Springerle
Traditional dish with eggs, powdered sugar, sifted, flour.
- prep 9 min
- cook 21 min
- total 30 min
- serves 4
- intermediate
Ingredients
- 4.5 eggs
- 1 pound powdered sugar, sifted
- 1 pound flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- to taste anise seeds
Steps
- Beat eggs until light-colored and almost dry—this takes a long time, and an electric mixer is recommended.
- Beat the sugar into the eggs.
- Combine the flour and baking powder.
- Work into the eggs to make a delicate dough.
- Grease several cookie sheets.
- Scatter generously with crushed anise seeds.
- Roll the dough gently.
- Carefully imprint with the springerle mold.
- Cut into pieces.
- Transfer to baking sheets.
- Allow to dry overnight.
- Bake at 250°F (120°C) for 25–30 minutes.
Adapted from “Springerle”, Wikibooks Cookbook, CC BY-SA 4.0. This adaptation is shared under the same licence.