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Dutch bread tends to be very airy, as it is made from yeast dough.

From the 1970s onward Dutch bread became predominantly whole grain, with additional seeds such as sunflower or pumpkin seeds often mixed with the dough for taste.

Rye bread is one of the few dense breads of the Netherlands.

White bread used to be the luxury bread, often made with milk as well as water.

A Frisian luxury version of white bread is suikerbrood, white bread with large lumps of sugar mixed with the dough.

Kerststol is a traditional Dutch Christmas bread made of bread dough with sugar, dried fruits, raisins and currants and lemon and orange zest, eaten sliced, spread with butter.