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Basler Lackerli

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Basler Lackerli is a traditional hard spiced biscuit from Basel, Switzerland, made from honey, hazelnuts, almonds, candied peel and Kirsch. The dough is baked in a thin layer, glazed with sugar while still hot, and cut into rectangular pieces. It was first created by spice merchants in Basel more than seven hundred years ago and is still sold there year round. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Almond, Ingredients
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Hazelnut, Ingredients
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Honey, Ingredients
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Basler Lackerli (Wikipedia)
In Cuisine: Swiss Cuisine, lead paragraph
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The Basler Läckerli (also Leckerli or Läggerli, lecker meaning "delicious" in German and -li being a diminutive suffix) is a traditional hard spice biscuit originating from Basel, Switzerland.
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Basler Lackerli (Wikipedia)
  • Uses Ingredient: Honey, Infobox main_ingredient field: Honey, hazelnuts, almonds, candied peel, Kirsch
  • Uses Ingredient: Almond, Infobox main_ingredient field: Honey, hazelnuts, almonds, candied peel, Kirsch
  • Uses Ingredient: Hazelnut, Infobox main_ingredient field: Honey, hazelnuts, almonds, candied peel, Kirsch
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