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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This recipe came from friends of my parents who were first-generation German. Every Christmas they would make several kinds of cookie for our family, and these were our favorite. Line 4 baking sheets ...

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 ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Traditionally made with almonds and cinnamon, these star-shaped cookies are both cute and spiced. To give ...

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2000-- A closeup of Springerle (Anise Cakes) as prepared by Mrs. B. Lou Ann Card. The rolling pin is used to set the unique shapes on the cookies, and is also Mrs. Card's mothers.

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 ...