Catholic Recipe: Moravian Hearts
Also Called: Gingerbread; Moravian Spritz; Kolachi; Moravian Love Cakes
These iced cookies can be used on any festive occasion: simply draw liturgical symbols for the corresponding feastday on them. Some families like to bake these for feasts of Mary, particularly the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception.
DIRECTIONS
Mix butter, molasses and sugar. Add sifted dry ingredients. Roll very thin. Cut with large heartshape cutter. Bake in 375 degrees oven for six minutes. Ice with almond flavored confectioners frosting.
Recipe Source: Holy Housewifery Cookbook by Ethel Marbach, Abbey Press, Saint Meinrad, Indiana, 1968
