Änisbrötli or Chräbeli

Name: Änisbrötli or Chräbeli
Yield: Makes 45 Chräbeli (Brötli will depend on the size of the forms)
Cuisine: Swiss
Ingredients: butter for greasing; 2 eggs (110 g); 250 g icing sugar; 250 g flour; 1 tbsp anise seeds, lightly toasted; shot of kirsch

Preparation info

Makes
45
Chräbeli (Brötli will depend on the size of the forms)

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Swiss Cookies

By Andie Pilot

Published 2021

About

These anise flavoured cookies can be pressed into intricate wooden forms, or made into simple spiky logs. A tip from the Anise Paradise, purveyors of wooden forms and master Brötli bakers? Weigh your eggs.

Ingredients

butter for greasing
2 eggs (110 g)
250 g

Europe
Switzerland
Vegetarian
Cookies

Method

Grease two baking sheets with butter.

Using a stand mixer with a paddle attachment, whip together the eggs and icing sugar. Keep whipping for about ten minutes, or until you get a thick, pale paste. Sift in the flour and fold in. Fold in the kirsch and anise seeds.

Let the dough rest for about ten minutes, then it is ready to use.

Ingredients

Method

For Brötli