Biberli

A nut-filled chewy spice cookie. Make these 6 to 8 weeks before consumption as the cookie must "ripen".

For the filling:
1 cup granulated sugar
2 egg whites
2 cups ground nuts
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

For the dough:
1 pound honey
1/2 cup granulated sugar
4-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3 teaspoon cinnamon
1-1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1-1/2 teaspoon anise extract
pinch of nutmeg

To make the filling:
Whip egg whites until stiff, adding sugar 1/3 cup at at time. Add nuts and cinnamon. Set aside.

To make the dough:
Pre-heat oven to 350 F. In a saucepan, heat honey and sugar to a boil. Take off heat and add to flour and spices. Roll out thin (less than 1/8 inch). Cut into 2-inch triangles (a pizza wheel works well here). Put a small amount of filling in the center of each triangle and fold up points like a 3-cornered diaper. Bake 12 minutes. Dough must be worked quickly and kept warm during rolling and cutting or it hardens!

Store in air-tight container 6-8 weeks (dunkable in 4 weeks). If you're in more of a hurry, add a slice of bread to the container. When "ripe" the shell is chewy and the merengue is crisp.

Note: Originally posted by "Chuck - CA" to the now-defunct Holiday Cookie Club at Epicurious.com. Chuck adds: "This cookie - fondly known as the "diaper cookie" - has been a favorite with our family for years. My mother got it from a school chum ca. 1944; I don't know (but would love to) where it came before that!"

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Reviews of Biberli:

1-3 of 3 reviews  

  A cookie baker in St Gallen  Jun 25, 2009
Would make this again.
The original Biberlie came from St Gallen, Switzerland and uses Marzipan as the center filling, NOTHING else. two stars

  rose  Apr 22, 2009
Would make this again.
lost my recipe it was a rolled cookie either viennesse swiss or german only remember it started with a b ----------and in parathsies it said little's b-------------..oy -----------? can you help.. was operated on and i'm trying to get my cookie recipes to give to childen this is the only one i can't find made them two years ago had no trouble getting rid of them five stars

  donald in new york  Dec 9, 2008
Would make this again.
these is not the best one i ever had but they where gone in like 10 minutes so i will make agian four stars

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