HOW TO MAKE AUTHENTIC SPECULOOS COOKIES
Speculoos cookies are lightly spiced and shaped in different forms. Making speculoos cookies is a child-friendly activity. Try making speculoos around the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. The times indicated below are for preparing ALL the cookies. Each batch takes about 15 minutes to bake.
Provided by Belgian Foodie
Categories Dessert
Time 3h10m
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and brown sugar together.
- Add one egg at a time, mixing about 30 to 60 seconds after each one.
- In another bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder and spices. Then add about 1/3 of the flour mixture to the butter-sugar mixture. Mix lightly until incorporated. Repeat in 2 steps for the next 2/3 of the flour mixture.
- Make a ball with the dough. Knead gently on a floured cutting board only to make sure all ingredients are mixed well together. If the dough sticks to your hands or the cutting board, add a little more flour until it's no longer sticky. Wrap the ball of dough in plastic wrap and put in refrigerator. Leave at least 30 minutes. I usually leave it overnight. It can stay in the refrigerator 24 hours without any problems.
- Remove the dough from the refrigerator about 15 minutes before rolling. Preheat oven to 350°F / 175°C (see notes below). Cut dough in three parts. Flatten the first part. Roll it out on a floured cutting board until the dough is about 1/12 inch / 2 millimeters thick. A little thicker is ok too. Be careful not to roll the dough too thin or else the cookies will break or burn. Gather the remaining dough and roll it out again to create new shapes.
- Use your cookie cutters to create shapes. Place the cut-out shapes of dough onto a baking sheet lined with baking paper. Put the filled baking sheet into the oven (on the middle rack). Let bake until the cookies are lightly brown on top (about 15 minutes). Remove cookies from oven and let them cool on a rack.
- While you bake each pan of cookies, continue rolling out the rest of the dough. You will thus roll-out and bake simultaneously. Therefore the time indicated for rolling out and baking will overlap to a large extent.
- After all the cookies are baked and cooled off, enjoy! If you create shapes the size of my cookies in the photo, you will make about 45 cookies per egg. Share with friends!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 54 kcal, Carbohydrate 8 g, Protein 1 g, Fat 2 g, SaturatedFat 1 g, Cholesterol 10 mg, Sodium 12 mg, Fiber 0.2 g, Sugar 4 g, UnsaturatedFat 1.1 g, ServingSize 1 serving
ST. NIKOLAAS KOEKJES - SANTA CLAUS COOKIES
Not just any old Christmas cookie. Great any time of the year and just delicious with your tea or coffee. Overnight chilling time not included in preparation time. From the Michigan Dutch chapter of the United States Regional Cookbook, Culinary Arts Institute of Chicago, 1947.
Provided by Molly53
Categories Dessert
Time 23m
Yield 72 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Cream butter with sugar.
- Sift dry ingredients together and add alternatively with the sour cream to the creamed mixture.
- Add nuts.
- Knead together well; shape into a loaf, wrap in waxed paper and chill in the refrigerator overnight.
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- Slice and bake approximately 8 minutes until lightly browned.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 101.2, Fat 6, SaturatedFat 3.5, Cholesterol 14.4, Sodium 69.7, Carbohydrate 11.3, Fiber 0.4, Sugar 5.7, Protein 1
Are you curently on diet or you just want to control your food's nutritions, ingredients? We will help you find recipes by cooking method, nutrition, ingredients...
Check it out »
You'll also love