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Speculaas / Speculoos or Spekulatius Recipe

One of my favourite Christmas cookies are spekulatius biscuits, they are also known as speculaas or speculoos.

Speculaas / Speculoos or Spekulatius Recipe
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Ingredients

For the recipe:
  • 200g organic self-raising flour
  • 100g light brown caster sugar
  • 100g softened butter
  • 2-3 tbsp full milk
  • 3tsp organic Speculoos spices
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • Zest of half an orange
For the top:
  • 1 egg white, beaten
  • 3 tsp light brown caster sugar
  • 2 tbsp flaked almonds

One of my favourite Christmas cookies are spekulatius biscuits, they are also known as speculaas or speculoos. I remember we always used to get a special parcel from Lebkuchen Schmidt in Nürmberg from my Granny. In amongst all the beautiful tins and lebkuchen would be a few packs of their spekulatius cookies. I loved their different shapes.

They are remarkably simple to make and the spice mix brings on those classic clove heavy aromas of the festive season.

Method

01
Preheat the oven to 180C/ 350F. Grease a baking tray.
02
Mix together all the ingredients in a mixer or blender until thoroughly mixed together. Shape the dough into a ball and cover the dough ball with clingfilm and set aside for 1 hour in a cool place.
03
Flour a work surface and press the dough into an even, flat layer. Using a cutter, cut shapes from the dough and place on the greased baking tray.
04
Brush with the egg white, then sprinkle with light brown caster sugar and flaked almonds on top of each speculaas biscuit.
05
Bake for 14-18 minutes and the biscuits are turning a slightly darker shade of brown. Remove from the baking sheet and allow to cool on a cooling rack.