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springerle, n. Chiefly N. Amer.
Brit. |ˈsprɪŋ(g)əliː|, U.S. |ˈsprɪŋ(g)ərli|
Plural unchanged, -s
Forms: 19– sprengerle, 19– springerle, 19– springerlie; Also with capital initial.
[‹ German Springerle (also German regional (Switzerland) Springerli), originally a German regional (south.) diminutive formation (compare -le suffix) > n.1, probably either with allusion to the way in which the dough ‘springs up’ from the baking tray on cooking to create the characteristic ‘foot’ on the base of the biscuits, or in the spec. sense ‘knight, jumping horse’ with allusion to the one of the designs traditionally stamped onto them.]
A pale, hard biscuit of a type originating in Germany, flavoured with anise and embossed with any of various designs, and traditionally served at Christmas. Also more fully springerle cookie.
1900Fort Wayne (Indiana) News 8/5 Seavey's, 19 & 21 W. Main, sell the German Springerle Cake Moulds. 1926N.Y. Times 25 Dec. 4/3 They contained..a large supply of such strange-sounding delicacies as ‘Lebkuchen’, ‘Pfeffernuesse’ and ‘Springerle’. These are the sweet, spicy, home-made cookies which the German women prepare for the day. 1941E. Neilson House I Knew iii. 59 Christmas baking would be started with the making of a special kind of cookie, called Springerle, for it needed four weeks to soften them enough to be chewed. 1964New Jrnl. (Mansfield, Ohio) 2 Dec. 7/1 Do..any of your readers..have the recipe for Springerlie cookies? 1999Christian Sci. Monitor 18 Oct. 19/1 The spicy smells of pfeffernusse and springerle cookies floated on the air.
Compounds. springerle board n. a wooden or metal mould carved or engraved with designs, used to emboss dough for springerle cookies.
1929Helena (Montana) Daily Independent 15 Dec. 13/8 Press floured *springerle board very hard on dough to stamp with designs. 1981Cook's Mag. Nov.–Dec. 95/3 (advt.) For everything you might need from springerle boards to..real Hungarian prune lekvar. |
