Woodcarver Mary May joins Roy to carve springerle cookie molds for every occasion. Woodcarver Mary May joins Roy to carve springerle cookie molds for every occasion from apple and cherry wood. The ...

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.

On a cool December day a few years ago, I was roaming the Kristkindl Markt in Hermann, admiring the hand-crafted holiday decorations in the Festhalle, when I happened upon Letha Misener and her ...