Test cook Dan Souza makes host Julia Collin Davison the ultimate Linzertorte. Then, equipment expert Adam Ried shares his recommendation for tube pans. Finally, test cook Erin McMurrer makes host Bridget Lancaster a classic recipe for Belgian Spice Cookies (Speculoos).
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How do you substitute the egg in the spice cookie?
Specaloos are made in Belgium for their beer. Which is phenomenal. I bounced around Belgium for 4 years. Heureusement que je parle couramment le François & Lokkich bin ik floeiend yn it Flaamsk. I thank my family for the 1st & Katarina for the 2nd. Illa Latinam a me didicit & linguam Latinam ab XII annis Scholae Catholicae Jesuitæ didicit.
pleaaaaase give measurements in grams
“Like I’m giving these away”…..lol. Definitely going to try the speculoos!
i watched this
Hello Bridget you sexy thang !!
What kind of pan was used to make the tart?
I like those cookies and would just use coconut sugar or date sugar or something other than refined white sugar.
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Is it still a Linzertörte if you use another jam?
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"Like I'm giving these away…" lol
Thanks for the recipe for Linzertorte
20:10 Erin: "Makes a great gift…." Bridget: "Like I'm giving these away." LOL!
Please try springerle cookies.
ATK–just a bit of feedback. It's understandable that your audience is largely American (being "America's" test kitchen and all), but it would be great if you also included gram measurements in your videos and written recipes. Using a scale and weighing in grams, especially for baking, is really popular these days. It's just much more accurate.
Dan's best !!! And Erin has the most soothing voice. Oh yeah, the recipes ain't bad either. 🙂
Wait a minute — if the pastry was in a 12" square, and the strips were 3/4", they should have had 16 strips. They actually had 12 strips, and they only used 10 strips. What happened to the other strips, and why make strips you don't need?
"The original spice girls" says Bridgette… Erin's response is satisfying.
I love the voice of Aaron ( hope I spelled her name right). So soothing plus the recipe she did. I also love the humor of Bridgette and the recriprocal response of Aaron. Just great!
Is the torte sickly sweet
Love the new American Test Kitchen without the nerdy white guy. The ladies seem so much less rigid, and relaxed. And the new younger and diverse chefs are awesome! Great changes FOR THE BETTER! LOVE DAN! 💗💗💗😍😍
Erin my Uncle is going to love you.
30 years ago my mother ended up with stitches from using a knife to free an inverted angel food cake that had stuck to the bottle. Looks like things have come a long way since then!
Great job guys!
So happy to see you guys back in action, I missed your episodes the last 8 months.
hi from austria. the most important changes are: clove spice instead of allspice,
lemon peel and red currant jam!
The ladies are lookin fit!
My mother’n’law was German, born and raised and her mother was from Austria. They both made Linzertorte and passed the recipe on to me and I’ve been making it for 35 years. It’s not the same recipe as this one. We make it every Christmas. The dough is a darker color with cocoa, cinnamon and cloves and a little rum or whiskey, and we use either raspberry or mostly strawberry jam for the filling. It is more of a cookie-type dough and we make snake shaped lattice on top. A lot easier recipe than this one too and turns out great every time. My family expects me to make this torte every year!
"Yeah, like I'm givin' these away" 😂.
Love her so much 🥰
Omg Linzor Torte. My ALL TIME FAVORITE DESSERT! Wonderful recipe-perfect for Valentines Day
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Linzertorte is the dessert of my childhood.
It would have been a bit more fun if Dan would have gone "Tasting History" on the Linzer Torte and spoke more about the history of the dish. He gives me the vibe of someone who would love doing some historical research occasionally. Anyway, great to see old recipes getting some love.
Gonna try the tort with fig preserves from the back yard. And maybe apricot preserves.
do they have a similar cookie but without the spice? i can not do the spices but the texture of the cookie and the crispness looks so inviting.
pie needs whipped cream or a merengue.
So what was the point in making that dough into a “5 inch disk” just to pull it apart?
5 pulses – does 3. 15 pulses – does 5 😂
Dan! 😍
❤️ Dan
Speculaas not Speculoos, are Dutch, not Belgian… They originated during the spice trade in the 17th century, which was chiefly the Dutch.
I would use a pasta roller machine.
How much food goes to waste in a year??