# Christmas Plaited Marzipan Bread

Recipe by [Ostap Melnyk](https://fridge.menu/en/u/ostapmelnyk)

A festive plaited yeast bread filled with marzipan, warm spices and raisins, perfect for Christmas.

Servings: 8 · Cook 18 min · Baking

Vegetarian · Contains: gluten, milk, nuts, eggs

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## Ingredients

- 50 ml Milk — warmed to 30°C
- 15 g Yeast
- 125 g Butter — soft, room temperature
- 1 tbsp Caster sugar
- 2 pcs Eggs
- ½ tsp Salt
- 250 g Plain flour
- 100 g Marzipan
- 75 g Butter — soft, room temperature
- 75 g Caster sugar
- ½ tsp Cardamom — ground
- ½ tsp Cloves — ground
- ½ tsp Cinnamon — ground
- 1 pcs Orange — organic, finely grated zest
- 100 g Raisins
- 50 g Almonds — blanched and flaked
- 1 pcs Egg — beaten, for glazing
- 2 tbsp Pearl sugar — for sprinkling

## Steps

1. Pour the milk into a bowl and stir in the yeast. Add the butter, sugar, eggs, salt and about half of the flour. Mix the dough well until smooth, then add the remaining flour and knead until soft and elastic.
2. Leave the dough to rise on the worktop for about 30 minutes in a clean bowl covered with a tea towel.
3. For the marzipan filling, mix the butter, sugar, marzipan, cardamom, cloves, finely grated orange zest and cinnamon in another bowl until smooth.
4. To shape the plait, roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface into an elongated rectangle.
5. Spread the filling down the centre of the dough and sprinkle generously with raisins and almonds.
6. Cut the sides of the dough into strips and plait them over the centre along the whole length, so the plait closes neatly.
7. Finally, shape the dough into a ring or wreath shape.
8. Place the plait on a baking tray lined with baking paper, brush with the beaten egg and sprinkle generously with pearl sugar.
9. Let the Christmas plait prove for 20 minutes.
10. Bake in a preheated fan oven at 180°C for 16–20 minutes.

Published 2026-10-08

https://fridge.menu/en/r/marzipan-braided-bread-ak1jy8yo

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