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Speculoos

Name: Speculoos
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 20
Cuisine: Belgium
Ingredients: 250g All-purpose flour; 150g Brown sugar; 125g Butter; 1 Egg; 2 tsp Cinnamon powder; 1/2 tsp Nutmeg; a pinch (ground) Clove; 1/2 tsp Cardamom powder; 1/2 tsp Baking Powder; A pinch Salt

Dessert

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 20

Difficulty ⭐

Crisp Belgian biscuits made with cinnamon and other spices and dark sugar, pressed with patterns.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Speculoos are spice cookies long made in Belgium and the Netherlands, pressed with wooden molds into patterns like St. Nicholas or windmills before baking. They're a traditional treat given to children on St. Nicholas Day, December 6. Their hallmarks are the aroma of cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and cardamom and the crunch of dark sugar, and they're often served with coffee.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On an early December night, children leave their shoes by the fireplace and are delighted to find St. Nicholas-shaped speculoos in them the next morning.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 20)

All-purpose flour 250g
Brown sugar 150g
Butter 125g
Egg 1
Cinnamon powder 2 tsp
Nutmeg 1/2 tsp
Clove a pinch (ground)
Cardamom powder 1/2 tsp
Baking Powder 1/2 tsp
Salt A pinch

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cream the room-temperature butter with the dark sugar and add the beaten egg.
Sift in the flour, spices, baking powder, and salt and bring together.
Wrap in plastic and rest in the fridge overnight.
Roll out 4mm thick and cut with cutters or press into wooden molds for patterns.
Bake at 170°C for 12–15 minutes.
Let cool on the baking sheet until crisp.

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