''Bredele'' (also referred to as ''Bredala'', ''Bredle'' or ''Winachtsbredele'') are biscuits or small

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traditionally baked in

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and Moselle,

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, especially during the

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period. Many varieties can be found, including new ones, so that assortments can be created.Bredela at Ifood.tv
Accessed February 25, 2013 They can include ''anisbredela'' (cake with egg white and

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) ''butterbredle'', ''schwowebredle'' (

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and cinnamon), ''spritzbredle'', small ''

pain d'épices ' or ' () is a French cake or quick bread. Its ingredients, according to ' (1694), were "rye flour, honey and spices". In Alsace, a considerable tradition incorporates a pinch of cinnamon. According to Maguelonne Toussaint-Samat, the commercial ...

'' and spice cakes that are made with sugar rather than honey. Baking Bredeles at Christmas is popular in Alsace. The tradition is for each family to bake its own, and then offer it as a Christmas gift to every person surrounding them. The word comes from Low Alemannic German, which means Christmas cookies.

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