Directions:
- Preheat oven to 400 Fahrenheit (200 Centigrade / Gas Mark 6).
- Grease a baking sheet.
- Mix the flour and Baking powder together in a bowl.
- Make a well in the middle and put in the egg, sugar and spices and slowly work it all into a thick dough.
- Cut the cold butter into pieces and together with the ground almonds put on top of dough.
- Cover it all with a little more flour and knead it well to form a smooth dough. Note: If the dough is too sticky or gets warm, cool it a little in the refrigerator.
- Some recipes call for the dough to be left to rest for an hour in the refrigerator at this point.
- Roll out the dough nice and thin (they *are supposed* to be about 1/8th inch thick). If using flaked almonds on the top, sprinkle a few over the dough and pat into it very lightly.
- Cut out the cookies with Christmas Cookiecutters.
- Put Cookies onto greased baking sheet.
- Bake at 400F / 200C (Gas Mk 6) on the top slot in the Oven for about 15 minutes.
- Normally cut into Christmas tree, people, partridge and gift parcel shapes.
- Lightly Adapted From recipe posted by : Brigitte Sealing, Cyberealm BBS, Watertown, NY 315-786-1120.
- These are known as Speculaas or Speculoos in Belgium and the Belgians claim to have invented them :) Some German recipes call for ground hazelnuts rather than ground almonds but Belgian recipes don't. I've had them with hazelnuts in and they're very nice, so given the price of ground almonds - :).
Nutrition Facts
| Amount Per 1 Serving | |||
| Calories | 264.27 Kcal (1106 kJ) | ||
| Calories from fat | 133.27 Kcal | ||
| % Daily Value* | |||
| Total Fat | 14.81g | 23% | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cholesterol | 37.71mg | 13% | |
| Sodium | 369.02mg | 15% | |
| Potassium | 129.78mg | 3% | |
| Total Carbs | 30.38g | 10% | |
| Sugars | 12.83g | 51% | |
| Dietary Fiber | 2.45g | 10% | |
| Protein | 3.92g | 8% | |
| Vitamin A | 0.1mg | 3% | |
| Iron | 1.4mg | 8% | |
| Calcium | 89.3mg | 9% | |
| Amount Per 100 g | |||
| Calories | 445.57 Kcal (1866 kJ) | ||
| Calories from fat | 224.7 Kcal | ||
| % Daily Value* | |||
| Total Fat | 24.97g | 23% | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cholesterol | 63.57mg | 13% | |
| Sodium | 622.17mg | 15% | |
| Potassium | 218.81mg | 3% | |
| Total Carbs | 51.22g | 10% | |
| Sugars | 21.64g | 51% | |
| Dietary Fiber | 4.13g | 10% | |
| Protein | 6.6g | 8% | |
| Vitamin A | 0.2mg | 3% | |
| Iron | 2.4mg | 8% | |
| Calcium | 150.6mg | 9% | |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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