Traditional "Basler Brunsli" - Swiss Christmas Chocolate and Nut Cookie

Описание: Traditional Swiss chocolate and Nut cookie “Basler Brunsli”

Recipe for 1 baking tray / about 30 pcs
(454kcal/100g)

Ingredients:
1 ½ bags almonds (300g)
¾ cup caster sugar (200g)
1 bar bitter chocolate 72%+ (100g)
1 tsp cinnamon powder (2g)
1 pinch cloves powder (0,1g)
2x egg white (72g)
Some sugar to roll out the dough.


Preparation method:
Force the almonds through a fine grater / food processor into a bowl.
Also grind the chocolate with the same grater into the same bowl.
Add the cinnamon powder, cloves powder and the sugar.
Also add the egg white.
Mix everything with your hands until you have a compact dough, don’t knead to long.
Form the dough into a flat square and wrap it in cling firm. Put it in the fridge to settle for 2hrs.
Add some sugar on to your working surface, put the dough on it and put some
sugar on the dough.
Spread out the dough with a rolling pin until it is about as thick as your little finger.
Cut out the cookies with your biscuit cutters and put them on a baking tray with baking paper.
Knead the leftovers together and repeat the rolling out / cutting until all dough is used.
Bake the cookies at 120°C (248°F) for 20 minutes.
Remove the cookies from the tray after the baking and put them on a cooling rack.

Notice:
-These cookies shouldn’t be baked too hot! It is rather drying not baking.
-You don’t have to use cinnamon and cloves powder, they taste great without as well.

This is an old traditional Christmas cookie recipe from Basel (Switzerland).
It is baked around Christmas all over Switzerland and is one of the most loved Christmas cookies.

Preparation time: 25min
Baking time: 20min
Start to Finish: 2h 45min


Shelf life:
-You can keep these cookies in a tin for about 3-4 weeks, notice that you have to work very clean and the tin should also be very clean, otherwise the cookies will grow mould.
-The better choice would be to freeze them in an airtight bag and defrost them 2h before consumption. You can keep the cookies in the freezer for at least 3 months and they will taste still very fresh after defrosting.

The grater I use is not available in the US, but this grater will do the same job just as fine: https://amzn.to/2TFpgNg

In the UK there is a other version of the grater I use available which I recommend: https://amzn.to/2AhqPrL












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