Spekulaas Biscuits

Name: Spekulaas Biscuits
Prep time: 30 h
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 h 15 min
Yield: 30-40
Cuisine: European
Ingredients: 225g unsalted butter, room temperature; 210g caster sugar; 20g St. Nicholas Spekulaas Spice; ¼ tsp salt; 1 tsp almond extract; 3 tbsp milk; 380g all purpose flour; ¼ tsp baking powder

Easy

1.75hrs

30-40

Spekulaas Biscuits

Rated 4.0 stars by 39 users

Cuisine

European

Servings

30-40 biscuits

Prep Time

1 hour 30 minutes

Cook Time

10-15 minutes

The word Spekulaas comes from the Latin word “speculum”, meaning “mirror”. Traditionally, the dough was pressed into wooden, hand-carved moulds, representing “mirror” imprints on them. These imprints would often feature images of St. Nicholas and his life. The biscuits were made to honour him and were traditionally only made for the 6th of December, but these days, they are made during Advent and for Christmas in general.

Ingredients

225g unsalted butter, room temperature
210g caster sugar
20g St. Nicholas Spekulaas Spice
¼ tsp salt
1 tsp almond extract
3 tbsp milk
380g all purpose flour
¼ tsp baking powder

Directions

Cream softened butter and sugar until the mixture is a pale white. Add the spice and salt and fold through. Mix in the almond extract and milk a little bit at a time and stir once more.
Sift in the flour and baking powder and mix well until all ingredients are evenly distributed and the dough is quite firm.
With floured hands, shape the mixture into a ball, place it into a reusable ziplock bag or silicone bag, seal and rest it in the fridge for approximately 1 hour.
Take the dough out of the fridge and allow it to come to room temperature before baking. Prepare a work surface and rolling pin by flouring them. Also prepare a baking tray, lined with a baking mat.
Pre-heat oven to 180°C.
Roll the dough out thinly (about 5mm) and press into your chosen mould, ensuring to cut the excess dough off around the edges. Alternatively, cookie cutters and biscuit stamps also work.
Place the biscuits on the prepared baking tray and bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes.

Comments

Do you know where to get the speculaa moulds in Victoria or who to contact to get in Netherlands or Germany ? Thanks for any intel

Delicious! We have allergies in our house, so I adapted these to be gluten and dairy free. They worked perfectly with GF flour, nutalex, and soy milk substitutes. Beautiful texture and flavour.

I have not stopped receiving compliments on this recipe. Everybody wants it, loves it and wants more. I’ve made it for 2 years now. This year I had to make 3 batches because of the demand!

So easy to make and the baking aroma in the house was magnificent.

Made these today.
My husband said the house smelled beautiful.
I rolled the dough into balls and pressed each ball with a fork.
Looked and tasted fabulous.
Valentina

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