Speculaas Stars Cookies

November 13, 2019 By palatablepastime in Almonds, Cookies, Desserts, Dutch, European, Herbs, Spices, Teas, and Coffee, Nuts, Oven Baked, Rolled Tags: #ChristmasCookies, Christmas Cookies, Christmas recipes, Dutch recipes, gingerbread, holiday recipes, Netherlands, rolled, Sinterklaas, speculaas, speculoos, spice cookies, St. Nicholas Day 12 Comments

Speculaas Stars are Dutch spice cookies traditionally eaten on December 5th (St. Nicholas Day), this holiday version cut into festive shapes and decorated with almond slices.

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Dutch Speculaas Cookies (Windmill Cookies)

December 4, 2017 By palatablepastime in Almonds, Cookies, Desserts, Dutch, Electric Mixer, European, Molded, Nuts, Oven Baked Tags: #ChristmasCookies, #InternationalCookies, almonds, baking, Christmas, cookies, Dutch, holiday, molded, speculaas, spice, St. Nicholas Day, Sweet Eats, windmill 14 Comments

Dutch speculaas cookies are traditional spiced windmill cookies with almonds served on St. Nicholas Day in the Netherlands and Belgium.

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Cookie Butter Cream Cheese

September 21, 2015 By palatablepastime in Cheese, Condiments, Cooking Method, Course, Cuisine, Dairy, European, Main Ingredients, No Cook, Spices, United States Tags: bagel spread, butter, clone, cookie, cookie butter, copycat, DIY, speculaas, speculoos, spice, spread, Trader Joe's, windmill 2 Comments

Cookie Butter Cream Cheese uses speculaas spice to make a delicious spread for crackers, bagels and cookies.

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Speculaas Spice Mix

September 21, 2015 By palatablepastime in Cooking Method, Course, Cuisine, European, Herbs, Spices, Teas, and Coffee, Main Ingredients, No Cook, Spice Mixes Tags: butter, clone, cookie, DIY, mix, speculaas, speculoos, spice, Trader Joe's, windmill 1 Comment

Speculaas Spice Mix is a classic Dutch baking spice blend that provides the distinctive flavor to spice or Windmill cookies.

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