Cougnou
The cougnou or bread of Jesus is a Viennoiserie baked during Christmas time and is typical of the southern Low Countries.
It has various names according to the location:
- coquille in Romance Flanders
- cougnolle or similar in ancient Hainaut
- cougnou in Walloon-speaking places like Charleroi, Andenne, Namur, Dinant but also in Ardennes, in the Gaume, and in Brussels
- quéniolle in Cambraisis
- volaeren, folards or folarts in West Flemish-speaking French Flanders like Dunkirk