I have always associated the holidays with baked goods. The weeks leading up to Christmas at my house are marked with floured counters and dough balls in the back of the refrigerator. I remember ...

As a young boy in Germany, Herb Schwartz worked dough into intricate, hand-carved wooden molds to create a shortbread-type cookie called springerle. The crisp, anise-flavored cookies depicting St.

Here at Recipe Swap, we’re never quite sure which reader request is going to light up the switchboard, or to use a more modern metaphor, crash the e-mail inbox. A few weeks ago, reader “JR,” of ...

In this video, traditional Springerle cookies are made from start to finish. The process focuses on the detailed dough preparation, molding techniques, and careful baking required to preserve the ...

A dedicated cookie baker with a highly wrought sense of aesthetics might try his or her hand at German springerle -- the Christmas cookies of Swabia. The pale, embossed cookies are formed with ...

Every once in a while a recipe request comes along and I get flooded with letters. Springerle cookies seem to be the hit this year. Although I ran a recipe about a month ago, I couldn't resist adding ...

Here are some sources for ingredients and equipment for baking springerle: – Baker’s ammonia. Also known as ammonium bicarbonate, hartshorn, hjortron and hirschorn salz, it is a precursor to modern ...

A Strasburg business that deals in ancient images will undergo changes in upcoming weeks. Heather Botchlet, owner of the The Springerle House at 15 E. Main St., is moving the business closer to the ...

Springerle are one gift that work just as well as ornaments or holiday decorations as they do as edible cookies. If you’re a dedicated cookie baker with a highly wrought sense of aesthetics, you might ...

The Springerle House bakery and cafe will shut its doors next month in Strasburg and then continue as a bakery-only business in Conestoga. Owner Heather Botchlet said the bakery and cafe at 11 E. Main ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Yield: About 5 dozen small cookies 4 large eggs 2 cups granulated sugar 1/2 teaspoon anise oil (see note) 1. If using a stand ...