Gluten Free Stollen Bites
Following my popular Stollen recipe I was asked for a recipe for Gluten Free Stollen Bites so I’ve adapted my recipe so that everyone can enjoy gluten free Stollen Bites that can also be made dairy free and vegan too.
Servings: 12 Stollen Bites
Calories: 179kcal
Ingredients
- 50 g caster sugar
- 25 g fat (I use Trex white vegetable fat)
- 25 g butter or butter alternative (I use Flora plant butter) plus 50g extra for brushing
- 50 g gluten free bread crumbs
- 75 g dried mixed fruit I always add an extra table spoon of candied peel
- 40 g ground almonds
- 2 tbsp brandy
- 1 tsp almond extract
- 0.5 tsp cinnamon
- 0.5 tsp clove
- 1 egg or flaxseed alternative 1 tbsp flaxseed in just 50ml water
- 1 tsp psyllium husk optional but does help with structure
- 125 g gluten free self-raising flour
- 130 g marzipan rolled out the the thickness of your middle finger
Instructions
- First, you’ll need to make your breadcrumbs, choose your usual gluten free bread and blend into fine crumbs, add the brandy, almond extract, egg [or flaxseed alternative] and fruit, leave to one side to soak.
- In another bowl combine the caster sugar, vegetable fat and butter/dairy free spread until light in colour.
- Add the breadcrumb and fruit mixture and mix thoroughly.
- Now add the ground almonds, flour and spices the mixture should come together into a sticky but manageable dough.
- At this point you can keep the dough for later and it will stay fresh in the fridge for a week in Tupperware.
- Roll out your dough into two rectangles to approx. 22x12cm and 1/1.5cm thick.
- Brush liberally with melted and cooled butter/dairy free spread and place the roll(s) of marzipan in the centre.
- Roll the stollen dough like a mini sausage roll encasing the marzipan.TOP TIP: The dough is fragile, it will likely crack, don't worry, you can squash together most of them but leave a few for effect.
- Cut into half and then each half cut into thirds. This will give you 6 stollen bites per rectangle (assuming your making the original size recipe).
- Place all the bites onto a baking tray lined with baking paper.
- Brush again with butter or dairy free spread and pop into a preheated oven on 200°C | 180°C fan | 400°F | Gas 6 for 14-16mins, your stollen may brown due to the butter you’ve brushed on the surface so make sure it doesn’t catch.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool for 10mins then brush liberally with more dairy free spread/butter. Dust excessively with icing sugar, wait 5mins and if the fat starts to bleed through, dust again.
- Allow to cool completely before serving.
Nutrition
Calories: 179kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 18mg | Sodium: 24mg | Potassium: 39mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 91IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 21mg | Iron: 1mg