On The Second Day of Christmas Blogs I Share the Best White Chocolate Biscuits Recipe

Hello and welcome back to my 12 days of Christmas blogs. Yesterday I shared a recipe for traditional Basler Brunsli, and, as promised, today I will tell you how you can give those old favourites a traditional twist with my white chocolate Basler Brunsli.

For approximately 40 White Basler Brunsli you will neeed:

250g ground almonds
200g sugar
3 tablespoons of all purpose flour
a dash of vanilla sugar
100g of good quality white chocolate
2 egg whites
1 teaspoon of whiskey


1. Combine the almonds, sugar, flour and the vanilla in a bowl

2. Grate the white chocolate and combine to the dry mixture(1)

3. Beat the egg whites to a soft peak

4. Fold the egg whites(3) and the whiskey in to the dry mix

5. Mix using your hands until it forms a dough. be carefull not to knead too long

6. Wrap the dough in cling film and place in the fridge for 1 hour

7. Roll out the dough on a flat surface covered in sugar, approximately 10mm thick.

8. Cut out the shapes and place them on a baking sheet covered with baking paper

9. Now let them rest at room temperature, in a dry place, for at least 6 hours or overnight

10. Bake for 4 to 6 minutes at 240c

11. Let them cool completely before serving

They are perfect to accompany your favourite hot drink x

On the First Day of Christmas Blogs I Baked Traditional Swiss Chocolate Biscuits (in tune please)

My favourite time of the year starts around mid-November, when the weather starts cooling down  (When I'm in the northern hemisphere anyway), the air is filled with the homely smell of wood fires escaping from chimney tops, the dark streets get illuminated with festive lights and I can start getting excited about the upcoming festivities the season brings. As you may know, I was brought up in Switzerland from a Swiss mother, so around Christmas, I follow the Swiss traditions such as baking traditional treats and visiting the local Christmas market with a glass of warming Christmas tea.

In the next week, I will be sharing with you my favourite Christmas biscuits recipe, starting with the Basler Brunsli which are a delightful chocolate and almond gooey biscuit with a hint of cinnamon. I make them in two flavours: the traditional dark chocolate one and an alternative white chocolate version, which I will share tomorrow

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Now, I must warn you, These take a while to prepare and can not be rushed, they're very easy really but they require at least 6 hours of drying before they can be cooked.

For approximately 40 of the traditional Basler Brunsli you will neeed:

250g ground almonds

200g sugar

2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder

1 tablespoon of all purpose flour

a dash of vanilla sugar and/or cinnamon

100g of good quality 64% chocolate

2 egg whites

1 teaspoon of Kirsch

1. Combine the almonds, sugar, cocoa, flour and the spices in a bowl

2. Grate the dark chocolate and combine to dry mixture(1)

3. Beat the egg whites to a soft peak 

4. Fold the egg whites(3) and the kirsh in to the dry mix

5. Mix using your hands until it forms a dough. be carefull not to knead too long

6. Wrap the dough in cling film and place in the fridge for 1 hour

7. Roll out the dough on a flat surface covered in sugar, approximately 10mm thick.

 

8. Cut out the shapes and place them on a baking sheet covered with baking paper

9. Now let them rest at room temperature, in a dry place, for at least 6 hours or overnight

10. Bake for 4 to 6 minutes at 240c

11. Let them cool completely before serving

Enjoy! 

17 Things You Didn't Know About Me

Saturday, the 28th of November, was my 25th birthday and to celebrate I thought I would let you know 17 things about me that I am pretty sure you either didn't know or would have never thought about me. Enjoy!

1. I was born and grew up in Switzerland yet I do not consider myself to be Swiss but I acknowledge and am grateful to be from Switzerland - I have my reasons lol

2. I have recently found a strong interest in the Swedish culture and the country. I think Swedish is one of the prettiest languages and have started teaching myself it. - to be fair, it may have started with a crush I had on a Swedish boy when I was 13 hehe

3. I am a very! fussy eater. If something has the wrong texture forget it!

4. My friends used to make fun of my taste in men. the top 3 of strangest celebrity crushes may include Adam Sandler, Jake Wood (Max in Eastenders) and Kris Marshall. Don't judge me, I now prefer Daniel Craig and Chris Hemsworth ;)

5. Any desserts made out of chestnuts are my absolute favourite!

6. I have only ever been sick from alcohol consumption once! I was nursing a broken heart and was way out of practice.

7. I suffer from Emetophobia, it's a phobia of vomit and vomiting. I get panic attacks and terrible anxiety around people being sick

8. I backpacked my way around the Australian east coast by myself

9. I am an only child and when I was alone I would imagine being interviewed as if I was a famous celebrity

10. I was months away from attending a performing art institute

11. My favourite musical of all time is Wicked. I first heard of it from watching Ugly Betty

12.  I am petrified of flying but have a passion for travelling. It makes things a little complicated

13. When I first started studying Events Management I swore I would never go into wedding planning - how things have changed

14. I find overly nice people hard to trust

15. There's an evil side to me, luckily not many people have witnessed it

16. I adore going grocery shopping

17. I have only ever been in love twice. Well three times if you count my James Bourne (Busted) obsession when I was 12 haha