German Stollen Views
I was quite pleased with dresdenstollen.com last year. I purchased one to try and then used these for Christmas gifts. Not quite the same as the ones e"in Leipzig oder Dresden gebackena" but about as close as I've found since moving here from Germany.I've also tried one from Zingerman's, which was also quite acceptable.I haven't tried Dinkels or Sternthaler (although, looking at the website, Sternthaler doesn't have the requisite sugar coating).
If you like the Stollen form dresdenstollen.com - which is good - you will love the Stollen from Sterntaler Bakery. Tastes like the best Stollen baked in Germany (and I have tried a lot of them having lived most of my life in Germany). Never mind the powdered sugar coating which certainly would be the icing on the cake in the truest sense of the word.;-)
Probably the best German Stollen in North America can be found in Montreal. This bakery makes the Christstollen after a traditional family recipe. All is handmade with love and you can taste it ! Real butter, the raisins are laid in real Rum. Trust me, this Stollen is as good as my mothers and she is german :-)
What is considered traditional/authentic German Stollen? I used to make Stollen at Christmas-time .. essentially a very rich yeast bread with lots of eggs and butter, then I would knead in candied citron, golden and regular raisins, candied cherries, and a couple other things that I can't recall at the moment. Roll it out, brush half of it with butter, sprinkle with cinnamon sugar, and fold over so it's vaguely loaf-shaped. No icing or anything on the top - it was rich enough like that.
German Stollen Images
