Weggli – Petits Pains au Lait

These little golden milk buns make a perfect breakfast, snack or sandwich, and leftovers. They are especially loved by children, and often paired with a hefty Branche (a stick of praline milk chocolate). Weggli are also traditionally eaten on August 1, Switzerland’s national holiday, with a cross cut into the dough and a little Swiss toothpick flag on top.

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