Pemberton Cookbook

Speculaas

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Servings

Ingredients:

• 3 cups flour
• a pinch of baking powder
• 2/3 cup butter or margarine
• 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
• some milk to soften the dough
• 2 teaspoons of speculaaskruiden
• a pinch of salt
• 1/2 cup almonds: blanched and slivered.
• Keep some almond halves for decorating

Directions:

Knead all ingredients into a soft ball, except the almonds for decorating.

Roll out on a floured board to 1/4 inch thickness.

Stamp out shapes with different butterprints or make a 'gingerbread doll' or cookie.

Bake about 25 minutes in oven (350°F/180°C), or to an even dark brown.

~Willemina Venema in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, June 2003

Page created June 8, 2003. Anne Pemberton. Edited Sun, June 8, 2003 . AP.