Totenbeinli
The nuttiest and crunchiest of Swiss cookies.
Hi, I'm Andie.
I live near the Swiss Alps, in Bern, and I love not only melting cheese, but all kinds of Swiss cooking.
Hi, I'm Andie.
I live near the Swiss Alps, in Bern, and I love not only melting cheese, but all kinds of Swiss cooking.
All tagged swiss cookies
The nuttiest and crunchiest of Swiss cookies.
These buttery and tender sablés get a helpful kick from the addition of homemade Nocino—a liqueur made with green walnuts.
These buttery, jam-filled beauties are the perfect choice for the one you love.
These sparkly holiday cookies are made especially tender by exclusively using spelt flour.
Alles rund um mein neues Buch, Schweizer Guetzli und andere Leckereien.
The making of my new book, Swiss Cookies.
Glimmering in Swiss bakery windows are the weighty Vogelnestli (bird’s nests), with a buttery base and nutty meringue border filled with jam.
A spiced twist on the classic.
The best of the second-tier of Swiss Christmas cookies.
It’s love or hate with these.
There isn’t a lot to be done for anise-haters, but there are plenty of ways to prevent a bland, brittle, dry biscuit.
Although these cookies take a bit of work, I can confirm that this recipe is easier than Rosina Gschwind’s recipe from 1892 that suggests beating the egg whites and sugar for an hour. It may take some fine motor skills to apply the icing, but at least your arm won’t fall off.
I know you only got your Samichlaus sack yesterday, but really, who can eat that many peanuts?
Part of the second-tier of Swiss Christmas cookies and ever present on my mother-in-law’s cookie tray.
Here's where to find most of these Linzer beasts—in my belly.
It was a mistake to think I could make these in advance and save them for Sam, my Valentine.
Sorry, Sam.
