German Bread Man (Weckmann)
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- Total Time
- 2hrs 50mins
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- Serves
- 12
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- Calories
- 244
These fun breads are served on St Nicholas Day in Germany - 6th December - in little boots filled with treats and small gifts if you've been good. They are traditionally baked with small oven safe clay pipes which are available online outside of Germany and decorated with pearl sugar 'gloves' and 'boots'. Try using a large gingerbread man cutter or draw a template 15- 20 cm long to cut around.
recipe updated 22 Sep 2025
Ingredients
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- Unsalted butter
- 75 g
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- Lemon
- ½
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- Milk
- 250 g
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- Dried yeast
- 14 g
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- Plain flour
- 500 g
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- Sugar
- 75 g
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- Vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon
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- Salt
- 1 teaspoon
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- Egg
- 1
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- Egg yolk
- 1
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- Raisins
- as needed
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- Pearl sugar
- as needed
Tools
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Oven
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Cooking Chef XL
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Cutting board
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Traybake tin - large
Step preview
- Line a baking tray with parchment paper
- Fit the Dough Tool
- Add milk and yeast into the appliance bowl, fit the splashguard
- Heat - 5 minutes, 30ºC, speed off
- Then add the ingredients into the appliance bowl
- Mix – 10 minutes, speed 1
- Remove the Dough Tool
- Prove – 1 hour, 30ºC, speed off
- Place the dough on a lightly floured work surface
- Using a rolling pin, roll out until 1cm thick
- Cut the dough into people’s shape
- Place the shaped dough on the baking tray
- Cover with a tea towel and let rest – 30 minutes
- Preheat an oven - 180ºC
- Brush the dough with beaten egg
- Decorate with raisins and sugar
- Bake – 20 minutes, 180ºC
- Remove from the oven and let cool
- Serve