Should Springerle cookies be hard or soft?
It’s a matter of preference. Most people serve them as a dunking cookie like biscotti but Springerle can be served soft. Springerle cookies come out of the oven chewy and soft—like a chocolate chip cookie. But because they have only flour, sugar and eggs, they tend to give up their moisture fast, even in an airtight container. That’s good for shelf life—Springerle last for months, but it’s not good if you want a soft cookie. To keep freshly baked Springerle soft, let them cool and promptly put them in an airtight container with a piece of bread on the top separated from the cookies by a piece of wax paper. To soften cookies that already are hard, you can put a slice of bread or apple separated by a piece of wax paper in the container with your cookies. Take the apple out after a day. They will be soft in one or two days. In a pinch, you can restore some moisture to the outside of a dry Springerle cookie by placing a kitchen towel rinsed in very warm water and wrung out over a layer of
