Speculaas (Saint Nicholas Cookies)
Recipe: #11142
November 14, 2013
"A variation of a Dutch favorite. Gourmet Magazine-December 1971. Makes 4 dozen."
Original is 48 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (24.8 g)
- Calories 77.4
- Total Fat - 2.4 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.2 g
- Cholesterol - 0 mg
- Sodium - 2414.6 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 13.5 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.3 g
- Sugars - 7.3 g
- Protein - 0.8 g
- Calcium - 33.3 mg
- Iron - 0.2 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 375F. Butter or grease baking sheets.
Step 2
Into a bowl, sift flour, baking powder and all of the spices.
Step 3
In a bowl of electric mixer, beat butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
Step 4
Stir in rum (or brandy or milk).
Step 5
Gradually add the flour/spice mixture, stirring until well combined.
Step 6
Form dough into a ball.
Step 7
Sprinkle work surface with flour and knead the dough. Roll dough into a rectangle about 1/4 inch thick.
Step 8
With a sharp knife or pizza cutter, cut dough into rectangles 2 1/2 inces by 1 1/2 inches.
Step 9
Put rectangles onto prepared baking sheets.
Step 10
Press some almond pieces into top of each rectangle and brush with lightly beaten egg white.
Step 11
Bake 12-15 minutes until browned and firm.
Step 12
Cool on wire rack.
Tips
No special items needed.
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