Speculaas

Name: Speculaas
Ingredients: 1/2 pounds, 7/8 ounces, weight All-purpose Flour; 5-1/3 ounces, weight Dark Brown Sugar; 3-5/8 ounces, weight Butter; 3 tablespoons, 1 teaspoon, 2-1/3 pinches Water; 1-1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon; 1-1/2 teaspoon Ground Cloves; 3/4 teaspoons Dried Ground Ginger; 3/4 teaspoons Ground Nutmeg

8 ingredients

6 steps

Ingredients

1/2 pounds, 7/8 ounces, weight All-purpose Flour
5-1/3 ounces, weight Dark Brown Sugar
3-5/8 ounces, weight Butter
3 tablespoons, 1 teaspoon, 2-1/3 pinches Water
1-1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon
1-1/2 teaspoon Ground Cloves
3/4 teaspoons Dried Ground Ginger
3/4 teaspoons Ground Nutmeg

Directions

1

Preheat the oven to 175 degrees Celsius (or about 350 degrees Fahrenheit).
2

Mix all the ingredients and knead until you have a nice supple dough.
3

If you want 'pepernoten' (traditional bite-size cookies), then roll small marbles of the dough and put them (with enough space in between) on a greased cookie sheet.
4

If you want to make shaped cookies, it'll help to chill the dough thoroughly before putting it into the oven, as this will help the cookies keep shape. You could make a log out of the dough and leave it in the fridge overnight, or put it in the freezer just long enough to get thoroughly cold.
5

You can then just cut slices off the log, or roll the dough out and use your cookie cutters.
6

Put the speculaas into the oven for about 25 minutes. Hang out in the kitchen and take deep breaths while they bake.