Speculaas cookies are delicious, traditional Dutch holiday cookies that taste similar to gingerbread. They’re simple, quick, and wonderful! As we Dutchies say, ‘eet smakelijk!’
Preparation Details
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 10 mins
Total Time: 30 mins
Servings: 24
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups brown sugar
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 egg
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon ground cloves
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
Steps
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Dust two baking sheets with flour.
- 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.
- Shape dough into cookies by hand or using cookie cutters; arrange on the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake in the preheated oven until firm but not hard, about 10 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
