For 1 kugelhof, you will need:
- 1
500 g flour - 2
20 g yeast - 3
4 eggs - 4
310 g butter - 5
100 g whole almonds - 6
150 g raisins - 7
100 ml milk - 8
9 g fine (or table) salt - 9
100 g caster sugar - Total weight: 1,489 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Resting | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 35 min. | 2 hours | 40 min. | 3 hours 15 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 3 min.
Stage 3 - 2 min.
Start to knead 1 minute, then add 4 eggs.
Stage 4 - 10 min.
Continue kneading until you get an elastic dough (with the mixer on speed 2 for about 10 minutes).
Note: For the best way to knead, see: A few tips for effective kneading at home.
Note: For the best way to knead, see: A few tips for effective kneading at home.
Stage 5
Meanwhile, cut 310 g butter into small pieces.
Stage 6 - 5 min.
Quickly add small pieces of butter, and knead until it is completely mixed (no, really, I do not have shares in Kenwood...).
Stage 7 - 2 min.
Then add the 150 g raisins, knead 1 more minute to mix thoroughly.
Stage 8 - 5 min.
Melt 10 g butter, and butter the mould generously with a brush. Be sure to work thoroughly into the hollows at the bottom.
Stage 9 - 3 min.
Place an almond in each hollow of the mould, putting the point towards the outside of the mould, it's prettier.
Stage 10 - 3 min.
Spread dough evenly in mould.
Stage 11 - 2 hours
Cover with a plastic sheet and leave in a warm place to rise, until the dough doubles in volume (between two and three hours).
Then bake in the oven at 210°C or 410°F for approximately 40 minutes.
Then bake in the oven at 210°C or 410°F for approximately 40 minutes.
Stage 12 - 40 min.
Check cooking.
Do not turn out too hot, wait approximately 15 minutes before turning out onto a rack, and then dust with icing sugar.
Do not turn out too hot, wait approximately 15 minutes before turning out onto a rack, and then dust with icing sugar.
Remarks
The quantity of raisins is approximate, do not hesitate to decrease or increase according to your taste.
Kugelhof dries out and goes stale quickly after being cut, so remember to store it in an airtight tin if possible.
Kugelhof dries out and goes stale quickly after being cut, so remember to store it in an airtight tin if possible.
Keeping
Several days in a towel bag.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 6,017 Kcal or 25,192 Kj | 109 gr | 611 gr | 348 gr |
| 301 % | 42 % | 58 % | 53 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 404 Kcal or 1,691 Kj | 7 gr | 41 gr | 23 gr |
| 20 % | 3 % | 4 % | 4 % |
| Per kugelhof | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 6,017 Kcal or 25,192 Kj | 109 gr | 611 gr | 348 gr |
| 301 % | 42 % | 58 % | 53 % |
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Source
Home made from my great aunt Martha's recipe.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Breton sablé biscuit dough, Half-cooked chocolate cake with raspberry coulis, Hazelnut and orange cake, Creamy plum and pear clafoutis, French Family Cake, ... All |
 | Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Caramelized apple rice pudding, Sicilian Epiphany Pie, Moist chocolate cake, Chocolate muffins, Cauliflower and chickpea purée, ... All |
 | Raisins: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Tyrolean apple crumble, Apple Strudel, Frozen Nougat, Chocolate mendiants, 3-fruit brioche loaf, ... All |
 | Whole almonds: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chocolate Truffles, Rice pudding with fruit and nuts, Granola, Chinese style chicken, Praline rochers, ... All |
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