Dear Lisa: I am looking for a recipe for springelse (this may be misspelled) cookies. They are baked in a German bakery in New Braunfels. - Ann Rice Dear Ann: Chances are the cookie you are thinking ...

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 ...

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 ...

Numerous Taste of the Town readers came to the aid of Cindy Zambarano, who's looking for a recipe for an ultra-hard anise cookie that her 88-year-old father remembers his grandmother baking. Most of ...

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 ...

This article may contain affiliate links that Yahoo and/or the publisher may receive a commission from if you buy a product or service through those links. More than just the usual suspects of ...

1. In a bowl, whisk the cinnamon, cloves, coriander ginger, nutmeg, white pepper, cardamom, anise, salt, and baking soda to blend them. Add the flour and whisk well until thoroughly blended. 2. In a ...

A popular pastime around the holidays involves cookies and cookie exchanges. Whether you are a decorator, a baker or an eater, cookies make frequent appearances this time of year. Since I do not need ...

An unexpected flavor transports me back to my childhood this time each year. At the holidays, I always think of my ...