Quest for the Best Speculaas

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Ingredients for the speculaas spice mix

makes enough for 2 to 3 recipes of speculaas

6.5 g cinnamon

2 g ground cloves

1.5 g grated nutmeg

1 g ground white pepper

2 g aniseed powder

1 g ginger powder

½ g cardamom powder

You can also experiment with the spices of course by adding allspice or ground coriander seeds for example or using less or more of one of the ingredients, until you find your favorite blend. You can also buy sachets of ready made speculaas spices. But for the ultimate pleasure in smell and taste, you really must make your own! I started with a pestle and mortar but nowadays I use a cheap coffee mill for the grinding. You can also experiment with the spices of course by adding allspice or ground coriander seeds for example or using less or more of one of the ingredients, until you find your favorite blend. You can also buy sachets of ready made speculaas spices. But for the ultimate pleasure in smell and taste, you really must make your own! I started with a pestle and mortar but nowadays I use a cheap coffee mill for the grinding.

As for the soft brown sugar in the recipe. You can experiment with light, dark or muscovado sugar, they all have there own taste and can all be used. In Holland we have ‘witte, gele & donkere basterdsuiker’. We prefer the yellow (gele) version for this recipe.

Pressed for time or nothing else at hand? You can also use pumpkin spices (usually a mix of cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves and allspice) to use in this speculaas recipe.

makes about 20 speculaasjes

225 g pastry flour / all purpose flour

115 g dairy butter at room temperature

130 g soft brown sugar

7 g / 2 tsps baking powder

3 g / ½ tsp baking soda

2 tbsps / 30 g buttermilk or milk

3 tsps / 7 g speculaas spices (see recipe above)

few pinches of salt

fine rice flour to dust the molds

a speculaas mold made of wood

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