![]() Whisk the flour, salt, baking soda, and spices together in a bowl. These cookies keep really well, making them perfect to pack up in tins and give as Christmas presents.īe prepared: The rolled-out dough needs to be chilled for at least 3 hours.ħ tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature ![]() In fact, in their native Belgium, they are the cookie that celebrates the name day of Saint Nicholas, the man we know as Father Christmas, or Santa Claus. In general, the predominant spice is cinnamon – indeed, some recipes I’ve seen use cinnamon alone – but a little ginger and a pinch of cloves make the cookies slightly more complex.Īs far as I know, there’s no law against eating speculoos in March or June or even September, but no matter when you have them their smell will hint of Christmas and their flavor will just about exclaim it. ![]() Speculoos are crisp brown-sugar cookies that can be big or small (I make them very small), thin or thicker (mine are medium-thin), spicy or spicier (I lean toward spicier). So now you know about it and I hope you’ll tell others: Spread the word, please.įrom Around My French Table, More Than 300 Recipes from My Home to Yours ![]() I was relieved when my publisher put the erratum into the book and then I lost sleep over whether anyone would find it. This one’s serious and I lost a lot of sleep over it – alotta lotta. No matter how many times a book gets read, by me, the author, and by all the hawk-eyed proofreaders, books always seem to have at least one mistake. ![]()
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