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Basler Läckerli
Firm honey biscuits with almonds, candied citrus, warm spices and a white sugar glaze.
About Basler Läckerli
Judith Erdin’s Basler Läckerli combines honey with almonds, candied orange and citron in a spiced dough. Her rendition was developed to reproduce the flavour of the Basler Läckerli she enjoys.
Wheat flour, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves join the honey mixture, with a small amount of kirsch. The sticky dough is rolled into a flat slab and baked before receiving its sugar glaze.
The glaze is worked across the hot surface until it turns white and firm. The slab is cut into small rectangles and fully cooled, with coffee among the suggested accompaniments for the firm biscuits.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Wheat (gluten), Almond.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Basler Läckerli
Judith Erdin's Basler Läckerli with honey and kirsch.
- Firm honeySweetener
- Powdered sugarSweetener
- White wheat flourBase
- Baking sodaSeasoning
- CinnamonSeasoning
- Ground nutmegSeasoning
- Ground clovesSeasoning
- AlmondsBase
- Candied orange peelBase
- Candied citronBase
- KirschLiquid
- SugarFinish
- WaterLiquid
- Flour for rollingCooking mediumIngredient page not linked
- Prepared coffeeAccompaniment · OptionalIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Firm honey: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Powdered sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual72 dough icing sugar, full product formula unknown.
- White wheat flour: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat (gluten) source-confirmed. Actual73 explicit Weizen-Weissmehl Type400, Wheat definite.
- Baking soda: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Cinnamon: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Ground nutmeg: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Ground cloves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Almonds: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Almond source-confirmed. Actual78/91 whole chopped almond, Almond definite.
- Candied orange peel: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Candied citron: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Kirsch: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual81/91 original kirsch retained over orangejuice/water alcoholavoidance101, no alcoholvanishing claim adopted.
- Sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual83/95 own glaze granulated sugar distinct powdered dough sugar72.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual84/95 glaze explicit, no extra dough hydration inferred.
- Flour for rolling: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual93 separate generic dust flour, cereal unresolved; Wheat core remains definite.
- Prepared coffee (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual45 coffee option chosen over milk, complete beverage formula unknown.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Switzerland
- SwitzerlandCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Basel Cuisine
- Swiss CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.