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Speculoos

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  • Servings: 50
  • Prep: 1h
  • Cook: 10m
  • The following recipe serves 50 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 4 cups flour, sifted
  • 1 ½ cup brown vergeoise (or soft brown sugar)
  • 1 cup butter (at room temperature)
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon ground ginger
  • ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • ½ teaspoon ground cloves
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cardamom
  • ¼ teaspoon ground white pepper
  • ¼ teaspoon ground anise
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: With a spatula, mix the butter with sugar, salt and spices. Add the eggs one by one and mix well.

  • Step 2: Gradually add the flour mixed with the baking powder until obtaining a homogeneous dough.

  • Step 3: Cover the dough with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 12 hours.

  • Step 4: Preheat oven to 375 F. Line several baking sheets with parchment paper.

  • Step 5: Cut the dough into 4 equal pieces. Thoroughly dust the work surface and a rolling pin with flour. Roll a piece of dough to a thickness of ¼ inch. Cut the dough with a knife or a cookie cutter and use the wooden or silicone mold to make some prints on the speculoos.

  • Step 6: Place the speculoos on the baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining dough. Bake the cookies for 10 minutes.

  • Step 7: Let cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, them carefully place them on a cooling rack. Let them cool completely before storing them in a tin box.


Tips & Variations

Don't forget the following tips and variations.
  • Optional: wooden or silicone cookie molds (Springerle molds)

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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