Swiss Holiday Baking

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Grassins with chocolate

Shortbread cookies from Graubünden topped with chocolate coins.

Pfilenbrot

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Zimtsterne

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Birnbrot

0218 Gray Frame Corner Gray Frame Corner A special spiced bread filled with dried pears and nuts that's perfect for the holiday season.

Mailänderli

Cut-out sugar cookies with an egg yolk wash applied before baking.

Hefegugelhopf

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Basler Brunsli

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Rosinenkranz

A yeasted bread studded with dried currants that's found in the canton of Nidwalden during the holiday season.

Spitzbuben

Filled with jam, these sandwich cookies are known as Miroirs or Coquins in French-speaking Switzerland.

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