Homemade Speculaas Spice Mix Food

HOW TO MAKE SPECULAAS SPICE MIX

Steps:

• Stir all the spices together in a medium sized bowl and mix until thoroughly combined. Keep in an airtight jar or container. Don't forget to label it.
• Use in abundance during the festive season

HOMEMADE SPECULAAS SPICE MIX

Steps:

• Mix spices together in a bowl.
• Use right away or store in an airtight jar.
• This recipe makes about 6 tablespoons of spice mix.

SPECULAAS - DUTCH COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine sugar and milk in a bowl.
• Stir until smooth.
• In another bowl, sift the dry ingredients and blend in the butter until the mixture is like cornmeal.
• Add the sugar and milk mixture and the almonds.
• Mix well.
• Wrap in foil, or wax paper and refrigerate overnight.
• Roll out the dough pretty thin.
• Use Christmas cookie cutters (or a windmill or other shaped cookie cutter if it isn't Christmas).
• Dust the cutter well with flour to be sure it doesn't stick.
• Place on greased cookie sheet and bake at 350 for about 10- 12 minutes.
• Remove and cool.

SPICY SPECULAAR DUTCH MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Cut the bacon into very thin strips.
• Ground the cookies into fine crumbs and mix them with the speculaar spice powder, ketjap, sambal and bacon, then mix all of it throughly with the ground beef.
• Roll the mixture into balls (about 24 of them).
• Heat the butter in a large pan and cook for about 10 minutes on a low heat until golden brown and cooked though.
• Serve while warm with a little extra sambal.

SPECULAAS (DUTCH SPICE COOKIES OR WINDMILL COOKIES)

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, cream together sugar and butter. Add egg.
• Add remaining ingredients and stir to form a stiff dough.
• If making the cookies without a mold, roll the dough into cylinders that are the diameter of your desired cookies.*
• Freeze for at least 20-30 minutes.
• Slice the chilled dough into thin (~1/4 inch) rounds and place on a cookie sheet. Cookies will spread a little bit upon baking.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes.
• *Also chill dough before pressing into molds or using cookie cutters.

SPECULAASKRUIDEN

Steps:

• On a wooden board or in a small bowl, mix the spices well.
• Once the spices are mixed well, scoop them into a small, clean jar.
• Mix again with the back end of a teaspoon, or put the lid on and shake.

SPECULAAS (DUTCH SPICED BISCUIT)

Steps:

• Combine the cake flour, brown sugar, all spice and salt.
• Cut butter into pieces and mix into the flour in a food processor.
• Add milk and you should now have a firm dough ball.
• Wrap the dough in clingfilm and allow to rest in a cool place for atleast 2 hours, but preferably for a day to draw out the spice flavour.
• Preheat the oven to 175 degrees celcius, roll out the dough into a rectangle about 1cm thick.
• Place this onto a lined baking tray and bake the spiced biscuit in the oven for about 30 minutes until done.
• Cool the biscuit on a wire rack.
• To serve: Break the biscuit into pieces and serve with warm chocolate milk.

SPECULAAS SPICES (DUCH SPICE FOR SINTERKLAAS)

Steps:

• Put all the spices together and mix.
• Use only 1 tablespoon of this mix on 4 cups of flour!

BELGIAN SPICE (SPECULAAS) COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream together first four ingredients.
• Sift together dry ingredients, pour into creamed ingredients.
• Stir until blended.
• Stir in the pecans.
• Form the dough into long rolls on wax paper and chill overnight in the refrigerator.
• Slice very thin (the family can't agree how thin "very" is) and place on cookie sheet.
• Bake at 400 degrees about 10 minutes.