Stollen
Stollen (German pronunciation: [ˈʃtɔln̩]) 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.
Stollen is a cake like fruit bread made with yeast, water and flour, and usually with zest added to the dough. Candied orange peel and candied citrus peel (Zitronat),raisins and almonds, and different spices such as cardamom and cinnamon are added. Other ingredients, such as milk, sugar, butter, salt, rum, eggs, vanilla, other dried fruits and nuts and marzipan may also be added to the dough. Except for the fruit added, the dough is quite low in sugar. The finished bread is sprinkled with icing sugar. The traditional weight of Stollen is around 4.4 kg (9.7 lb), but smaller sizes are now available. Stollen is like regular sweetened fruit bread. However, because it is slathered with melted unsalted butter and rolled in sugar as soon as it comes out of the oven, it results in a much better-keeping and moister product. The marzipan rope in the middle is optional. The dried fruits are macerated in rum or brandy for a superior tasting bread.
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by Stellina
Won't Break Me
by: StellinaI won't let you break me, baby [x2]
[Verse 1:]
The other night I knew
That girl was checkin you
Thought I had no clue (but I knew)
Her freckle flappin eyes
They took you by surprise
And I was the one who got all your lies
[Chorus:]
After so long I've had you
Didn't think I dare to do
The dirty that you do
The dirty that you do
And night after night
The screamin and the fights
Baby, I'll be alright (baby, I will be alright)
Go ahead play me, boy
Just don't be waiting up at night (at night)
You won't break me, baby
When will you see, boy
I'm just too grown fight (to fight)
(I won't let you break me, baby)
You can't break me, baby
[Verse 2:]
Still remembering your call
All about some dirty note
That quote, "I want you"
Still sitting down to cry
Instead of calling to ask you why
I wrote a note back that said goodbye
[Chorus:]
After so long I've had you
Didn't think I dare to do
The dirty that you do
The dirty that you do, baby
And night after night
The screamin and the fights
Baby, I'll be alright (baby, I will be alright)
Go ahead play me, boy
Just don't be waiting up at night (at night)
You won't break me, baby
When will you see, boy
I'm just too grown fight (to fight)
(I won't let you break me, baby)
You can't break me, baby
[Hook:]
Got my girls up on the phone
They can tell just by my tone
I'm all grown and I'll be fine all on my own
Took a shower and got dressed
To the open I looked passed
And spotted our past
[Chorus:]
After so long I've had you
Didn't think I dare to do
The dirty that you do
The dirty that you do, baby
And night after night
The screamin and the fights
Baby, I'll be alright (baby, I will be alright)
Go ahead play me, boy
Just don't be waiting up at night (at night)
You won't break me, baby
When will you see, boy
I'm just too grown fight (to fight)
(I won't let you break me, baby)
You can't break me, baby
Go ahead play me, boy
Just don't be waiting up at night (at night)
You won't break me, baby
When will you see, boy
I'm just too grown fight (to fight)