What a beautiful creation they are, and the aroma whilst baking …………

The art of carving the molds and rolling pins used to create these splendid cookies is something I came to appreciate later in life, but my grandmother Rose’s rolling pin was fascinating to me even as a child.  It’s lost now, but the examples I’ve seen on Ken Hamilton’s website,  The Springele Baker,  bring memories back in abundance.

Be sure to roam through the original molds section of Ken’s site for photos of beautiful molds dating back more than 200 years.  Catch the recipes section, and modern carvers ……………..  actually click on every link he has – it will be time well spent.

If you happen to be time challenged you can order cookies from Ken here.

You can also order molds from Ken,  Merkle,  cookiemold, and  Heidelberg Haus.

Other links to springerle are :

A Blog by House on the Hill - Do check this out.

Goode Cookys from Goode Cookery

Fantes.com ( for molds and rollers )

Cooks.com ( lots of recipes )

September 18, 2009

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Ginny wrote with memories of:        pfeffernussen,   pepparkakor,        nusskipferln