On Wed, 8 Dec 2010 10:50:10 -0500, "Virginia Tadrzynski"
> wrote:

>20 years ago at my eldest daughter's christening, my then sister-in-law
>brought a stollen her mother had made. Now before someone gets their
>knickers in a twist about using 'pre-made' or 'canned' ingredients, close
>this thread now and no one will get offended. The stollen was made using
>Pillsbury crescent rolls. The mother has since died and the former
>sister-in-law, although I still am cordial with her, couldn't boil water
>without burning it, so forget getting a recipe from her. Can anyone help?
>Thanks,
>ginny
>
>PS: it a 'memory' thing, this recipe, so please don't tell me I could make
>my own stollen, I know that, what I want to do is replicate this one.

It's not possible to make a stollen from canned crescent rolls... a
very different pastry... made something but not stollen.

Try this:
http://www.greenandblacks.com/us/rec...d-stollen.html