Food & Cooking Recipes Dessert & Treats Recipes Cookie Recipes Festive Bratseli Cookies By Martha Stewart Editors Martha Stewart Editors Facebook Instagram Twitter Website An article attributed to "Martha Stewart Editors" indicates when several writers and editors have contributed to an article over the years. These collaborations allow us to provide you with the most accurate, up-to-date, and comprehensive information available.The Martha Stewart team aims to teach and inspire readers daily with tested-until-perfected recipes, creative DIY projects, and elevated home and entertaining ideas. They are experts in their fields who research, create, and test the best ways to help readers design the life they want. The joy is in the doing. Editorial Guidelines Updated on May 19, 2020 Print Share Share Tweet Pin Email Yield: 6 dozen These Swiss cookies, sometimes spelled Brazeli or Bratzeli, are made with a specialty iron much like a waffle iron, but the results are thinner. You can also use a pizzelle iron. Ingredients 7 to 9 cups all-purpose flour, sifted 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon ¼ teaspoon coarse salt 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened 1 ½ cups sugar 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract 1 tablespoon pure lemon extract Finely grated zest of 1 lemon (optional) 2 large eggs, room temperature, lightly beaten 1 cup heavy cream, room temperature Vegetable-oil cooking spray Directions Whisk together 3 cups flour, the cinnamon, and salt in a medium bowl; set aside. Put butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment; mix on medium speed until pale and fluffy. Add extracts, and zest if using; mix until combined. Add eggs; mix until combined. Whisk cream in a medium bowl until just slightly thickened. Fold into butter mixture. Reduce mixer speed to low. Add flour mixture, and mix until just combined. Add remaining flour, 1 cup at a time, mixing until incorporated after each addition, until dough is just soft enough to handle but still slightly sticky. Roll tablespoons of dough into balls. Coat a bratseli or pizzelle iron with cooking spray, and heat. Place 1 ball of dough in each grid, and press handle down tightly. Cook bratseli until golden (some machines have a green light that will illuminate when done), 1 to 1 1/2 minutes. Trim edges, if needed. Let cool completely on wire racks. Cookies can be stored between layers of parchment in airtight containers at room temperature up to 2 weeks. Print