Speculaas Spices Duch Spice For Sinterklaas Recipes

SPECULAAS COOKIES OR SPICY SINTERKLASS CAKES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve the brown sugar in milk. Combine the flour, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, baking powder and salt. Stir the dry ingredients into the sugar and milk. Mix in 2 tablespoons of almonds and candied citron. Cut in the butter until it starts to form a dough, then knead on a lightly floured surface until smooth. Cover dough and chill for about 1 hour for easier handling.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Dust a wooden speculaas mold lightly with cornstarch. Firmly press the dough into the mold. Run a knife around the edges to trim off excess dough. Gently lift dough out of the mold or tap out onto a cookie sheet. Press remaining almond slivers into cookies to match the designs.
• Bake for 15 minutes in the preheated oven, just until the edges begin to darken. If your cookies are more than 1/2 inch thick, bake at 300 degrees F (150 degrees C) for up to 30 minutes. Cool cookies on wire racks to crisp. Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to a month. The flavor will get better with age.

DUTCH SPECULAAS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, molasses and orange zest. Combine the flour, ground almonds, cinnamon, baking powder, nutmeg, cloves, pepper, ginger and cardamom. Gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or until easy to handle. , Preheat oven to 350°. On a parchment-lined surface, roll a small amount of dough to 1/8-in. thickness. Use a floured cookie stamp to press design into dough, then cut with floured 3-in. cookie cutters, leaving 1 in. between cookies. Remove excess dough and reroll scraps, if desired., Transfer parchment with dough to cookie sheet. If dough has warmed, place baking sheet in refrigerator until it firms up, about 10-15 minutes. Bake at 350° until edges are lightly browned, 8-10 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool.

SPECULAAS SPICE MIX

Steps:

• Add all ingredients into a bowl and mix them up. If you need to get rid of lumps use the back of a spoon or a mortar and pestle to break down the lumps.
• You can store the Speculaas Spice Mix in an airtight container or glass jar with a lid that closes tightly.

SPECULAAS SPICES (DUCH SPICE FOR SINTERKLAAS)

Steps:

• Put all the spices together and mix.
• Use only 1 tablespoon of this mix on 4 cups of flour!

SPECULAAS (DUTCH SPICED BISCUIT)

Steps:

• Combine the cake flour, brown sugar, all spice and salt.
• Cut butter into pieces and mix into the flour in a food processor.
• Add milk and you should now have a firm dough ball.
• Wrap the dough in clingfilm and allow to rest in a cool place for atleast 2 hours, but preferably for a day to draw out the spice flavour.
• Preheat the oven to 175 degrees celcius, roll out the dough into a rectangle about 1cm thick.
• Place this onto a lined baking tray and bake the spiced biscuit in the oven for about 30 minutes until done.
• Cool the biscuit on a wire rack.
• To serve: Break the biscuit into pieces and serve with warm chocolate milk.