In 1993 I submitted my grandmother’s Springerle recipe to the Chicago Tribune’s annual cookie baking contest and found myself as one of the happy winners that year. After reading the article, Caroline Kallas, the owner of House on the Hill, saw the article and contacted me. She invited me to come to Lombard and see the cookie molds she sold. I was hooked! I became an avid customer and soon came to love the molds as much as the cookies. In 1999, Caroline died, having owned, operated and grown House on the Hill as a labor of love and dedication to her passion for Springerle cookies and cookie molds. My husband, Steve, and I bought House on the Hill from Caroline’s husband, Bill Kallas, in 2002 and continue the tradition of Springerle baking for our families and yours.

 

About our cookie molds

 

House on the Hill cookie molds allow all of us to bake beautiful cookies that are reminiscent of family, history, tradition and culture. Many of the original molds are “presses,” now in museums and private collections, were carved in clay, wood or metal and are as old as 500 years. The “picture” cookies cast from these molds were used to tell stories visually when most people were unable to read or write. They celebrate weddings, births, victories, and holidays. Today contemporary methods have enabled us to replicate these historic molds and produce copies for your enjoyment and use.

 

 

• Made in the USA

• Individually hand cast and hand finished

• Made of resin and wood composite