Belgian Spice Cookies (Speculoos)

Name: Belgian Spice Cookies (Speculoos)
Yield: Makes 32 cookies
Ingredients: 1½ cups (7½ ounces), all-purpose flour; 5 teaspoons, ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon, ground cardamom; ¼ teaspoon, ground cloves; ¼ teaspoon, baking soda; ¼ teaspoon, baking powder; ¼ teaspoon, salt; ¾ cup (6 ounces), turbinado sugar; 8 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into ½-inch pieces and chilled; 1 large, egg

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By Andrew Janjigian

Appears in Cook's Illustrated September/October 2018, America's Test Kitchen TV

Desserts or Baked Goods

Make Ahead

Passengers can’t get enough of Delta Air Lines’ in-flight snack of Biscoff, the commercial version of this Belgian confection. We took it to even greater heights.

SERVESMakes 32 cookies

TIME1¼ hours, plus 1½ hours resting and 20 minutes cooling

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Speculoos are Belgian cookies with a crisp, light, open-crumbed texture and a blend of caramelized sugar and warm spice flavors. To achieve the appropriate texture, we rolled the dough thin so it would bake up dry and crisp, used only enoug...

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