How long can I keep speculaas cookies?

You can keep speculaas cookies for about a week in an airtight container at room temperature.

Can I freeze speculaas cookies?

Yes, you can freeze speculaas cookies. Make sure they are completely cooled before freezing them. You can then reheat them in the oven later to retain their crispy texture.

Speculaas cookies

Name: Speculaas cookies
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Ingredients: For the dough; 75g butter at room temperature; 115g dark brown sugar; 40g light brown sugar; 8g cinnamon; 2g ground cloves (store-bought or freshly ground in a mortar); 0.5 dl whisky (of good quality!); 250g flour, half white, half brown or whole wheat; 3g bicarbonate of soda; a pinch of salt; one or more wooden Sinterklaas molds; For the cookies; speculaas dough (see the ingredients above); 1 egg yolk; 1 tbsp milk; gold powder (from the baking store); walnuts, hazelnuts, almonds: count on one nut per cookie; a brush

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Enjoy these delicious Sinterklaas speculaas cookies. Discover the recipe from Sofie Dumont here. Perfect for the holidays!

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Ingredients

What do you need?

Quantity:

For the dough
75g butter at room temperature
115g dark brown sugar
40g light brown sugar
8g cinnamon
2g ground cloves (store-bought or freshly ground in a mortar)
0.5 dl whisky (of good quality!)
250g flour, half white, half brown or whole wheat
3g bicarbonate of soda
a pinch of salt
one or more wooden Sinterklaas molds

For the cookies
speculaas dough (see the ingredients above)
1 egg yolk
1 tbsp milk
gold powder (from the baking store)
walnuts, hazelnuts, almonds: count on one nut per cookie
a brush

Preparation method

How do you make this?

Dough Preheat the oven to 180 °C.

Mix the butter with the dark and light brown sugar, the cinnamon, the ground cloves, and the whisky.

Add the flour, bicarbonate of soda, and salt.

Sprinkle some flour in the molds, tap out the excess flour, and press the dough very well so that it reaches all the corners.

Trim the dough flat, level with the wooden mold, using a thin knife, such as a filleting knife. Bakers do it with a wire.

Tap the speculaas out of the mold onto a baking sheet lined with baking paper.

Bake for 10 minutes at 180 °C and then for 4 minutes at 200 °C. With whole wheat flour, the speculaas takes a little longer to bake than with just white flour.

Cookies Cut slices of 3 to 5 mm from the speculaas dough, in rectangular or square shape, and spread them out on a baking paper.

Beat the egg yolk with the milk and brush the cookies with it.

Put a teaspoon of gold powder in a bowl and roll the nuts through it.

Press a nut onto each cookie.

Bake for 10 minutes at 180 °C and then for 4 minutes at 200 °C. Thicker cookies will take a little longer.

Tips

Does the dough feel rather dry? Then add some water. With wholemeal flower it can sometimes be less easy to mix, but it is of course a much healthier version. With this dough you can bake cookies at any time of the year. Freeze in a part and get it out when you expect a visit or when you just feel like freshly baked cookies.