Springerle Cookies

Total Time: 24 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 24 hrs Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon hartshorn or 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon anise flavoring or 1 teaspoon anise seed

Recipe

• 1 beat eggs until very fluffy.
• 2 add sugar and beat well again.
• 3 add hartshorn and stir until dissolved.
• 4 fold in flour, salt and flavoring.
• 5 if dough is very sticky, add about 1/4 cup more flour.
• 6 roll out 1/8" thick.
• 7 press with floured springerle board or rolling pin to print design.
• 8 cut in squares and place on greased cookie sheets.
• 9 cover with a towel and let stand to dry for 10 hours.
• 10 bake for 10-20 minutes at 325 degrees f, but do not let the cookies get brown.
• 11 optional: to decorate the cookies quickly, brush with light corn syrup and sprinkle with colored sugar.