Geduldzeltli

These hard little cookies from Zurich and Appenzell (where they are also known as Hosenknöpfli, though not to be confused with the version from Graubünden on the following page), are made with egg whites, sugar and flour. The Zeltli of the name is a dialect word for bonbon, and Geduld, the German word for patience, is what you need to eat one - they are so hard that you have to patiently let them dissolve on your tongue.

You can flavour them at will, with any essence y