In the United States we know gingerbread at Christmas made into a gingerbread man, a dark cookie sweetened with molasses. But in Europe it takes all kinds of shapes.
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Gingerbread in Switzerland, Basler Lackerli
Gingerbread in Strasbourg
Pain d’ Epice
Gingerbread tower
Gingerbread men in France
It is thought to have originated in Basel Switzerland as Basler Lackerli, a spiced bread sweetened with honey and kirsch and with hazelnuts and spices added. That sounds like a great addition to the Christmas tradition. In France it is known as pain d’epices, or spice bread.
Basel Switzerland