Stollen is a
fruit bread containing
dried fruit and often covered with
powdered sugar or
icing sugar. The bread is usually made with chopped candied fruit and/or dried fruit, nuts and spices. Stollen is a traditional
German bread usually eaten during the
Christmas season, when it is called
Weihnachtsstollen (after "
Weihnachten") or
Christstollen (after
Christ) as well as
Winterbrot (winter bread) when eaten during Jewish festivities, as it foreshadows the coming of winter.