Speculaas
also called speculoos · spekulatius · Dutch windmill cookies · Biscoff cookies · St Nicholas cookies
- Bakery
- serves 40
- about 3 hours
- Cookies
Three ways to read this recipe
The table
| Heat the oven to 350°F (175°C) and line two baking sheets with parchment | ||||
| 2 cups(250 g)all-purpose flour | whisk | work to a stiff dough | wrap and chill for 2 hours | roll thin, cut or mould, bake 350°F (175°C) 15 min |
| 2 tsp(5 g)ground cinnamon | ||||
| 1/2 tsp(1 g)ground nutmeg | ||||
| 1/2 tsp(1 g)ground cloves | ||||
| 1/2 tsp(1 g)ground ginger | ||||
| 1/4 tsp(0.5 g)ground cardamom | ||||
| 1 tsp(4.8 g)baking powder | ||||
| 1/4 tsp(1.5 g)table salt | ||||
| 1/2 cup(113 g; softened)unsalted butter | cream | |||
| 3/4 cup(165 g)dark brown sugar | ||||
| 2 Tbs(30 mL)whole milk | ||||
What to lay out
Everything the recipe asks for, sitting under the step that eats it. Tick each one as you measure it.14 things to get out.
Pans and tools
Before anything else
2whisk
3cream
4work to a stiff dough
goes in with what steps 2 and 3 made
Cooking it
Tap a step when it is done; the next one lights up.
The clock
- Start to finish
- at least 2 hr 15 mintwo waits that overlap count once
- Needs you
- none givenof the steps that give a time
3 of the 5 steps never say how long they take, so both numbers are floors. The recipe itself says 3 hr.
whisk
not timedfrom the start
cream
not timedfrom the start
work to a stiff dough
not timedfrom the start
wrap and chill for 2 hours
2 hrwalk away(read off the step)from the start
roll thin, cut or mould, bake 350°F (175°C) 15 min
15 minwalk away(read off the step)2 hr in
- you can walk away
- never timed
Drawn to scale, so a long wait really does take up the room it takes. The shortest stretches keep a sliver so they stay visible; their times are printed beside them. The minutes are always the recipe’s own; a dashed edge means we worked out from the step whether you have to be there, and a dotted one means nothing was said, so we assumed you are standing over it.
You'll need baking sheets · oven
See how it is written
>> title: Speculaas
>> category: Cookies
>> tags: spice, dutch, brown sugar, christmas, oven
>> counters: Bakery
>> aka: speculoos, spekulatius, Dutch windmill cookies, Biscoff cookies, St Nicholas cookies
>> servings: 40
>> time: 3 hours
>> step.4: work to a stiff dough
>> step.6: roll thin, cut or mould, bake 350°F (175°C) 15 min
Heat the #oven{} to 350°F (175°C) and line two #baking sheets{} with parchment.
Whisk @all-purpose flour{2%cup}(250 g), @ground cinnamon{2%tsp}(5 g), @ground nutmeg{1/2%tsp}(1 g), @ground cloves{1/2%tsp}(1 g), @ground ginger{1/2%tsp}(1 g), @ground cardamom{1/4%tsp}(0.5 g), @baking powder{1%tsp}(4.8 g), and @table salt{1/4%tsp}(1.5 g).
Cream @unsalted butter{1/2%cup}(113 g; softened) with @dark brown sugar{3/4%cup}(165 g).
Work @&(~2)spiced flour{} and @whole milk{2%Tbs}(30 mL) into @&(~1)creamed butter{}.
Wrap @&(~1)dough{} and chill for ~{2%hours}.
Roll @&(~1)dough{} thin, cut or mould the shapes, and bake at 350°F for ~{15%min}.