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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Here's a refreshing double recipe from Heather Botchlet, known to generations of Strasburg residents as "The Springerle Lady." She's an owner of that historic town's Springerle House, which pays ...

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 ...

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 ...

It's one of the oldest cookies know to woman. Called springerle, this cookie has been around since the 14th century according to a Web site I found offering the history of this According to the site, ...

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 ...

Oktoberfest is (technically) behind us, but the season of malty beers and doughy baked goods is still going strong. With a long, rich history of Central European immigration, Indiana is full of spots ...

A Strasburg business that deals in ancient images will undergo changes in upcoming weeks. Heather Botchlet, owner of the The Springerle House at 15 E. Main St., is moving the business closer to the ...