Christmas Stollen (German sweet fruit bread: “Weihnachtsstollen” or “Christstollen”)

Christmas Stollen

Stollen is a German/Austrian winter holiday tradition – a sweet yeast bread containing dried and candied fruits and nuts, coated thickly with a powdered sugar shell.  Typically, this bread is usually served during Christmas, when it is called “Weihnachtsstollen“, “Christstollen“, or “Dresden Christstollen“.  This holiday staple originated about 500 years ago in the Christmas markets [...]