Almond cookies Spekulatius

Category: Culinary recipes
Kitchen: german
Almond cookies Spekulatius

Ingredients

wheat flour 250 g
baking powder 1 tsp
egg 1 PC
butter at room temperature 100 g
ground almonds in a coffee grinder 50 g
chopped almonds 40 g
vanilla sugar / vanillin packing / knife tip
ground cardamom 1/4 tsp
ground cloves 1/4 tsp
ground cinnamon 1/2 tsp
lemon peel 1/4 tbsp
milk is cold 1 tbsp
the water is cold 1 tbsp
Sugar 125 g

Cooking method

  • Spicy cookies Spekulatius are very popular in Europe, where they are considered one of the main symbols of the winter holidays. There are still disputes about where these cookies first appeared: in Holland, Belgium, Denmark or Germany. It is in Germany that they are especially sensitive to this liver. There it is sold in bright large boxes, often presented to each other as a token of attention, and Christmas markets cannot do without it. Classic correct winter biscuits with a rich spicy taste and a bright nutty aroma, creating a festive mood. Cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, ginger are added to cookies, and almonds or hazelnuts are used from nuts. Speculatius (the Germans pronounce it this way) is traditionally given to children on December 6, that is, on St. Nicholas Day according to the Julian calendar. They are also used to decorate a Christmas tree.
  • Almond cookies Spekulatius
  • Almond cookies Spekulatius
  • Beat the butter until whitening, add sugar, beat, beat the egg, add the rest of the ingredients. Knead the dough, form a ball, refrigerate overnight. We spread on a dusty surface 3-4 mm thick, cut out the cookies, transfer with a knife to a baking sheet, bake at 200 degrees for 10 minutes.
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The dish is designed for

2 trays

Time for preparing:

40min

Cooking program:

oven, mixer

NataliARH

Elven has a Speculation recipe. I needed them for another recipe, and there they were almond and spicy.
Elven
Elven has a slightly different recipe.
I'll try when the price of nuts becomes adequate again

We have almonds and hazelnuts worth 700 rubles. per kg. At the end of summer I bought for another 400 rubles.

NataliARH
Lena, our nuts have risen in price too! 2 weeks back 600 rubles. were, now I bought 800 at new prices (((
GenyaF
And we have a poor harvest of almonds this year (((So ...
NataliARH
Zhenya, yes, very much, and then, as luck would have it, everything with nuts!

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