Belgian Spice Cookies (Speculoos)
- 1 5/8 cups self raising flour
- 7/8 cup brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon spices speculoos, or mixed spice
- 1 pinch salt
- 2/3 cup butter cold, cut in pieces
- 2 tablespoons cold milk
- In a food processor add the flour, sugar, salt, spices, and butter. Blend until grainy.
- Add the milk, a little at a time, with the machine on, until the mixture forms a dough ball.
- If not using a food processor, place all the solid ingredients in a large bowl and then add the butter. Mix with the fingertips until it resembles breadcrumbs. Add the milk gradually and bind together to form a dough ball.
- Roll into a ball and wrap in plastic film. Leave to rest in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours. (24 hours is best.)
- Preheat the oven to 170C.
- Line a baking tray with baking paper.
- Roll out the dough into a rectangle. (If too sticky, roll out between 2 sheets of plastic film.)
- Place the dough onto a baking tray.
- Bake for 25 minutes, until golden and soft to touch. (It will harden as it cools).
- Break up with the hands or cut with a knife into desired portions.
flour, brown sugar, mixed spice, salt, butter cold, cold milk
Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Belgian-Spice-Cookies-_Speculoos_-561447 (may not work)