Dresden stollen recipe

Since 1474, Dresden Christmas Stollen has been a favorite advent season treat. A buttery, moist and heavy cake-like fruit bread made simply with yeast, dried fruits and the zests of citrus. Liberally dusted with confectioners sugar, it's a tradition all of its own.

German Stollen have been around for nearly 700 years and are prized throughout the world as one of the most famous and beloved of all Christmas pastries. Your search for the best recipe has ended: Flaky, moist, and divinely flavorful, these homemade German Christmas Stollen are INCREDIBLE!

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A traditional german stollen recipe with step by step instructions. Made with raisins, marzipan and almonds, and candied lemon and orange peel, this is a Christmas classic.

Christmas Stollen is a traditional German sweet yeast bread made with rum soaked raisins, almonds and marzipan. Stollen is a yeast bread, not a cake. But it's likeness to bread and its lack of sweetness (typical of Christmas baking) make it a unique flavour perfect with a nice cup of coffee.

3 x : original, with marzipan, or with poppyseed filling

You can argue whether the Christmas stollen recipe with curd cheese called Quarkstollen, or a yeast stollen, based on the original Dresdner Christstollen, is the better German Christmas cake.

Dresdner Stollen is the famous fruitcake from Dresden that is sold throughout Germany during the Christmas season. Stollen is a rich yeast dough mixed with candied fruit and almonds.

Learn about the history and traditions of delicious Dresden Stollen bread in Germany plus places to visit when you go there.

Luxuriate your taste buds with Vintage style dresden stollen. Enhanced with festive fruity flavors of citron, orange, lemon peel, cherries and pineapple. Polish off with melted butter and sprinkle generously with granulated sugar that creates a nice sugary glaze you cannot resist. Best served with a cup of coffee and perfect for holiday gift.