Belgium

Speculoos

Name: Speculoos
Prep time: 8 h
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 8 h 45 min
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: Belgian
Ingredients: 1/2 cup + 1 tbsp soft butter; 3/4 cup dark brown sugar or cassonade brown sugar; 1 tbsp cinnamon powder; 1/4 tsp nutmeg; 1/2 tsp ground cloves whole spices; 1 tsp dry ginger powder (ground ginger); 1/4 tsp cardamom; a pinch salt; 2 cups maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); 1/2 tsp baking soda (bicarb soda, bicarbonate of soda); 2 tbsp milk

Thin, crisp spiced biscuits with caramel notes. The coffee biscuit Belgium gave the world.

45 minTime

2 gProtein each

mildSpice

8hPlan ahead. Soak for 8 hours first; the 45 minutes come after.

Saint Nicholas biscuits2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's waySpiced brown sugar biscuits.

The original

203kcalsame

2 gproteinsame

1 gfibresame

45minutessame

Classic speculoos.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Butter½ cup + 1 tbsp, soft

Brown sugar¾ cup dark brown sugar or cassonade

Cinnamon powder1 tbsp

Nutmeg¼ tsp

Whole spices½ tsp ground cloves

Dry ginger powder (ground ginger)1 tsp

Cardamom¼ tsp

Salta pinch

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)2 cups

Baking soda (bicarb soda, bicarbonate of soda)½ tsp

Milk2 tbsp

Method

5 steps

1Cream the soft butter with the brown sugar and all the spices.
2Add flour, baking soda and milk and mix to a firm dough. Wrap and rest overnight in the fridge.
3Roll 3 mm thin between baking paper and cut shapes, or press into floured wooden moulds.
4Bake at 180°C for 12 to 15 minutes.
5Cool on a rack until crisp.

Serve it like this

Stack on a plate or tuck one beside each coffee cup. They keep crisp in a tin for weeks.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Belgium

Speculoos

Thin, crisp spiced biscuits with caramel notes. The coffee biscuit Belgium gave the world.

45 minTime

2 gProtein each

mildSpice

8hPlan ahead. Soak for 8 hours first; the 45 minutes come after.

Saint Nicholas biscuits2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's waySpiced brown sugar biscuits.

The original

203kcalsame

2 gproteinsame

1 gfibresame

45minutessame

Classic speculoos.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Butter½ cup + 1 tbsp, soft

Brown sugar¾ cup dark brown sugar or cassonade

Cinnamon powder1 tbsp

Nutmeg¼ tsp

Whole spices½ tsp ground cloves

Dry ginger powder (ground ginger)1 tsp

Cardamom¼ tsp

Salta pinch

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)2 cups

Baking soda (bicarb soda, bicarbonate of soda)½ tsp

Milk2 tbsp

Method

5 steps

1Cream the soft butter with the brown sugar and all the spices.
2Add flour, baking soda and milk and mix to a firm dough. Wrap and rest overnight in the fridge.
3Roll 3 mm thin between baking paper and cut shapes, or press into floured wooden moulds.
4Bake at 180°C for 12 to 15 minutes.
5Cool on a rack until crisp.

Serve it like this

Stack on a plate or tuck one beside each coffee cup. They keep crisp in a tin for weeks.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Speculoos

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Ingredients

Method

Speculoos

Make it your way

Ingredients

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