German Springerle Cookie Recipe
German Licorice or Lemon Flavored Molded cookie that is puffed up and crisp on the outside but tender chewy on the inside. Great dipping cookie with coffee. Recipe is Nini’s Perfection Springerle Cookie, House on the Hill.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes + 24 hour rest
- Cook Time: 10-12 minutes
- Total Time: 0 hours
- Yield: 3-12 dozen depends on mold 1x
- Category: Dessert-Cookies
- Method: Molding and Baking
- Cuisine: German
Ingredients
1/2 teaspoon baker’s ammonia ( hartshorn) or baking powder
2 tablespoons milk
6 large eggs, room temperature
6 cups confectioner’s sugar
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened but not melted
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 to 3/4 teaspoon oil of anise
2 lb box sifted cake flour, ( swansdown or softasilk)* (2 lbs is 9 cups)
Grated rind of orange or lemon enhances flavor of traditional anise or citrus flavors.
Additional flour as needed.
Instructions
- Dissolve hartshorn in milk and set aside for 30-60 minutes.
- Beat eggs until thick and lemon colored ( 10-20 minutes).
- Slowly beat in the confectioner’s sugar, the softened butter.
- Add the hartshorn and milk, salt and preferred flavoring and grated rind of lemon or orange if desired.
- Gradually beat in as much flour as you can with the mixer, then stir in the remainder of the 2 lbs of flour to make a stiff dough.
- Turn onto floured surface and knead in enough flour to make a good print without sticking. Roll dough to 3/8″ thickness.
- Lightly brush cookie mold with confectioner’s sugar, turn mold upside down with design facing the dough. Gently press the mold evenly over the dough. Remove mold and use a pizza wheel or sharp knife to cut out individual cookies.
- Place cookies on parchment lined baking sheets, ( aluminum sheets) Let cookies dry 24 hours at room temperature.
- Preheat oven to 225-325 degrees, bake cookies until barely golden on the bottom about 10- 12 minutes depending on size of cookies.
- Store in airtight tin containers.
Notes
Cookies will keep for months and improve with age in the covered crock or tin.
Use only the House on the Hill molds for best results.
Use Lorianne Oils for flavoring Anise or Lemon.
