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Speculaas (Dutch Spiced Cookies)

Speculaas (Dutch Spiced Cookies) — a cookie recipe, 7 ingredients.

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Ingredients

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  • 110 g butter
  • 90 g light brown sugar
  • 1 g table salt
  • 3 teaspoons speculaas spices
  • 100 g flour
  • 100 g self-raising flour
  • 1 egg, beaten
Make it lactose-friendly
  • 110 g butter → plant butter, ghee (mostly lactose-free), or olive oil

Swaps are suggestions, not medical advice. Check labels if lactose is a serious issue for you.

Steps

  1. Cream together the butter, sugar, salt, and spices until you have a soft mass.
  2. Add the egg and flours, and mix into a soft dough.
  3. If desired, let the dough rest for 2 days in the fridge. This will give a stronger taste of the spices to the biscuits.
  4. Sprinkle the speculaas mold with flour so the dough will not stick.
  5. Press a piece of dough in the mold. Cut away the excess dough by using a string or by cutting with a knife, holding it flat against the template.
  6. Flip the mold over, and smack it forcefully face-down on the kitchen worktop. This should get the speculaas out of the template.
  7. Arrange the speculaas on a well-buttered baking sheet, leaving enough space between them to allow for spreading.
  8. Bake the speculaas in a 170°C oven. Small cookies will take 20 minutes, while larger ones can take 30 minutes or more. There is no telling when the cookies are done when still hot, so take one out and let it cool down. When it smells good and is crispy, it is done.
  9. Let the speculaas fully cool. Enjoy with a cup of tea or hot chocolate.

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Source

Wikibooks Cookbook — adapted under CC BY-SA 3.0