It’s beginning to smell a lot like Christmas. I wish.
June 20, 2008 at 11:46 am | In links, recipe |
I actually saw a picture of these on either Tastespotting or Food Gawker recently, so blame whoever unknowingly made it irresistible for me to try them.
in my humble opinion, these taste about as close as it’s gonna get to Ikea’s Speculaas, which used to be among my favorite cookies to munch on back in the days when I wasn’t quite so…old?
for extra kick, and if unable to find that Butty mix I’m talking about, I would go for double the amount of cinnamon and ginger the original recipe calls for, i.e. 1 t of each in the scaled down version.
I’m even considering dipping them in chocolate some other time, because one of life’s motto is (or at least should be):
“If you can make something even more sinful, then by golly you fool, go for it.”
this recipe was just slightly adapted, as well as scaled down, from Epicurious.
Spice Sugar Cookies
makes 7 big ones:
preheat oven to 375F. line cookie sheet with parchment paper or Silpat.
in your standing (or with your handheld) mixer, cream together:
6 T vegetable shortening, cold
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
add and combine until well mixed:
2 T blackstrap molasses
1 t Ener-g egg replacer powder vigorously whisked with 1 T warm water
in a medium bowl, sift:
1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled)
1 t baking soda
pinch fine sea salt
1 generous t Butty’s pain d’épices mix, or like the original recipe says: 1/2 t ground cinnamon, 1/2 t ground ginger, 1/4 t ground cloves. double cinnamon and ginger if daring!
add to shortening mix, stir until combined.
divide dough into 7 equal portions, flattening them almost as much as you want your cookies to be: they will spread just a touch, so leave about 1 inch between them.
bake for 10 minutes, let cool on sheet for about 10 minutes before transferring to cooling rack.
sidenote: someone (whose comment I cannot seem to find anymore) recently asked about the cookie bags Amy had sent for me to try a couple of weeks ago, so here’s a link to where you can purchase them.
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I love how beautifully cracked they are - yum!
Comment by Patricia Scarpin — June 20, 2008 #
Oh, Celine, you didn’t! Now I have to make these! They look so beautiful and if they taste anything like they look, it’s a good thing I’m joining Weight Watchers! :)
Seriously, they look irresistible.
Comment by Jackie V — June 20, 2008 #
Ahh, the holdiays… The only thing I love more than Christmas-y smells are the warm, baked goodies that usually accompany them. :D
I think I shall make some cookies now…
Comment by Erin — June 20, 2008 #
Mmm! Spice and. . . chocolate! Perfect combo, I’d say.
Comment by Ricki — June 20, 2008 #
There was a post right before this one that came to my Google Reader …just wanted to let you know that the link doesn’t work. I notice it’s now missing, so maybe you had a change of heart? Ah well…
Comment by Ruth — June 20, 2008 #
not a change of heart, Ruth. the person in question took her post down, so I figured there was no point in keeping mine up anymore.
Comment by Celine — June 20, 2008 #
Wow, these really look good. I love cookies. Pretty much all cookies. Especially cookies as pretty as these cookies.
Comment by marika — June 21, 2008 #
Yeah, I thought that there was something wrong, too, because I wasn’t able to click my link. I feel like I missed something (but I often feel this way…).
I love Speculoos!!! I know I’ll be trying these when the holidays roll around again!
Comment by shellyfish — June 21, 2008 #
there was something wrong, but it has been fixed so the post(s) went bye-bye to avoid any further drama-rama. and there’s nothing wrong with missing something that unimportant, Shelly. :)
Comment by Celine — June 21, 2008 #
Hi Celine, I just got the chance to stop by after a very busy week and I believe you have a new blog style! The clean look is very nice.
Comment by Lisa (Show Me Vegan) — June 21, 2008 #
only you can tempt me to bake during this heat wave…but i musn’t. ; - ;
Comment by Sioux — June 22, 2008 #
go for it, Sioux. you know you can’t resist it…
Comment by Celine — June 22, 2008 #
ps: thanks Lisa! I’m itching for changes. considering getting my own site so that I can play with the design with more liberty than wordpress.com allows for.
Comment by Celine — June 22, 2008 #
Holy yum! There is something gorgeous about having those christmasy smells in the house at a decidedly un-holiday like time. Yum!
Comment by Cakespy — June 22, 2008 #
I love spice cookies….even in June. You can’t really go wrong with spices no matter how far off Xmas is.
Comment by Bianca-Vegan Crunk — June 23, 2008 #
i have never had a spiced cookie before. i think i’ll have to make myself some ’cause these look so freak’n fantastical!
Comment by jessy — June 23, 2008 #
Wow, your blogs lookin’ good! Delicious as usual :). Btw, as far as I’m concerned, it’s always beginning to look (and smell) a lot like Christmas. I start my Christmas count-down some time around Halloween! hehe :)…
The photo looks great!
Comment by Sophie — June 23, 2008 #
So beautiful!! I love their crackled appearance and I can almost smell the aromatic spices through the computer! I can only imagine how delicious they must be…until I make them for myself (or at least my husband and friends, trying to cut back on the sweets!!).
Comment by Ashley Nicole — June 23, 2008 #
do you have any bread machine suggestions for using up a lot of leftover soy flour? I don’t trust the recipes on many other websites…however, everything here ALWAYS turn out rad.
Comment by Sarah — June 23, 2008 #
Just wanted to comment to say I love the new look of your blog! I really like the “popular recipes” on the left side…very nice!
Courtney
Comment by Courtney — June 23, 2008 #
That look very good, Celine. I love spice cookies and dipping them in chocolate sounds delicious. :)
Comment by Cassie — June 24, 2008 #
Just stopping by to say that I love your blog, and I am linking to you on my food blog as soon as I’m done typing this! :D
Comment by Megan — June 24, 2008 #
Mmm, I love the way they look, all crackly like that. I really thought they would be chocolate, but molasses & spice cookies sound even better. I think you’ve even brought out the Christmas stuff before the department stores have!
Comment by Nick — June 24, 2008 #
sorry Sophie: I don’t use soy flour since I already consume soy in other forms. I can’t even think of a recipe I could recommend, but I would think that as long as you mix a not-too-crazy amount of it [1/2 cup, perhaps?] with another flour, it should work out quite satisfyingly.
you found out about my master plan, Nick! to beat department stores at their own game.
thank you for the comments everyone, I’m not too sure about the new look because I’m picky like that.
hope everyone’s having a good week so far…
Comment by Celine — June 24, 2008 #
Yum! I want one right now. Christmas in almost July! I love it!
Comment by Commune Tested, City Approved — June 24, 2008 #
I love when you make dinnerplate-size cookies! I almost always double the cinnamon in recipes. I go through cinnamon like crazy.
Comment by atxvegn — June 25, 2008 #
I wish I had one of those big boys right now. I had pumpkin oat bran for breakfast, we should all go with the trend of fall flavors during the summer.
Comment by veganhomemade — June 26, 2008 #
Wow, your website looks amazing! I love it! I have to make this recipe, you have made it impossible not to with that photo! My husband’s studio mates will go nuts over these!
Comment by Sarena — June 28, 2008 #
yummy, spekulass were my favourite, I don’t care what season it is, it’s always a good idea to make these!
Comment by Liz² — June 28, 2008 #
I don’t know if I’m exceptionally weird, but “spekulass” cracked me up Liz.
Comment by celine — June 28, 2008 #
gorgeous!
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