stollen

American  

[stoh-luhn, shtaw-luhn] / ˈstoʊ lən, ˈʃtɔ lən /

noun

German Cooking.

1. a sweetened bread made from raised dough, usually containing nuts, raisins, and citron.

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stollen British  

/ ˈstəʊlən, ˈʃtɔlən /

noun

1. a rich sweet bread containing nuts, raisins, etc

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Etymology

Origin of stollen

1925–30; < German Stolle ( n ), literally, post, support; so called from its shape

Example Sentences

The two most common styles of fruitcake in Europe are the stollen and panettone.

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“Another vote for the stollen,” wrote user u/starryvelvetsky.

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Not to be confused with fruit cake, stollen is a traditional German Christmas bread that consists of nuts, spices, marzipan and dried/candied fruit, coated with powdered sugar or icing sugar.

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Aldi consists of a variety of stollen flavors, including butter almond, marzipan and apple, but cherry seems to be the fan-favorite on Reddit.

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And of course, it goes into her stollen.

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