Comments on: Needling You

By: Miss T

Miss T — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 11:16:26 +0000

Good luck with this year’s Stollen!

By: Kim

Kim — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 11:05:06 +0000

Good luck with the Stollen. Yum yum. Perfectly reasonable to take off work to bake. I take off work sometimes to knit (e.g. a mental health day). You sure do have a lot of darning needles!

By: CindyCindy

CindyCindy — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 09:42:34 +0000

I’m sorry, but I look forward to “stollen weekend” every year. I just wish I could taste your stollen. If nothing else, it’s terrific blog material.

By: paula

paula — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 09:15:58 +0000

Have fun, Deb! I plan to make cheese wafers. I admired my (1) pink plastic Susan Bates needle last night, but had to use a smaller metal one to graft a sock toe.

By: Ina

Ina — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 08:59:15 +0000

Thanks for the needling. I think I have some blue ones. If I can find them, I’ll send ‘em along for your collection. That’s a big IF, though.

Said from a safe distance: good luck with stollen weekend!!!

By: Marcia Cooke

Marcia Cooke — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 08:45:40 +0000

I don’t make stollen (although I used to go through “Fruitcake Weekend” every year!) but have recently discovered a recipe from Bread Baker’s Apprentice for what he calls “Cranberry-Walnut Celebration Bread”. Dried cranberries, walnuts, and I add golden raisins. No candied fruit, but 3 TBSP of orange extract. Lovely dough to handle, not real sweet, sort of rich but not over the top. And can be shaped in braids or loaves. I gave a loaf to an elderly friend who lives in subsidized housing in town and she told me it brought her to tears because it reminded her so much of the stollen her German father used to get at Christmas, one of her fondest memories. It probably would’t pass muster in your house, but you ought to try the recipe some day. I’m making a double batch today for gifts.

By: chris

chris — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 08:24:13 +0000

Ohno! Stollen Weekend again? It seems like the last one was just yesterday . . .

I have at least one of those Susan Bates needles (maybe in blue)? I never use them, though — I really like the bent ones. Wanna trade?

By: Nancy J

Nancy J — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 08:22:12 +0000

I have blue Susan Bates needles, too….and you can still buy them at places like JoAnn Fabrics and other places that sell Susan Bates… (some are harder plastic, but not all!)

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 08:06:41 +0000

Oh no, not Stollen Weekend! Hopefully there’s a cup of Christmas Cheer waiting for you.

Hmm, I have at least one of those needles in blue and I never use it.

By: Sue

Sue — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:55:57 +0000

Hey, let’s have a stollen-along! I was planning to make julekage this weekend, the Scandinavian version of stollen. Not quite as dense as stollen (bakes in ~45 minutes), but still eggy and fruity. Maybe some virtual company will make your weekend less painful.