Title: Speculaas (Dutch Spice Cookies)
Categories: None
Yield: 1 Servings

1 c Butter
1 1/2 c Packed Brown sugar
1 1/2 ts Ground Cinnamon
1 ts Baking powder
1/2 ts Ground Nutmeg
1/2 ts Ground Cloves
1/4 ts Salt
1 Egg
2 3/4 c Flour
1/3 c Finely chopped blanched
-Almonds

Beat butter with mixer on med. High for 30 secs. Add Brown sugar, cinnamon,
baking powder, nutmeg, cloves & salt. Beat till combined. Beat in egg. Beat
in as much of the flour as you can with the mixer. Stir in remaining flour
& the chopped almonds with a wooden spoon. Divide in half.

Press a small amount of dough into a well-floured wooden cookie mold;
unmold on greased Cookie sheet. Repeat. OR: Roll dough to 1/8 in. thickness
on a lightly floured surface. Cut into desired shapes. Decorate with
Almonds. Place 1 in. apart on greased sheet. Bake 350 for 8 to 10 min. or
till edges are lightly browned. Cool on cookie sheet for 1 min. Transfer to
wire racks; cool. Makes 90
Posted to Bakery-Shoppe Digest V1 #445 by William Penewit
on Dec 10, 1997