Mailänderli – Milanais

Mailänderli, known as Milanais in French and Milanese in Italian, are the standard Swiss Christmas cookie made by nearly every bakery and every family in the country. Buttery with a hint of lemon, the taste is a nostalgic reminder of childhood and Christmas for many Swiss people living at home or abroad.

In the 19th century, the cookies featured at New Year’s parties in Basel. The Baslers called them Gaatoodemylängli, from the French gâteaux de Milan</