Speculaas Cookies
Description
This speculaas cookies recipe is flavored with a spice mix of cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg. They're a Dutch holiday cookie that tastes like gingerbread.
Ingredients
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1 1/2 cups brown sugar
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1 cup unsalted butter, softened
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1 egg
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1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
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1 teaspoon baking powder
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1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
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1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
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3 cups all-purpose flour
Directions
1
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Dust two baking sheets with flour.
2
Beat brown sugar and butter together in a bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in egg, cinnamon, baking powder, cloves, and nutmeg. Mix in flour, 1 cup at a time, until dough comes together.
3
Shape dough into cookies by hand or roll out and cut dough with cookie cutters; arrange on the prepared baking sheet.
4
Bake in the preheated oven until firm but not hard, about 10 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.