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 ...

Here are some sources for ingredients and equipment for baking springerle: – Baker’s ammonia. Also known as ammonium bicarbonate, hartshorn, hjortron and hirschorn salz, it is a precursor to modern ...

Gerry Kohler's signature springerle cookies seem almost too pretty to eat, but the traditional German holiday treats disappear fast. This week's First Course email newsletter highlighted several ...

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 ...

DAVENPORT -- The German American Heritage Center, 712 West Second St., Davenport, will host a weekend of springerle workshops Saturday, Nov. 9 and Sunday, Nov. 10. Springerle is an old German craft ...