Stollen: fruit dough with dense outer cover

Useful to know

Stollen is a German festive bread with fruit and a rich butter base. King Arthur’s Christmas Stollen uses yeast dough, dried fruit, and almond paste or marzipan filling. [1]

Its outer butter-and-sugar coating is a separate preparation step, not merely powdered sugar added for a photograph. This recipe is one of many versions. Check whether a filling is included and how the dough encloses it rather than forcing extra marzipan into a loaf designed for another size.