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Swiss Chocolate Spice Cookies (Basler Brunsli)

4.28 from 22 votes

Ingredients  

  • 1 cup bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
  • 2 cups almond flour
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar, plus more for rolling
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 2 large egg whites, lightly beaten

Instructions 

  • In a food processor, pulse the chocolate until finely ground. Be careful not to overdo it, or the chocolate will melt.
  • Transfer the chocolate to a large bowl and add the sugar, the almond flour and the spices, stirring to combine.
  • Finally, add the egg whites and mix until a dough comes together.
  • Form the dough into a disk, cover with plastic wrap and chill for at least one hour.
  • Pre heat oven to 300F degrees.
  • Sprinkle sugar on your working counter and roll out dough to about 1/2" thick.
  • Cut out the shapes of your choice and transfer the cookies to parchment paper lined baking sheets Let the cookies air dry for at least 30 minutes before baking.
  • Bake in preheated oven for about 15 minutes, or until slightly puffed. The cookies will still be soft when you take them out of the oven. They will set as they cool! Do not overbake or they will get tough.
  • Let them cool and set before serving.

Notes

If you can't find almond flour at your supermarket, just make your own by grinding 8oz whole blanched almonds in your food processor until fine.