The 12 Days of Christmas Celebrated in Exquisitely Detailed Springerle Cookie Molds, Ideal for Baking and Crafting
House on the Hill, known for its replica cookie molds in a variety of images, has debuted 14 new Springerle molds celebrating the holiday and winter season. Commissioned by House on the Hill owner Connie Meisinger, designed by Judy Jeske and originally hand-carved in fruit wood by Vince Marine, all residents of the Chicago area, the new cookie molds are replicated and hand-finished. House on the Hill Springerle molds are ideally suited for baking and crafting.
“Over the years, many customers have requested cookie molds with images from the song ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas.’ Unable to find such historic molds, I decided to start from scratch,” explained Connie Meisinger, House on the Hill owner/Springerle baking instructor. “Designed with history in mind, the whimsical images in this new collection are sure to delight both bakers and crafters alike.”
The “12 Days of Christmas” Springerle mold series ($28.50 each; $290.00 for all 12 molds) includes a dozen images, from the partridge in a pear tree to 12 drummers drumming. Each mold, 2.5 x 3.375 inches, is perfect for making cookies, crafting paper cast tree ornaments or display. An additional two molds feature impeccably crafted snow scenes, Frosty and Frosty’s Tree ($29.50 each). These two molds are roughly 2.5 x 3.5 inches.
The 12 days in the song represent the 12 days starting Christmas Day, or in some traditions, the day after Christmas (December 26; Boxing Day or St. Stephen’s Day) to the eve of the Epiphany, or the Feast of the Epiphany(January 5th or 6th), formerly the last day of the Christmas merrymaking. Springerle molds are often collected and passed down from generation to generation. House on the Hill’s beautiful hand-finished molds can also be displayed as holiday tree ornaments and beautiful family keepsakes year-round.
About House on the Hill
House on the Hill creates molds, carvings, rolling pins, cutters and hard-to-source ingredients for springerle, gingerbread and speculaas cookie baking. The House on the Hill website, www.houseonthehill.net, offers a step-by-step video instruction on springerle baking with owner Connie Meisinger. Ms. Meisinger’s blog,http://www.springerlecookies.com/, offers expert insights on springerle history, lore, dough preparation and baking. Springerle cookies have been baked in Ms. Meisinger’s family for four generations and she travels the country offering springerle and gingerbread baking classes to keep the tradition alive (visitwww.houseonthehill.net for a complete list of classes Connie will be teaching at House on the Hill in Elmhurst, IL and around the country). House on the Hill offers the broadest array of baking supplies for springerle and speculaas bakers in the U.S. Custom molds, carvings, cutters, time saving tools and hard-to-source ingredients such as luster dust, decorator paints, and baker’s ammonia (Hartshorn) provides bakers with a large selection of baking supplies to create the beautiful cookies.
About Connie Meisinger
Connie Meisinger, owner of House on the Hill, is a Springerle/Gingerbread baking instructor, decorative painter and crafting enthusiast. Connie, who has appeared multiple times on television and radio programs, provides an insightful, whimsical look at how holidays have been celebrated since the Middle Ages through Springerle and Gingerbread cookie baking and how her unique molds have since evolved into the ideal crafting vehicle for making elegant cake toppers, painted cookies and a myriad of fanciful crafts. House on the Hill molds and Connie’s recipes have been featured numerous times in Martha Stewart Living and other top lifestyle magazines, as well as on multiple television and radio programs.
