These cookies, named after their colour bruun (brown), are one of the classic Swiss Christmas cookies along the Mailänderli, Zimtstern and some others. We don’t make them every year as we alternate them with the Schokoladekugeln Myrta which are very similar, but round and a little more moist inside. The Brunsli are mainly made of […]
Swiss baking
Orange Chocolate Wholemeal Cookies
These bisquits aren’t part of the gang of famous Swiss Christmas cookies but they are delicious and a must-have in my family’s Wiehnachtsguezli (Christmas cookies) collection. The wholemeal adds some richness to the bisquits which I really love. What’s more, orange and chocolate are just a match made in heaven. For more Swiss Christmas cookies […]
Cheese Fondue Bread (Fonduebrot)
A cheese fondue needs some good quality bread. I best like a brown loaf of bread, such as a dunkles St. Gallerbrot, a dunkler Pfünder or a Ruchbrot, while others prefer white bread. This Fonduebrot here is a great, home-baked alternative that looks great too. You can either make it with brown or white flour, […]
Food Books: Guezle mit Betty Bossi
Betty Bossi, the name both of a fictional cookbook author and the cookbooks itself, is one of the most popular, if not the most popular, Swiss cookbook series. Read our previous post about the history of Betty Bossi. One of the most popular of the more than 100 Betty Bossi cookbooks is the one called […]
Chocolate Almond Balls (Schokoladekugeln Myrta)
These scrumptious chocolate balls are a firm favourite in the Christmas cookies selection of my family and very popular in the entire country. They’re called Schokoladekugeln Myrta and originate from the first Betty Bossi cookie cookbook called Guezle mit Betty Bossi. This very popular book had been out of stock for more than 15 years […]
Cinnamon Pie from Toggenburg (Toggenburger Zimtflade)
Toggenburg is a small, beautiful area in the canton of St. Gallen. Both the Säntis and the Churfirsten mountains are part of Toggenburg, and I can highly recommend the area for a long weekend of hiking or just soaking up the beauty of the landscape. In terms of food, one of the most well-known products […]
Swiss Carrot Cake (Rüeblicake)
The poor folks living in the canton of Aargau have to put up with probably more prejudices than any other canton, most of them imposed, of course, by their neighbour Zurich. A few of them are: Aargauer (Aargau people) always wear white socks. They’re bad car drivers – the Aargau car number plate contains the […]