Cougnou

cougnolle, coquille de noël, coquille de noel

The cougnou or bread of jesus is a bread baked during christmas time and is typical of the southern low countries. it has various names according to the location: coquille in romance flanders (lille and tournai), cougnolle or similar in ancient hainaut (cognolle in mons), cougnou in walloon-speaking places like charleroi, andenne, namur, dinant but also in ardennes, in the gaume, in brussels etc. quéniolle in cambraisis, volaeren, folards or folarts in west flemish-speaking french flanders like dunkirk.the bread of jesus is a sweet bread formed like a baby jesus. it is made with flour, eggs, milk, yeast, raisins and sugar. usually, it is given to children on christmas and st. martin's da...

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