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 ...

For several years, I worked with a woman who, every Christmas, brought in a large tray of springerle cookies. Well, I'd been making springerle cookies for years, as my mother had before me, and they ...

On a cool December day a few years ago, I was roaming the Kristkindl Markt in Hermann, admiring the hand-crafted holiday decorations in the Festhalle, when I happened upon Letha Misener and her ...

Grease cookie sheets. In a medium bowl, stir flour with soda; set aside. In large bowl of an electric mixer, beat eggs with sugar until very thick and pale yellow, about 5 minutes. Stir in anise ...