My Favorite Dutch Speculaas

Submitted by Jessiica

"Really simple, one bowl recipe. My Mum got this recipe from a friend at work as as soon as she made them I fell in love. I don't make them too often because I'll eat wayyyy too many!"

 

• Ready In: 10mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Yields: 2-3 dozens... I'm guessing

ingredients

• 1 cup margarine
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ginger
• 1⁄2 teaspoon allspice
• 1⁄2 teaspoon clove
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking soda
• 3 cups flour
• slivered almonds, how ever many you want, I usually put 1/2 cup to 1 cup (optional)

directions

1. Mix All ingrediants together in large mixing bowl.
2. Shape into 1" balls and press onto cookie sheet.
3. Bake at 350* for 10-12 minutes.

Reviews

[Ducky]

Nice tasting cookie - not too sweet but with a lot of flavor. Very easy recipe to follow too. I used butter as I had no margarine. I used my 1 1/2" cookie scoop and got 47 3" cookies. The cookies do spread so don't put too close together on cookie sheet. I used parchment paper since the instructions don't include whether to grease or not the cookie sheet. This was made for Pick A Chef fall 2007.

 

[mom5505]

Great cookies, I added more spices, used butter, and more almond extract. Will make again! I doubled the batch and got almost two ice cream buckets full of 1 1/2 inch cookies. I didn't bother making balls, just squished some on the pans and baked about 7-8 minutes. My son says they taste a bit like the Amish Friendship bread I make.

 

[forthefunofit]

Wonderful! This is yummy!! I love the good old-fashioned taste. I followed the directions and ended up with a total of 72 cookies. Thank you!

 

[aferrera07]

chef #623945 Hi made my first bathes of this recipe and was very good ,and easy to make . put everything in my Kitchen aid and got 55 cookies and I know how they taste like because i am a born dutch lady. And I am so glad to find out how to make them thanks Anna Also going to try ones more in my Pizzella maker.