Stollen

Stollen (German pronunciation: [ˈʃtɔlən] ⓘ or [ʃtɔln] ⓘ) is a fruit bread of nuts, spices, and dried or candied fruit, coated with powdered sugar or icing sugar and often containing marzipan. It is a traditional German Christmas bread. During the Christmas season the cake-like loaves are called Weihnachtsstollen (after "Weihnachten", the German word for Christmas) or Christstollen (after Christ).

This article is about the food. For the musical term, see Bar form.
Stollen
A Christmas Stollen
TypeFruit bread
Place of originGermany
Region or stateSaxony
Main ingredientsCandied fruit or dried fruit, nuts, spices (cardamom and cinnamon); sugar, powdered sugar or icing sugar
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