Saturday, December 22, 2012

I Know No One Likes These Cookies, But It's A Tradition To Make Them

Yes, I make them, give them away, and am pretty sure they are still around the next Christmas since no one else likes them but me.  They are Springerle Cookies, and my mother's parents always had them around at Christmas.   If you have the special rolling pin to make the patterns on the top, you can make them look almost as good as the ones they bought.  The are flavored with Anise and are dried until they are dense as only a brick can be.  You can either drunk them in hot Coffee or Tea (my choice) or gum them to bits like those super messy teething cookies my kids used to love.  Delightful!
***Ooops - I appear to have left the cord I use to transfer the pictures from my camera to my computer in Tulsa - but by tomorrow I'll figure this out and show some pictures of this attractive cookie.

7 comments:

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  2. If you enjoy making and eating them, that's the important thing! We just have to do some of the things that make us happy for the holidays. Looking forward to the cookie pictures.

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  3. Looking forward to the pictures, AND the recipe!

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  4. We had those when I was a child, I remember my Grandmother's special rolling pin. Dunk one for me, LOL!

    Have a wonderful Christmas.

    Darla

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  5. Hi Sanda - I have been loving my Christmas. I ate most of the cookies myself.

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  6. Hi Carolyn - Got back to Tulsa and the cord to transfer my pictures from my camera to the blog - so the pictures and recipe are ready now. And thanks for your Macaron recipe - I remember my grandmother grinding her almonds up with the sugar, so I am going to incorporate that into your recipe and see how they turn out.

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  7. Hi Darla - My grandmother never had the rolling pin and just bought hers. How cool that your grandmother made them. And you are so right about dunking them - that Anise flavor with my Tea is wonderful. Also nice in warm milk.

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