Bredele: Alsatian Christmas Cookies
Bake bredele, the traditional Alsatian Christmas cookies from France, with this easy recipe. Made from a simple four-ingredient dough, these cut-out cookies come in many festive shapes and flavors and make a great edible holiday gift.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 40 minutes (plus chilling time)
- Yield: 50 1x
- Category: cookies
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: French
Ingredients
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- 250 g all-purpose flour
- 125 g unsalted butter, softened
- 125 g granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 egg yolk for glazing
- 1 tablespoon icing (powdered) sugar for dusting (optional)
* If needed, please refer to Baking Conversion Charts.
Instructions
- To make the dough, place softened butter, sugar, whole egg, and flour in the bowl of a stand mixer and mix. Wrap the dough with plastic film and refrigerate for at least 3 hours.
- Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C). Using a rolling pin, roll out the dough to 1/5 inch (4 mm) thick and cut into desired shapes using a Christmas tree cookie cutter puzzle. Arrange cookies on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper.
- Brush each cookie with the beaten egg yolk and bake for 10 minutes. Let the cookies cool on a wire rack, then sprinkle with icing (powdered) sugar.
Notes
- Chill the dough overnight if it works with your baking schedule.
- Brush cookies with Royal icing and use Christmas sprinkles instead of using icing sugar if you prefer.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 47
- Sugar: 2.5 g
- Sodium: 16 mg
- Fat: 2.2 g
- Saturated Fat: 1.3 g
- Carbohydrates: 6.3 g
- Fiber: 0.1 g
- Protein: 0.7 g
- Cholesterol: 9 mg