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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Coming home to the scent of cookies baking was a sure sign Christmas was coming when Michelle Herberger was little. Her mother would start baking the family's springerle cookies a few weeks before ...

One of the most famous holiday exports from Bavaria, Switzerland and Alsace is the beautifully embossed or pressed anise-flavored cookie called springerle. Accounts of the cookies date back as early ...

*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 ...

Mary Jo Baas of Brookfield said she always liked the look of springerle but not the “hard, dense anise cookies made from traditional recipes.” A shortbread recipe from King Arthur Flour brought her ...

German Springerle cookies are not only delicious but beautiful to look at with their intricate designs pressed into the dough. Gable House Bakery in Miffinburg is one of the few bake shops who make ...

Connie Meisinger has some sweet memories of Springerle cookies. “My grandma always made these,” she said. “My father was in the military and traveled all around and it was always very exciting when ...

4 large eggs2 cups granulated sugar1 1 / 2 tablespoons butter, room temperature1 teaspoon baking powder 1 / 2 teaspoon anise oil or 1 teaspoon anise extract4 cups all-purpose flour Line cookie sheets ...

November 27, 2010 (News Release) With over 500 molds replicated from designs carved as far back as the 1600s and in themes ranging from Christmas to seasonal observances, courtship, family, animal ...