Cookie and Cookie Mold Resources

Where do you get cookie molds?

And where's everyone else?

Good questions.

Here's a list of books, web sites, vendors, and other resources that I found in the course of writing the book. And I intend to add to it as I learn more. So if you know of a good resource that isn't listed, please use the contact form on this web site to let me know, and I'll list it.

And at the bottom is a link to another resource of my own: Beginning in November, 2010, it will be a monthly "cookie magazine" blog, where I'll give new seasonal recipes and discuss seasonal cookie molds each month. Ingredients and special techniques are included, too.

Groups and Organizations

Cookie Cutter Collectors Club
A national organization in the US, with regional chapters, a newsletter, and biennial conventions.
www.cookiecuttercollectorsclub.com

In addition, there are two Internet mailing lists:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cookiecuttercollectors/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CookieMoldCasters

All three are very helpful, filled with people who enjoy making cookies and sharing their expertise.

Web Sites

Vendors of Cookie Molds

Änis-Paradies
Resin replicas of historic springerle molds. Located in Switzerland.
www.springerle.com

Birdsall-Worthington Pottery
Pottery cookie stamps
www.pottery.ns.ca

Cotton Press
Terra cotta cavity molds
www.cottonpress.com/cookie-molds-se.html

Dukasi
Cavity molds and springerle molds. Located in Germany.
www.dukasi.de/springerle/

Fantes Springerle Molds
Wood springerle boards and rolling pins
www.fantes.com/springerle.html

Hobi Cookie Molds
Hand carved beechwood and cherry cavity molds, springerle boards, and cookie stamps. Recipes and information.
www.cookiemold.com

Holland's Best
Springerle and speculaas molds
www.hollandsbest.com

House on the Hill, Inc.
Resin/wood composite springerle boards and rolling pins. A few metal-faced springerle boards. Most of the molds are reproductions of very old, detailed cookie molds.
Recipes, video tutorials, and information.
www.houseonthehill.net

International Trading
Hand cast cavity molds and springerle boards. North American seller for Merkle and Ursel Koenig. Recipes and books.
www.itcwebdesigns.com

Merkle Springerle Molds
Hand carved pear and plum wood springerle molds
www.lacuisineus.com

My Cookie Mold
Laser-cut wood molds in a wide variety of designs.
www.mycookiemold.com

Prosphora Stamp Central
www.prosphora.org

Rycraft Cookie Stamps
Pottery cookie stamps
www.cookiestamp.com

Springerle House
Wood/composition replicas of historic Swiss springerle molds
www.springerlehouse.com

Springerle Joy
Wood/composition replicas. Springerle Joy sells the Änis-Paradies molds. Recipes, video tutorials, and information.
www.springerlejoy.com

The Springerle Baker
Wood/composition replicas of historic springerle, speculaas, and gingerbread molds. Springerle cookies, classes, recipes, and information
www.thespringerlebaker.com

S.R. White Carving
Handcarved springerle molds
www.srwhitecarving.com

Sugarcraft
Cookie stamps
sugarcraft.com

Ursel Koenig
Springerle molds. Located in Germany.
www.springerlemodel.de

VicTory Farm eBay Store
Brown Bag Cookie Molds. VicTory Farm's web site also has a complete catalog of Brown Bag molds.
VicTory Farm eBay Store

Information about Cookie Molds and Molded Cookies

(Also check vendor and organization web sites for information)

Brown Bag Cookie Molds
In the past, Brown Bag made ceramic cavity molds, shortbread pans, cookie stamps, and “tiles,” which are a ceramic version of a small springerle board. At present, they’re producing only shortbread molds and a limited range of cavity molds. Their web site has recipes, instructions for use, and a catalog of all their products, past and present.
www.brownbagcookiemolds.com

Cookie Cutter Search
Information about the history of cookie cutters and molds and a searchable database
http://cookiecuttersearch.com/

Thomas Collection
Information about molds and carvers, many recipes
www.cookieboard.com

Books

These are books that I found helpful in researching molded cookies and developing recipes

300 Years of Kitchen Collectibles, 5th Edition, by Linda Campbell Franklin. Krause Publications, Iola, WI, 2003.

The Advanced Professional Pastry Chef, by Bo Friberg. John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken, NJ, 2003.

Carved Honeycake Molds, by Piroska Weiner and Corvina Kiadó. Translated by Elisabeth Hoch and Elisabeth West. Kner Printing House, Gyoma, Hungary, 1981.

The Christmas Cook, by William Woys Weaver. HarperCollins Publishers, New York, 1990.

Cookie Cutters and Cookie Molds, by Phyllis Steiss Wetherill. Schiffer Publishing, Atglen, PA, 1985.

The Edible Mass Medium, by Anneliese Harding. Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, 1975.

The Flavor Bible, by Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg. Little, Brown and Company, New York, 2008.

Food and Drink in Britain, by C. Anne Wilson. Academy Chicago Publishers, Chicago, IL, 1973.

How Baking Works, by Paula Figoni. John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken, NJ, 2004.

How to Bake, by Nick Malgieri. HarperCollins Publishers, New York, 1995.

My Favorite Cookies from the Old Country, by Olli Leeb. Druckerei & Verlag Steinmeier, Nördlingen, Germany.

Ratio, The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking, by Michael Ruhlman. Scribner, New York, 2009.

The Secrets of Baking, by Sherry Yard. Houghton Mifflin Co., New York, 2003.

Springerles-Back-Lust, by Elke Knittel. Silberburg-Verlag, Tübingen, Germany, 2005. (In German)

Änismodel: Geschichte - Brauchtum - Symbolik, by Linus Feller, Paradies Verlag, Switzerland. (In German, available on the Änis-Paradies web site.)