Berner Brezeli - cooking recipe

Ingredients

250 g butter (soft)
250 g caster sugar
1 pinch salt
1 lemon, zest of, only
4 eggs
500 g flour

Preparation

Whip butter, sugar, salt and lemon zest until frothy.
Mix in the flour and knead until you have a nice dough.
Leave to rest for at least 1/2 hour.
Form rolls of the thickness of a finger.
Cut rolls intos small pieces and form balls of the thickness of a hazelnut.
Put 4 balls on the ornaments of the iron.
Close iron with care.
Slightly press iron while brezeli are baking.
Keep in a metallic box.