Speculoos Christmas Decoration Cookies

Name: Speculoos Christmas Cookies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 20
Ingredients: 440g plain (all-purpose) flour; 4 tsp ground cinnamon; 2 tsp ground ginger; 2 tsp nutmeg; 2 tsp cloves; 2 tsp baking powder; 1 tsp salt; 200g light brown sugar; 200g butter, cold and cubed; 2 tbsp milk

Posted by Lisa | Sweet 2 Eat Baking on December 15, 2014

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What could be perfect on your dessert spread this Christmas than homemade traditional Speculoos (Biscoff) Cookies? These spice cookies are a huge hit in Europe, specifically Belgium at Christmas, but are now popular all over the world.

Hello friends! Are you ready for Christmas yet? It’s definitely safe to say I’m not. In fact, I haven’t even bought any gifts yet. *panic mode setting: high*

I think my dessert spread is more ready than me!

Let’s talk about dessert or side spreads for Christmas… do you do them too? I love having a variety of things to inhale on Christmas day while slobbing out from my dessert side. The usuals like a range of nuts in their shells and the nut cracker, those bin tins of individually wrapped little chocolates, and then of course cookies.

And since Speculoos cookies is traditionally dated either at the start of December or at Christmas, I knew it would be the perfect Christmas treat to accompany the other goodies.

Did you know Speculoos cookies are also the same as a Biscoff cookie? Speculoos is the generic name, and Biscoff is the name Lotus Bakeries chose to brand their Speculoos cookie product under. Now I’m sure a lot more would know them under the Biscoff name instead.

Are your eyes lighting up now? 😉

These cookies taste so festive, they’re pretty much just a Christmas party in your mouth!

They’re shortcrust cookies made with light brown sugar, and spiced with cinnamon, ginger, cloves and nutmeg.

This Speculoos cookie recipe is so easy to prepare using your food processor. However, for an authentic tasting Speculoos cookie, I’d highly recommend allowing the dough to chill overnight – this ensures that the spices to permeate the dough, resulting in extra flavour and a phenomenal result!

Traditionally Speculoos cookies have a pattern rolled into the dough before baking,I decided to create some Christmas tree decorations from some of the cookies instead, and the remaining on my Christmas dessert side, of course.

Oh, keep an eye out for more Speculoos recipe adaptations coming up soon. Pssst, *whispers* cookie butter / Biscoff spread and a chocolate version. 😉

Yield: 20-30 cookies

Speculoos Christmas Cookies

What could be perfect on your dessert spread this Christmas than homemade traditional Speculoos (Biscoff) Cookies? These spice cookies are a huge hit in Europe, specifically Belgium at Christmas, but are now popular all over the world.

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Ingredients

440g plain (all-purpose) flour
4 tsp ground cinnamon
2 tsp ground ginger
2 tsp nutmeg
2 tsp cloves
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
200g light brown sugar
200g butter, cold and cubed
2 tbsp milk

Instructions

Sift the flour, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, baking powder and salt into a large bowl, then add the brown sugar. Pour into the food processor bowl.
Add the cubed butter into the food processor and process until clumps just start forming together. It may seem at first that it won't clump and seem like breadcrumbs, but keep going as the moisture from the butter and brown sugar will start the beginning of a crumbly dough.
Once the clumps start forming, quickly add the milk and continue to process until a dough forms.
Remove the dough from the food processor and kneed if necessary to a smooth dough. Using two pieces of parchment paper roll our the dough between the parchment paper until around 3mm thickness. If you want to imprint your cookies, you can do that at this point as the final roll on the dough itself. Chill the dough in the fridge for at least 30 minutes, or preferably overnight for maximum flavour.
Once chilled, remove the dough from the fridge and preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/gas mark 4, Line 3-4 baking trays with parchment or a silicone baking mat.
Carefully remove the parchment paper from the top. Using cookie cutters, cut out your shapes and transfer onto the prepared baking trays with at least 2-3cm gap between cookies. I put all bigger cookies on to one tray, and group smaller cookies on a different baking tray as the smaller cookies bake faster.
If making Christmas tree decorations, use a straw or a piping tip to use out little holes to hang.
Bake for 15-18 minutes, or until golden brown and firm to the touch (bearing in mind small cookies require less baking time).
Cool in the tray for 5 minutes before trasferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Decorate with royal icing if required, or attach to the Christmas tree with ribbon or baking twine.

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Disclaimer: This post was created in partnership with Mode Media, all opinions are my own.

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Posted by Lisa | Sweet 2 Eat Baking on December 15, 2014

9 Comments // Leave Some Love

9 Comments on “Speculoos Christmas Decoration Cookies”

Kayle (The Cooking Actress) — December 16, 2014 @1:11 am Reply

I can't decide whether I more want to hang them and ooh and ahhh over the prettiness or shove them in my mouth at rapid-fire speeds....hmmm
Hani/Haniela's — December 16, 2014 @1:33 am Reply

THEY LOOK DELICIOUS!
Emma | Fork and Good — December 16, 2014 @10:25 am Reply

They look and sound lovely! Someone once told me that if you really love them on the tree, a coat of varnish will make them last years!

Though I'd prefer to eat them personally...
Jennie @themessybakerblog — December 16, 2014 @1:04 pm Reply

I'm not sure if I could resist the urge to pluck these gorgeous ornaments from the tree and begin munching on them. They're gorgeous!
Choc Chip Uru — December 16, 2014 @7:18 pm Reply

These wouldn't even make it to the tree :D
Such delicious cookies!

Cheers
Choc Chip Uru

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