
Basel, Switzerland
Basel Brownies
Basler Brunsli
A chewy Christmas cookie of ground almonds, dark chocolate, sugar, egg white and spices, dry on the outside and moist within.
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Basel, Switzerland
Basler Brunsli
A chewy Christmas cookie of ground almonds, dark chocolate, sugar, egg white and spices, dry on the outside and moist within.

Basel, Switzerland
Basler Läckerli
A hard spiced honey biscuit with candied peel, almonds and kirsch, baked in a sheet, glazed and cut into rectangles while warm.

Appenzell, Switzerland
A soft honey-spiced gingerbread stamped with a picture and filled with marzipan, eaten at markets and fairs.

Austria
Zimtsterne
Star-shaped cookies made with ground almonds and cinnamon, topped with meringue icing, a German-Austrian Christmas classic, distinctive and spicy, festive.

Germany
Kalter Hund
Kalter Hund is a no-bake German chocolate biscuit cake made from alternating cocoa-butter and crisp biscuit layers; Switzerland calls the form Chalte Hund.

Zurich, Switzerland
Very small, light macarons with a soft filling, sold by weight in pastel colours from one confectioner's counters.

Zurich, Switzerland
Thin, hard honey biscuits stamped with carved wooden moulds and baked at high heat so the pattern browns while the base stays pale.

Lucerne, Switzerland
Willisauer Ringli
Very hard flat rings of honey biscuit, so dense they are traditionally broken rather than bitten.