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Dresdner Stollen
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Its shape is traditionally said to represent the Christ child wrapped in swaddling clothes, and only bakers in and around Dresden may sell 'Dresdner Stollen', each loaf carrying a seal showing King Augustus the Strong.
A dense, yeasted dough loaded with butter, rum-soaked raisins, candied citrus peel and almonds is baked into a log, then brushed with butter and buried in powdered sugar. Bakers at Dresden's Striezelmarkt sell it sliced by the piece straight off market stalls through Advent.
Why it's made this way: The market's original name, Striezelmarkt, comes from 'Strüzel,' an old word for the loaf itself, and the annual Stollenfest still parades an oversized version through Dresden's streets.
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