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| bramble |
Posted - Dec 08 2004 : 11:37:53 AM
Springerle Cookies (A German Christmas Cookie)
Makes about 3 dozen
4 1/2 cups sifted flour
1 tsp.baking powder
4large eggs
2 cups sugar
2 tsp. grated lemon peel
1 tsp. vanilla(rum can be substituted)
anise seeds
confectioner's sugar
Beat eggs on high until fluffy. Add sugar, beat 5 minutes. Add flour, lemon peel and vanilla:beat til smooth. Roll out dough to 1/4 " thickness, use confectioner's to prevent sticking. Imprint dough with rolling pin or cookie molds.Cut cookies apart along their pattern lines, cover with a clean dish towel and allow to stand over night. Butter baking sheets and sprinkle with anise seeds. Bake cookies at 300 for about 20 minutes. Bottoms should be lightly golden, the tops white. Seal in a air tight tin and open in 2-4 weeks.Also, if you REALLY like anise you can sprinkle some fresh seeds in the tin before you seal it up. They are better the older they get, strange but true!
Variations: somefolks put an egg white wash on before baking, I have also seen these cookies handpainted with what I assume is edible food coloring but it looks like watercolors. These cookies will look similar to the Pepperidge Farm Chessmen cookies but have an entirely different taste and texture.
with a happy heart |
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| Eileen |
Posted - Dec 13 2004 : 4:33:29 PM
I love tghese little lovelies!! I am the proud owner of several of the wooden board stampers as well as a rolling pin and lots of cookie stamps. One of our traditions here too!
Eileen
songbird; singing joy to the earth |
| cecelia |
Posted - Dec 10 2004 : 1:42:57 PM
Bramble, I just took out about 3 doz. springerle cookies out of the over. They smell wonderful and came out just great. As I was making them I notice you left out when to put in the baking powder. (I just added it with the flour). Now I have to hide them until Christmas! I found a carved rolling pin at a store this morning to use, so I didn't have to stamp them individually!
Cecelia
ce's farm
"Curiosity is one of the forms of feminine bravery" Victor Hugo |
| bramble |
Posted - Dec 08 2004 : 8:40:57 PM
Glad to help! Hope you have fun baking them, they certainly are not your usual holiday cookie! Anyone want to share that nanaimo recipe?!!!
with a happy heart |
| cecelia |
Posted - Dec 08 2004 : 4:47:57 PM
Oh Bramble! I am sooo glad you posted your recipe. I have been wanting to make springerle cookies for so long, and the only recipe I have is from an old cookbook (era '40s) which used a cube of ammonium carbonate (?). Thanks so much!!!
Cecelia
ce's farm
"Curiosity is one of the forms of feminine bravery" Victor Hugo |
| prairiemaid |
Posted - Dec 08 2004 : 2:24:59 PM
Thank you very much! My mom is German, I wonder if she's had these before? I'll have to ask her. |
