hippytea wrote:

Christmas stolen?!? What?!? Who stole Christmas?!?

Its the traditional German Stollen, i love it.
http://www.grouprecipes.com/79229/tradi … ollen.html

That does look an easy recipe Blueladder , but I think I would put the marzipan in a rope shape inside the dough rather than roll it out . Also I think I would totally cover the marzipan with the dough .
I might get some children I know to have a go at making your recipe.

I have bought the stollen at lidl before and it's been quite good and reasonably priced JerryR , not as expensive as some of the other supermarkets. But I have not looked at the prices this year.

Kye , I like the look of that recipe .

I love marzipan too!!!  Let me know how you get on please!

With the marzipan I like the sheet as it means apart from the tiny bit at the end you get scummy marzipan in every bite!!!!! 

Not covering the marzipan was a worry but it worked out really well when I cooked it (it didn't stick) so it didn't turn out to be a problem - though I would stretch the dough more and leave a smaller gap as there was a little bit at the edges that didn't have any marzipan in it!  Oh no!!!!!

I'm going to try almond croissants next as I saw they cost 70p each!!!!!!  in my local Tesco.  Outrageous...

What are you cooking?

So next try is ....
Croissants with almonds..they are sold as day left overs, otherwise they dont exist...same as pain au chocolat. Their topping is a mix of frangipane and sliced almonds.

Frangipane :
- 150 g de sugar
- 2 eggs
- 150 g crushed almonds