Appenzeller Biberli
Ingredients
for 40 pieces
| 120 g | honey |
| 1 dl | milk |
| 3 tbsp | cane sugar |
| 250 g | brown flour |
| 2 ½ tsp | gingerbread spice |
| ¼ tsp | baking powder |
| 1 pinch | salt |
| 100 g | shelled ground almonds |
| 50 g | honey |
| 2 tbsp | cane sugar |
| a little | water |
| 3 tbsp | milk |
How it's done
Dough
Heat the honey, milk and sugar in a pan while stirring until the sugar has dissolved, take the pan off the heat. Mix together the flour, gingerbread spice and baking powder, add, mix with a wooden spoon to form a dough, knead the warm dough by hand until smooth, cover and leave to rest for approx. 30 mins.
Filling
Put the almonds, honey and sugar in a bowl and knead into a compact mass.
Shape
On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough out into a 5 mm thick rectangle (approx. 25 x 30 cm), brush with water. Cut the dough lengthwise into strips approx. 4.5 cm wide. Roll out the filling to the thickness of a finger, place lengthwise in the middle of the pastry strips. Fold the dough around the filling and make into rolls. Cut the rolls into 3.5 cm long trianges in a zigzag shape. Place on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Brush the Biberli with a little milk.
To bake
Approx. 10 mins. in the centre of an oven preheated to 180 °C. Remove, brush with the remainder of the milk.
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