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

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Example Sentences

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stollen

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.

From Salon ● Dec. 5, 2023

And then you dust, dust, dust confectioners sugar generously over the stollen and let it sit, allowing the sugar to form a thick white coating that looks like an avalanche of freshly fallen snow.

From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2021

Both restaurants offer chicken noodle soup and stollen slices the size of sandwich bread, conservatively studded with candied fruits.

From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2021

In another confusing shift from, or towards, tradition, our Christmas meal was goose, red cabbage, stollen, walnuts and marzipan.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 24, 2016

I am sure that the halfe of them was stollen from many of them or they got them sold.

From Publications of the Scottish History Society, Volume 36 Journals of Sir John Lauder Lord Fountainhall with His Observations on Public Affairs and Other Memoranda 1665-1676 by Lord John Lauder Fountainhall

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