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 ...

Coming home to the scent of cookies baking was a sure sign Christmas was coming when Michelle Herberger was little. Her mother would start baking the family's springerle cookies a few weeks before ...

Unfortunately you've used all of your gifts this month. Your counter will reset on the first day of next month. Connie Meisinger became a springerle baker when her aging grandmother was no longer able ...

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2000-- A closeup of Springerle (Anise Cakes) as prepared by Mrs. B. Lou Ann Card. The rolling pin is used to set the unique shapes on the cookies, and is also Mrs. Card's mothers.

Gerry Kohler's signature springerle cookies seem almost too pretty to eat, but the traditional German holiday treats disappear fast. Openings included Good Neighbor in Tower Grove South and Pâtisserie ...