Speculaas (Dutch style gingerbread biscuits)
By
Lisa 'Gayle' Goff
@GayleGoff
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These are one of our family's favorite dutch cookies (they bake thin and crisp so they are more of a biscuit than a cookie, thus the name)
Ingredients
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7 ozself-rising cake flour
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4 ozsoft brown sugar
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2 Tbsp*speculaas spice (this is very authentic and hard to find, see recipe below to make your own)
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1 pinchsalt
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5 ozchilled real butter (do not use margarine)
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1 Tbspmilk
How to Make Speculaas (Dutch style gingerbread biscuits)
- Combine flour, sugar, spice and salt
- Dice the butter and mix into the flour using a pastry cutter or two knives then add milk and with your hands quickly knead all into a firm dough (do this quickly so the heat from your hands does not warm the dough too much)
- wrap the dough in saran wrap and let rest at least 2 hours but overnight is preferable to develope the spice flavor
- Pre heat oven to 375
- Roll dough into a rectangle about 1/2 inch thick and place on a parchment lined baking sheet. Bake for 30 minutes
- Cool on a wire rack, break into pieces to serve.
- * Speculaas spice:
1/2 Cup Cinnamon
1/4 Cup Cloves
1/4 Cup Nutmeg
1/2 Cup Ground Ginger
1/4 Cup Cardamom
1/8 Cup White Pepper
(You can use a pre-made gingerbread spice but it will not be the same, the gingerbread spices have allspice and no cardamom or white pepper, but use what ever suits your tastes)
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