S was the very first alphabet I prepared for this BM nearly 2 months back. At that time I didn’t have any particular theme and so I chose to do a sweet toffee from Srilanka. But after I selected a theme to go with the BM, I wanted to stick to it. So I discarded that post and made a traditional cookie from Switzerland. Switzerland is a landlocked country surrounded by Italy, France, Germany, Austria and Liechtenstein. As you all know Swtzerland is a place where everyone dreams of going. Even I love to vist Switzerland, if I get a chance. So before going on a tour, let us take a virtual tour to Switzerland with the traditional christmas cookie.
Chrabeli or aniseed cookies need a lot of patience. They are so small and each cookie is shaped into a crescent and made three slits. Today morning I made two cookies and this is one among them. I will post the other after a while. I halved the original recipe and still got 40 cookies. The shaping really tested my patience but they were cute to look at once baked. the fennel seeds are added to the dough but as hubby is not very much interested in biting into whole seeds, I added fennel powder to get the flavour. And also this recipe is based on eggs and there was no butter or oil. So when I substituted the eggs, I used half oil and half curd. The cookies turned out very crispy and slightly soft in the middle. But if you want it completely crisp, then bake for an extra 2 minutes.
Recipe Source: Nettle and Quince
Makes 40 Cookies
Ingredients:
Powdered Sugar-3/4 cup
Fennel Powder-1 tsp
Salt-a pinch
Flour-1 cup
Oil-1/8 cup
Curd/ Yogurt-1/8 cup
Procedure:
Mix together oil and curd and beat until combined.
Add in powderd sugar and fennel powder and beat.
Now add the flour and salt and mix to form a slightly loose dough.
Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 175°C.
Divide dough into equal portions.
Roll each portion into a long rope.
Cut each rope into a 1″ stick.
Now with a sharp knife make three slits keeping one side intact.
Shape it into a crescent.
Arrange on a greased baking tray.
Bake until the top is slightly golden. It may take 10-15 minutes.
Cool and store in airtight jar.
Enjoy with a cup of tea.

Eggless Chrabeli
Ingredients
Ingredients
- Powdered Sugar-3/4 cup
- Fennel Powder-1 tsp
- Salt-a pinch
- Flour-1 cup
- Oil-1/8 cup
- Curd/ Yogurt-1/8 cup
Instructions
Procedure
- Mix together oil and curd and beat until combined.
- Add in powderd sugar and fennel powder and beat.
- Now add the flour and salt and mix to form a slightly loose dough.
- Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 175°C.
- Divide dough into equal portions.
- Roll each portion into a long rope.
- Cut each rope into a 1" stick.
- Now with a sharp knife make three slits keeping one side intact.
- Shape it into a crescent.
- Arrange on a greased baking tray.
- Bake until the top is slightly golden. It may take 10-15 minutes.
- Cool and store in airtight jar.
- Enjoy with a cup of tea
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These cookies have such a cute shape!
Wow love the cute cookies there
cute shaped cookies…
Fantastic cookies Gayathri..You already have so much patience so this hardly must have been a chore…nice to know you had baked two types and both were success…can’t wait to read on the other..
Love that beautiful shapes of this Swiss cookies, omg, you baked two types that simply awesome, you truly rock Gayathri.
Wow, you are amazing! You do have lot of patience baking these wonderful cookies everyday. All you patience paid off with these cookies as they look so pretty and must have taste wonderful too. Waiting for your other cookie.
Awww..these look so cute like fingers!
beautiful shape and lovely aniseed flavor in the cookie
Interesting shape for the cookies. Kudos to your efforts for converting traditionally egg recipes into eggless ones..
Love the paw shape and besides the cookies need few ingredients to make. It would be a fun project to make with old kids.
The shape of these cookies make them look too cute to eat.
you are so patient to create so many artisticcally created cookies that take so much work
Wow I hate making cookies as they are hard work but you have done an amazing job. I love these cute combs.
I like the cute shapes of the cookies. Lovely