Test cook Erin McMurrer makes host Bridget Lancaster a classic recipe for Belgian Spice Cookies (Speculoos).
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Hi hav egg problem wat can I use instead
It looks like the cookies are 3/16 inches (not 3/8”). Thank you for this recipe… I can’t wait to try!
Love you Americans, you got it all wrong, just visit Amsterdam if you dare. Though I like that pasta rollerpin
Shame you didnt make dutch speculaas. Much better. Speculoos is more a poor rip off version of speculaas.
A really wonderful cookie….. Great for winter… cool video
1.5 c flour
5 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp cardamom
1/4 tsp clove
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp soda
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup turbinaro sugar
8 tbsp butter
1 egg
So nice! Gonna make for sure for Easter!
But this is not a vegan Speculoos
i've made their recipe many times and it is a keeper. But the ingredient measurements given here make exactly half the yield they claim. They need to be doubled. i don't know how they came out with that many 3/8 inch cookies. Also, 3/8 inch is way too thick for this cookie. Should be more like 3/16. But the dough and cookie are deeeelicious. Just expect half the cookies unless you roll it out to 3/16.
Thanks for the recipe. I tried 1 batch with the Cane sugar you suggest and the second batch with brown sugar. My wife likes them both, but the brown sugar better. The brown sugar ones I made taste more like the winternacht speculas I am used to eating from Aldi, Which IMO are the best store bought Speculas ever. These are good, I want to make something that tastes more like BisCoff, but still cant figure out the spices.
A really wonderful cookie. Crisp, fragrant and just the right level of spice and sugar. I like to grind the cinnamon, cloves and cardamom fresh for each batch. 100% worth the effort to make them, everyone loves them.
I’m just learning that this is what a Biscoff cookie is. I’m definitely making these. I haven’t been able to buy Biscoff since I realized they have palm oil in them.
Hmmm looks yummy ….. Hi i'm from indonesia…. Can you test how to make a biscoff cookies. 👍👍👍👍Thank you.
amazing i tried it 2 times both times they were delicious
Lotus/Biscoff makes theirs vegan, I would love to see a recipe like theirs
Butter has to be chill , cold n room temperature
how do i get written recipe
I’m sure they are delicious but you guys sure take the fun out of making cookies by being so exact in everything… don’t be so serious, they are just cookies!
I always add a little pepper like my grandmother did 🙂
The dough benefits from a rest of a day or two in the fridge before baking. The cloves are too pronounced, it would be best to replace with 1/8 tsp ginger and 1/8 cloves.
Where's the resipe
Looks lovely
Repeat, repeat & repeat… lol third one in the last few days 😱😱😱
I was excited to see how the cookies were going to turn out with that embossed rolling pin! I was disappointed they didn't use it! The cookies look good though!
Looks hard to make. I think I'll just buy Biscoff
I kind of wish you had used the patterned rolling pin.
Where can I find cardamom? I don't see it in my local grocery stores? Thx!
Nice.
It's called speculaas not speculoos
Or just go to your local grocery store and get Biscoff cookies (same thing)…and while you're there grab some Stroopwafel cookies right next to the Lotus Biscoff. lol
Are these the airplane cookies? Biscoff
Erin is kind of a babe.
You can't go wrong with either of these lovely cookies !
For diabetics may we use an alternative for flour? Thank you for sharing.
I've been making these for years for the feast of St Nicolas December 6th, but we call them pains d'épices de la Saint-Nicolas (they're the same cookie essentially in France, Belgium, Germany, etc). I use a cookie stamp with St Nicolas carved on it. The children leave their shoe out a before going to bed and St Nicolas cookies (and other treats sometimes) are left in them.
I love this channel!!!
Those are called Speculatsius cookies. Take it from a German
Here is the recipe. https://pudgefactor.com/belgian-spice-cookies-speculoos/
To keep dough cold put on a baking before you refrigerate..cut on sheet… thanks ATK
This reminded me of windmill cookies. I wonder if they make them anymore… anyways… I may make them!
ATK playing tricks again. Can't get the recipe unless you're a 'member'.
Belgians eat these year round. It's not a holiday thing.
Great recipe! I really like the final result, they look perfect & delicious ! You can't go wrong with the recipe ❤️
"Like I'm giving these away." Bridget has a great sarcastic wit.
My favorite cookie.
wrong season to post this. but tasty for sure
Im sorry but your pronunciation is completely wrong its pronounced SPÉKÚLOOS. The loos part is almost correct but the "E" is pronounced as the "ai" in Koolaid. And the "U" is NOT pronounced like the english U like in "you" but as a very short hard U pronounced on the front of your mouth and NOT in the back like the english U. Coming from a dutch person.
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I feel like Erin is talking down to the other person in every video she appears in.