The best Christmas cookie recipes

The days are getting shorter, Christmas is approaching, and the anticipation is rising. They have Christmas cookies to cut down on waiting time. Of course, they taste best when they’re homemade. Here are the best Guetsli recipes from absolute Christmas classics.

from Mailänder

Mailänderli are the most popular Christmas treats in Switzerland. The fastest recipe for cooking this delicious Mailänderli.

time to prepare: about 15 minutes / time to rest: 1 Hour / cooking time: 10 minutes/ difficulty level: easy

Preparation:

1. Add the butter until peaks form.
2. Add sugar, grated lemon zest, egg and flour and mix well.
3. Leave to rest in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
4. Then roll it out to 5 mm thick with some flour.
5. Cut the Milanese and brush with egg yolk.
6. Bake in the oven at 200 °C for 10 minutes.
7. Let it cool down.

bandit

Decorative biscuits go very well with coffee or tea, especially during the Christmas season, and are enjoyed by almost everyone.

cooking time: 5-10 minutes / time to rest: 30 minutes rest time / difficulty level: Middle

Filling:

Currant jelly, quince jelly, apricot jam, rosehip jam, raspberry jam

Powdered sugar for sprinkling

Preparation:

1. Dough: In a bowl, mix the butter until peaks form. Add the powdered sugar, salt, vanilla sugar and water and mix everything together. Sift the flour in batches and knead.
2. Wrap the dough in cling film and rest in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees.
3. Roll out the dough to a thickness of 2 mm and cut the cookies the way you want. Use a small cutter to cut through the middle of the halves for later caps.
4. Arrange the phyllo at regular intervals on a baking tray lined with greaseproof paper. Bake on the middle rack of the oven for about 5-10 minutes. Remove the cookies and let them cool for at least 15 minutes.
5. Heat the jelly or jam in a small pan and mix until smooth. Spread the jam on the bases of the Spitzbuben.
6. Sprinkle them with powdered sugar and place them on the bases and press down lightly.

Anise Chrabeli

You either love these cookies or you hate them. Not everyone likes the taste of anise.

cooking time: 15-25 minutes + 1 day rest / difficulty level: Middle

Preparation:

1. Mix the eggs, powdered sugar and salt in a bowl until the mixture is light and fluffy.
   Add the anise and mix. Sift the flour in batches and mix everything together to form a dough.
2. Roll the dough into finger thickness. Cut pieces 4-5 cm long, cut them twice and twist them into a crab shape. Anishrabeli traditionally look like three small-footed crescents.
3. Lay it on a baking paper-lined tray and let it dry at room temperature for about 24 hours (covering it with a cloth).
4. Preheat the oven to 150 degrees. Bake the Krabeli in the lower half of the oven, with the oven door slightly open, for about 15-25 minutes.
5. Krabeli should get a “feet” while cooking, with the bottom light brown and the top white. Remove the finished Chräbeli from the oven and let it cool.
6. Tip: Packed airtight and dry, Anischräbeli can easily be stored for up to four weeks.¨

cinnamon stars

Cinnamon stars are only for Christmas. Biscuits with white glaze also look very good.

time to prepare: 15 minutes (+ let dry overnight) / cooking time: Five min / difficulty level: Easy

Preparation:

1. Beat egg whites with salt until stiff.
2. Add the powdered sugar and mix briefly.
3. Reserve a glass of water from the mixture for the pudding. Mix almonds, cinnamon and cherries.
4. Add the remaining powdered sugar to the dough and knead everything into a dough.
5. Roll out the dough on the sugar to a thickness of about 1 cm and cut out the stars with molds.
6. Dip the molds in sugar between cutting. Place the cut dough on a baking tray lined with parchment paper.
7. Using a spoon, carefully pour the cream over each cinnamon star and pull towards the star tips.
8. Allow to rest at room temperature for at least 6 hours (preferably overnight).
9. Preheat the oven to 250 degrees. Bake the cinnamon stars in the middle of the oven for 4-5 minutes.
10. Make sure the glaze is not too brown. Remove the finished cinnamon stars from the oven and let them cool.

Brunsian

Another classic among Christmas cookies. Too much chocolate and too many flavors in a Brunsli.

time to prepare: 25 minutes / cooking time: 4th minute

The dough needs to rest for about 12 hours.

Preparation:

1. Melt the couverture in a bowl over steam.
2. Mix all ingredients together. Mix with liquid couverture last.
3. Form the dough into a ball.
4. Refrigerate the dough overnight.
5. Roll out the dough to a thickness of 14 mm on a sugar (2) sprinkled surface. Sprinkle some sugar on the dough before rolling it out.
6. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees.
7. Cut out the Brunsli. Put it on the baking tray.
8. Bake the Brunsli in the middle of the oven for 4 minutes. Immediately remove it from the tray and set it on the table.
9. When cool, sprinkle powder snow on top and put in tin cans.

vanilla crescent moon

The vanilla flavor of these delicious biscuits is especially suitable for the Christmas season.

cooking time: approx. 10-15 minutes + resting approx. 15-30 minutes / difficulty level: Middle /

Contents:

1. Grind the flour, salt and butter into a crumbly dough. Add the powdered sugar, vanilla stick, cherries and peeled almonds and knead until you get a crumbly dough.
2. Divide the dough into several pieces and roll them.
3. Cut into small slices, roll between your hands and form a croissant.
4. Place the croissants on a baking tray lined with baking paper, spaced apart, and let them rest for about 15 minutes.
5. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees.
6. Bake the vanilla croissants on the middle rack for about 10-15 minutes, until lightly golden.
7. Remove from the heat and while still hot, dust in powdered sugar and vanilla sugar.

swords

Sables are among the simplest Christmas treats. However, that doesn’t mean they don’t taste good because they’re just as delicious as the others.

cooking time: about 15 minutes / difficulty level: easy

Preparation:

1. Mix the flour, powdered sugar and 1 pinch of salt.
2. Mix the egg, butter and ground almonds into a firm dough and refrigerate for 2 hours.
3. Then form a sausage with a diameter of 3 cm and cut into thin slices.
4. Bake the slices in a preheated oven at 175 °C for 10 minutes and leave to cool.