Swiss brunsli

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Published on 80 min dessert winter

The biscuits you'll find everywhere in Switzerland, past December 1st.

Ingredients

  • 270 g almond powder
  • 190 g sugar
  • 40 g bitter cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp five-spice powder (or 1 tsp cinnamon)
  • 0.25 tsp salt
  • 2 egg whites
  • 1 orange zest optional
  • 1 tsp liquid vanilla extract optional

Instructions

  1. In a big bowl, mix all the dry ingregredients.
  2. Add the wet ingredients, mix until homogenous.
  3. Make a disk (2–3 cm thick) with the dough.
  4. Keep in a sealed tupperware in the fridge for at least one hour.
  5. Preheat oven at 170 °C.
  6. Take the dough out of the fridge and lay it out to be about 1 cm thick. Divide it into the desired shapes.
  7. Place the biscuits on a baking tray with parchment paper (no need to space them too far apart, they won't rise).
  8. Bake for 10 minutes. Keep a close eye on them, as they can easily burn. When ready, the biscuits should still be very soft in the center but will harden a little as they cool down.

Notes

  • In a gas oven, bake at the top level as the brunsli can easily burn.

Adapted from this original recipe