dusting)
  • 1 pinch Salt