The Confections
2025 has been a year for the history books, both good and bad. But nothing will stop a holiday baked good—not even our 17-day trip to Türkiye, Germany, and Austria in early December during the prime cookie baking time period. So alas no cookies this year, but we're sending something else inspired by that trip that is hopefully equally as delicious.
Stollen
What we've eliminated this year in variety, we've made up for in size. You're all getting a stollen—and while Matt's loaf shaping skills could use some work—these should taste like the holiday season in bread. Studded with candied peel, raisins, and almonds, most of the stollen loaves also have marzipan hiding within. Due to aforementioned trip to Europe, those of you who are receiving the stollen by mail may get it after the holidays, but do not worry. Stollen gets better with age, and this loaf should easily last 2-3 weeks.
Fun Facts
This placeholder is usually reserved for a statistic on pounds of butter or number of eggs. Shannon suggested that I include how many raisins we used. Still counting....
This photo required lots of cheese and resulted in a very disgruntled Hazel.
