Dresden stollen recipe

Dresden style German Christmas stollen from a family recipe made by my great grandmother, with the fruity flavors of Paradise Fruit company.

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

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.

I've tweaked the original dresden stollen recipe a bit; lemon zest is traditional but I prefer orange, and I like golden raisins better than dark ones.

For this delicious Moist and Fluffy Christmas Stollen, dried fruits are soaked overnight in Brandy to give a wonderful flavor. This recipe makes 3 loaves, one for you and two to give away to friends.

Bread Machine Instructions My children and I love Stollen bread at Christmas time. This is a sweet bread like Challah and also contains candied fruits, raisins,nuts and citrus zest. It

Stollen - is it bread or is it a cake? I can't really tell but everyone loves stollen, especially the Dresden Stollen. You can fill it with raisins or chocolate or with a poppyseed filling. The cherry on top is a string of marzipan rolled into the dough - so good! 😋 If you make it from scratch, the spices will come out much better than with the store-bought version! #stollen #stollenbread #christmasstollen #christmasbread #christmasbaking #christmascake #holidays #germanchristmas