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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.


stollen British  
/ ˈstəʊlən, ˈʃtɔlən /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of stollen

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

Example Sentences

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I'm not going to sugar-coat it for you — stollen is a slightly complicated bread to make, requiring a hefty ingredient list and several steps.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2021

It is also the time of stollen, a traditional German Christmas treat of yeasted bread stuffed to the gills with brandy-soaked fruit and marzipan, then coated with a shell of powdered sugar.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 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

It’s Bread Week, with dinner rolls in the signature challenge, the judge Johnny Iuzzini’s recipe for Christmas stollen in the technical challenge and bread sculptures in the showstopper challenge.

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2016

After these had stollen away one by one, as the manner is, it pleased the Prince to aske what was a clocke, it beeing aunswered almost twelve hee presently called in for supper.

From Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries by Dawson, William Francis

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