Springerle

A great present for coffee lovers—you can’t find a better cookie to have with coffee! For gift giving, wrap springerle in a basket with a bag of gourmet coffee beans.

3 large eggs

3 cups granulated sugar

3 cups flour

1½ teaspoons baking powder

2 tablespoons ground aniseed

• Preheat oven to 350 F.
• Beat eggs and blend in sugar.
• Add flour, baking powder, and aniseed and mix to form a dry dough.
• Place dough in a large zipper-style plastic bag, pressing out as much air as you can before sealing. Press the dough together into a large ball and chill in the refrigerator in the bag.
• After 1 hour, remove dough from refrigerator and form into 1” balls. These can be baked as is, or carefully flattened with a 2¼” cookie press after being dusted with confectioners’ sugar.
• Bake on greased cookie sheets for approximately 12 minutes, or until bottoms are beginning to brown. Makes 4½ dozen cookies.
• Let cookies cool on a wire rack, then store in airtight container.