Basler leckerli and Christmas bells recipe

		Recipes from Switzerland			Christmas recipes

	Basler leckerli			Christmas bells
	150 GRAM HONEY 75 GRAM SUGAR 1/2 TSP BAKING SODA 125 GRAM ALMOND PASTE 25 GRAM CANDIED ORANGE PEEL PINCH OF NUTMEG PINCH OF CINNAMON POWDER 200 GRAM FLOUR 1 TBSP KIRSCH 50 GRAM ICING SUGAR			250 GRAM FLOUR 120 GRAM CORN FLOUR 125 GRAM SUGAR 250 GRAM BUTTER, soft 1 TBSP VANILLA SUGAR RIND OF 1 ORANGE, grated 50 GRAM CHOCOLATE
Heat the honey whilst stirring and dissolve the sugar in it. Add all other ingredients except the icing sugar, knead well and spread this mixture out on a greased baking tray. Bake 20 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius. Make icing from the icing sugar with a little water and spread this over the top; cut immediately in squares or rectangles.			Put all ingredients, except the chocolate, together and knead well. Roll out this dough and cut cookies in the form of Christmas bells. Bake them 20 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius. Allow them to cool down. Melt the chocolate in the microwave and decorate the cookies with it. The Worldcook site has also a page for Christmas cookies.