Recipe: homemade spekulas cookies, better than the original

Although cookies speculum in European countries, they traditionally bake on Michaelmas, they actually accompany us through it the whole of December. And so that you don't have to buy them this year, you can try preparing them at home. Domestic spekulas cookies they are at least as good as the original ones.

Ingredients for 20 homemade spekulas cookies:

Spice mix

• 1 tablespoon of cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon and a half of ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon of ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon of ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
• 1/4 teaspoon white pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon ground anise

Cookies

• 1 and a half cups of flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder
• 3 and a half teaspoons of spice mix
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 egg

Preparation of homemade spekulas cookies:

First, prepare the spice mix. Put all the spices in a small bowl and mix them well so that they are evenly distributed. To prepare the cookies, first use the flour, salt, baking powder and spice mix and mix them well in a large bowl. In a new, larger bowl, mix together the butter, sugar and brown sugar. Stir in the egg. Add the flour mixture and mix well to form a cookie dough. Remove the dough from the bowl and wrap it in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 2 to 6 hours. On a floured surface, roll out the dough to a thickness of 3 to 6 mm. Cut the dough into the desired cookie shapes. Place the cookies in a baking tray lined with baking paper and bake at 175 degrees Celsius for 12 to 14 minutes. If you like, you can also serve cookie butter on the side. For this you need 20 crushed cookies, 1/8 cup steamed milk, 1/4 cup condensed milk and 1/4 cup butter. Put everything in a blender and mix until you get the texture of butter. Have a good run!

You can watch the preparation of homemade spekulas cookies in the attached video: