Mailänderli, Brunsli and cinnamon stars - these are probably the classics among Swiss güezi. How about an alternative way of making these treats? The family will certainly make big eyes when the beloved sweet temptations suddenly come in a different guise.

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Milanese

The basic recipe remains the same here. In case you can't remember it, here's a reminder:

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250 g butter, soft

225 g sugar

1 pinch of salt

3 fresh eggs

1 orange

500 g flour

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These ingredients are mixed together one by one. After the dough has rested for two hours, it is rolled out on some flour to a thickness of about 7mm. Now the güezi can be cut out in the desired shape.

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Normally, now would come the brushing with egg yolk. Well, not this year! We're going to try something new and all we need are two things: An orange and some powdered sugar. You still have the orange, since you only used the peel for the dough. Mix the juice of the orange with the powdered sugar until you get a thick mixture. Start with the powdered sugar and then slowly add the juice. It usually takes less than you think because the powdered sugar soaks up the orange juice. You can do this while the güezi are baking for 10 minutes at 200 degrees. They are coated after baking. And you've already created an orange Mailänderli variant that will surely bring you a lot of praise.

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Brunsli

Who doesn't love chocolate? Brunsli can not be missing in the Güezischachtel, which is always somewhere in the kitchen over Christmas. But since we want to try something new this year, here is the chocolaty alternative.

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I'm talking about cornflakes Güezi. They are super easy, super quick to make and super deliciously chocolatey. You only need four ingredients:

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100g dark chocolate

100g milk chocolate

100g butter

80g cornflakes

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Melt the chocolate and butter over a water bath. Mix the mixture with the cornflakes until all flakes are covered with chocolate. Now take two small spoons and make small heaps on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Then put the tray out to cool down. The Cornflakes Güezi must be stored in the refrigerator, so that they do not melt away. It's still Christmas, still cookies and still chocolate - just different.

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Cinnamon stars

Some like it, others rather not so. Cinnamon is not everyone's cup of tea. And yet somehow they belong to it, the cinnamon stars. We continue with our changes in the positive sense and digress a bit from the conventional. This year we're making (drum roll): Apple crumble cookies!

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Here is the list of ingredients needed:

For the crumble

185 g soft butter

100 g sugar

1 tsp vanilla sugar

275 g flour

Cinnamon according to taste

1 pinch of salt

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1 big apple

Lemon juice

Powdered sugar

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Mix all ingredients up to and including vanilla sugar, then add all remaining ingredients except the apple. Pour ¾ of the mixture into the prepared cups (muffin cups are best) and press down well. Then cut the apple into small pieces and spread on the pressed down crumble base. Sprinkle the remaining crumble mixture on top. Now the newly interpreted cinnamon Güezi are ready for an approx. 25-minute stay in the 180 degree oven. Even though it smells really delicious then and it's almost impossible to resist, let the güezi cool down a bit before you take them out of the mold. They will break apart and that would be a shame. Once they are cool, you can sprinkle them with some powdered sugar and enjoy.

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Enjoy baking and surprising family and friends with these new Güezi creations!