This speculaas cookies recipe yields delicious Dutch holiday cookies that taste similar to gingerbread. They're simple, quick, and wonderful! As we Dutchies say, "eet smakelijk!"
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups brown sugar
- 1 cup unsalted butter , softened
- 1 egg
- 1.5 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 0.5 teaspoons ground cloves
- 0.5 teaspoons ground nutmeg
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
Instructions
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1
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Dust two baking sheets with flour.
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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.
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3
Shape dough into cookies by hand or roll out and cut dough with cookie cutters; arrange on the prepared baking sheet.
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4
Bake in the preheated oven until firm but not hard, about 10 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
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