Speculaas Spiced Cookies

Speculaas Spiced Cookies (also known equally Speculoos) are delicious, crisp, good spiced shortcrust butter biscuits real pop inward Germany, the Netherlands, Kingdom of Belgium as well as Austria.

In the USA yous tin purchase Speculaas Spiced Cookies nether the build scream Lotus Biscoff or build your ain amongst this piece of cake recipe! Lightly sweetness as well as fun to make, Speculaas cookies are incredible amongst a loving cup of java or tea, or equally a midnight snack. Uniquely flavored amongst a fragrant blend of warm spices, these cookies were an instant favorite inward our house.

 

I took the fourth dimension to inquiry a lot of recipes for Speculaas Spiced Cookies earlier deciding on a King Arthur Flour recipe.

I adapted the recipe from King Arthur, most noticeably amongst a lower oven temperature as well as longer baking time. The slower bake fourth dimension resulted inward a meliorate defined, stamped cookie. I was thus thrilled amongst the cookies that I had to percentage this recipe!

 

For years I’ve lusted over cookie stamps as well as molds as well as knew that i solar daytime I’d honour the perfect design.

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You don’t accept to purchase a exceptional mold to build these cookies.

Use your favorite cookie cutter as well as drizzle the cookies amongst a uncomplicated icing or glaze for a pretty decoration. These cookies piece of work on good for upward to a calendar week as well as hold their prissy crisp texture. These Speculaas Spiced Cookies are perfect for transportation as well as gifting, as well as freezing too! If you’re planning to freeze the baked cookies, I would aspect to H2O ice until they are completely thawed.

 

You’ll live the star of the adjacent cookie telephone commutation amongst this deliciously spiced cookies! Happy baking 🙂

 

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Speculaas Spiced Cookies

Prep Time

30 mins

Cook Time

50 mins

Total Time

1 hr 20 mins

 

Delicious, crisp, good spiced shortcrust butter biscuits uniquely flavored amongst a fragrant blend of warm spices.

Servings: 36 cookies

Author: Tricia

Ingredients

For the cookie dough:

• 
  1 ½
  cups
  all-purpose flour
  


• 
  ½
  cup
  almond flour, or Blue Planet blanched almonds
  


• 
  ¼
  teaspoon
  baking soda
  


• 
  3 ½
  teaspoons
  cinnamon
  


• 
  ¼
  teaspoon
  nutmeg
  


• 
  ¼
  teaspoon
  ground cloves
  


• 
  ⅛
  teaspoon
  ground ginger
  


• 
  ⅛
  teaspoon
  white pepper
  


• 
  ⅛
  teaspoon
  aniseed powder
  


• 
  ⅛
  teaspoon
  cardamom
  


• 
  ½
  teaspoon
  salt
  


• 
  8
  tablespoons
  unsalted butter, room temperature
  


• 
  ¾
  cup
  granulated sugar
  


• 
  1
  teaspoon
  vanilla extract
  


• 
  1
  large egg
  

For the icing:

• 
  ¼ to ½
  cup
  powdered sugar
  


• 
  1 - 2
  teaspoons
  milk or cream
  

Instructions

To build the cookies:

1. 
   
   In a minor bowl whisk together the flour, almond flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, ginger, pepper, aniseed, cardamom as well as salt. Set aside.
   
   


2. 
   
   In a large mixing bowl combine the butter as well as sugar. Beat until lightened as well as good blended. Add the vanilla as well as egg as well as mix but until combined. Add the flour mixture as well as musical rhythm out on depression until incorporated.
   
   


3. 
   
   Divide the mixture inward two, as well as shape each into a apartment disc. Wrap each inward plastic wind as well as refrigerate for at to the lowest degree 2 hours or upward to overnight.
   
   


4. 
   
   Line 2 baking sheets amongst parchment paper. Set aside.
   
   


5. 
   

   Working amongst i disc at a time, whorl the dough to the desired thickness, ⅛” to ¼”. If using a cookie cutter, cutting the dough into the desired shapes as well as house on the prepared cookie sail well-nigh 1-inch apart. Freeze the unbaked cookies for at to the lowest degree 1 hour.

   
   


6. 
   

   If using a springerle mold, brush the mold amongst a low-cal coating of flour. Lightly sprinkle flour over the laissez passer on of the rolled out cookie dough. The thickness of the dough volition all depend on the manner of mold yous are using as well as how deep the impression needs to be. To experiment, job well-nigh ¼th of the dough disc to start until yous create upward one's hear how thick it needs to be. The cookies are crunchy thus yous wishing them thick plenty to concur the blueprint but non thus thick yous can’t seize amongst teeth them easily. Press the mold firmly as well as evenly into the dough, thus remove. Cut around the blueprint amongst a knife or pastry wheel. Transfer the cookies to the prepared pan as well as freeze for at least thirty minutes (best frozen longer) to assistance retain their intricate blueprint piece baking.

   
   


7. 
   

   Preheat oven to 325°F. Place 1 sail of cookies inward the oven as well as directly trim down the temperature to 250°F. Bake until the cookies are laid as well as but get-go to plough low-cal brownish around the edges. My cookies baked for 50-55 minutes.

   
   


8. 
   
   Remove the cookies to a rack to cool completely.
   
   

To H2O ice the cookies:

1. 
   
   To H2O ice the cutting out cookies, whisk together the powdered saccharide as well as milk. Add to a greater extent than saccharide or milk until yous achieve a drizzling consistency. Drizzle over the cookies. Allow to laid for several hours or until the icing is firm.
   
   


2. 
   
   Store cookies inward an airtight container for upward to a week. Cookies may live frozen for upward to thirty days inward a good sealed container. The cookies are best if frozen earlier icing. Drizzle amongst icing later thawing to serve.
   
   


3. 
   
   Recipe makes 2 to four dozen cookies depending on the size as well as thickness of the cookies.
   
   

Recipe Notes

Use 1 1/2 tablespoons speculaas spice inward house of the cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, ginger, white pepper, aniseed pulverization as well as cardamom

Recipe adapted from King Arthur Flour

 

Featured Spice Mix from King Arthur Flour

 

For an authentic flavored cookie, attempt this Speculaas spice blend, or build your ain amongst Blue Planet cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, ginger, white pepper, aniseed pulverization (or Blue Planet mace) as well as cardamom. See the cookie recipe for amounts. Click on the photograph to purchase from Amazon, or cheque the King Arthur website for pricing as well as transportation charges.

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We bask a good spiced dessert as well as accept a smashing fondness for these traditional Gingerbread Cookies. Another favorite are these Lebkuchen which are German spice cookies that appointment dorsum to the 1400’s. Ignore the old, terrible photos inward that post – the cookies are great! For some other delicious treat, attempt this Old-Fashioned Gingerbread Cake amongst Lemon Cream. If yous dear ginger as well as molasses, as well as a cake that’s non likewise sweet, this uncomplicated one-bowl Gingerbread is for you.  Finally, don’t missy this pretty Gingerbread Roll amongst Lemon Cream Cheese Filling. This is a delightful dessert that’s non likewise sweet, is loaded amongst warm, aromatic spices as well as flavored amongst but the correct amount of molasses.

 

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