SPEKULATIUS (German Cookie)

By carvalhohm

Ingredients

• 1/2 pound of butter
• 1 pound sugar
• 2 eggs
• grated rind of 1 lemon
• 4 1/2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon powdered cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon powdered cardamom

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from community.qvc.com

Preparation

Step 1

Cream butter with sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time and beat well between additions. Mix in lemon rind. Sift flour with spices and stir gradually into butter-egg mixture.

Chill dough overnight. Roll out dough on lightly floured board with floured rolling pin. Dough should be about 1/8" thick, or thickness of table knife blade. Flour Spekulatius block, Springerle board or rolling pin and press design into dough. Cut squares apart and place on a greased baking sheet. If you would like cookies to have glaze, brush with beaten egg white and sprinkle with sugar. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven 10 to 15 minutes, or until golden brown.

Over years cinnamon could have been eliminated and turned into more of rolled cookie using a star shape (thus adjusting thickness) and instead of sugar over top of egg white Add nuts.