Comments on: Mushroom Springerle

By: Kim Lang

Kim Lang — Sun, 29 May 2011 20:28:36 +0000

Connie, can you share with us your technique for writing on the fondant hearts?

Thanks,

Kim L.
Virginia

By: Amanda Puckle

Amanda Puckle — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 03:30:11 +0000

This is an old family recipe of ours as well– in south Florida where I grew up (and the humidity is high even at Christmas), it is impossible to NOT get the foot, because even drying overnight with airconditioning at full blast, the cookies never dry fully in the middle. Oh, the foot is the best part.

By: Tami Kruse

Tami Kruse — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:42:22 +0000

Since it is the Christmas season, and many of us are sending cookie gifts, I wondered if you could comment on the best way to package and ship Springerle. Tami

By: Lorna

Lorna — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:16:44 +0000

Dear Connie, first congratulations (belated) on the birth of your grandson, we also celebrated a new grandson last November. Thank you so much for your suggestions, I will try the next time I bake. One other question, I have a steam injected oven (I’m an avid baker), do you know if I use that setting would the cookies ‘rise’ the same as brushing the bottoms with water?
Again many thanks for your help and hopefully I can visit one of the open houses now that we live closer to your site.

By: Mary Ellen

Mary Ellen — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 19:51:54 +0000

I tried this when I made my heart shaped cookies for the children at school. There are times when I cut corners, on this day I dried the cookie, set the oven at 325*. I put the cookies on the middle pan and put a jelly roll pan full of water underneath it, now an 1/8″ cookie went to a 1/2″ cookie.
Thank you for the idea!!!

By: Marsha

Marsha — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 03:38:55 +0000

when I first read this I thought you were talking about the flavor of the cookie I had never heard of mushroom cookie. In our Tradition we call this a foot. and use it on all our cookies. When they are cut out and ready to bake ,brush the bottom with a light sugar water put them on a lightly greased cookie sheet with the crushed anise seeds on it and bake . This keeps the seeds on the cookie. The degree of the oven is 300