German Bread Man (Weckmann)

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recipe by Kenwood https://kenwoodworld.com/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    2hrs 50mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    12
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    244
based on 3 ratings

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 Apr 8, 2024

Ingredients

  • Unsalted butter icon
    Unsalted butter
    75 g
  • Lemon icon
    Lemon
    ½
  • Milk icon
    Milk
    250 g
  • Dried yeast icon
    Dried yeast
    14 g
  • All purpose flour icon
    All purpose flour
    500 g
  • Sugar icon
    Sugar
    75 g
  • Vanilla extract icon
    Vanilla extract
    1 teaspoon
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    1 teaspoon
  • Egg icon
    Egg
    1
  • Egg yolk icon
    Egg yolk
    1
  • Raisins icon
    Raisins
    as needed
  • Pearl sugar icon
    Pearl sugar
    as needed

Tools

  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Parchment paper
  • kCook icon Rolling pin
  • kCook icon kCook Multi
  • kCook icon Baking tray - large
  • kCook icon Kcook bowl
  • kCook icon Lightly floured surface

Step preview

  1. Line a clean baking tray with parchment paper
  2. Fit midi blade to kCook bowl
  3. Add milk and dried yeast to the kCook bowl
  4. Fit kCook bowl to kCook Multi
  5. Attach lid to kCook bowl
  6. Heat with filler cap removed - 5 min, 30°C
  7. Then add all purpose flour, sugar, vanilla extract, unsalted butter, salt, egg and lemon to the kCook bowl
  8. Mix with filler cap removed - 2 min, speed 7
  9. Remove midi blade from kCook bowl
  10. Prove with filler cap removed - 1 hr, 30°C
  11. Place dough on lightly floured surface
  12. Roll out until 1 cm thick
  13. Cut the dough into people's shape
  14. Place shaped dough on baking tray
  15. Cover with kitchen towel and let rise - 30 min
  16. Pre-heat oven - 180°C
  17. Brush with egg yolk
  18. Garnish with raisins and pearl sugar
  19. Bake - 20 min, 180°C
  20. Remove from oven and let cool
  21. Serve
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