Vegetarian stollen bites with an almond centre and raisins

Vegetarian stollen bites: little stollen mouthfuls made with wholemeal spelt flour, skyr and raisins, with a centre of almonds and honey. Snacks for Advent, 145 kcal per two pieces.

At a glance

• Serves 20
• Prep time: 40 min
• Cooking time: 15 min
• Total time: 55 min
• Calories: 145 kcal per serving
• Protein: 4 g
• Fat: 8 g
• Carbs: 15 g

Ingredients

• 200g wholemeal spelt flour
• 100g ground almonds
• 80g raisins
• 100g skyr
• 110g butter
• 70g coconut sugar
• 40g honey
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp stollen spice
• 1 pinch of salt

Method

You’ll need: oven · baking tray

1. Knead the ground almonds with the honey into a firm paste and shape it into 40 small balls.
2. Mix the wholemeal spelt flour, baking powder, two thirds of the coconut sugar, the stollen spice and salt. Add the skyr, egg and three quarters of the butter in cold pieces and knead everything into a smooth dough. Knead in the raisins.
3. Divide the dough into 40 pieces, flatten each one, place an almond ball on top and shape it into a ball.
4. Bake the bites on a baking tray lined with baking paper in a preheated oven at 180 °C (160 °C fan) for 14 to 15 minutes.
5. Melt the rest of the butter, brush it over the warm pieces and roll them in the rest of the coconut sugar, finely ground.

Good to know

Stollen in bite size: here every mouthful gets its own almond centre. The bites bake faster than a whole stollen and are ideal for giving as gifts.

Swaps

Skyr → low-fat quark. Raisins → chopped dried apricots. Honey → maple syrup. Wholemeal spelt flour → half light spelt flour (paler).

Cooking tips

Work with cool dough – that makes the balls easier to shape. The almond paste firms up if you chill it for 10 minutes.

Storage

Keeps for 2 weeks in a tin somewhere cool.

Allergens

Contains gluten, milk, egg and almonds; honey is not suitable for children under one year old; fine during pregnancy.