Humble Beginnings

A simple mold, (not quite the right) dough, and the decision: pressing with background or without. (Without would have been the answer.)

And how to package them?

Real speculaas are brown in color thanks to the spices used: Cinnamon, ginger, ground anise seed, coriander, cardamom, nutmeg, allspice, mace, cloves, white and black pepper. Darker once often have cocoa, some recipes omit the ginger … and so it goes.

The internet delivers many different recipes. I went for a simple one:

450 g butter, 600 g brown sugar, 900 g flour (a simple ratio: 3:4:6), 1 egg, some milk, spices

350 F, 10-12 minutes

	butter	sugar	flour	egg	Raising agent	extra
Dandoy, Belgium	300 g	600 g	1000 g	0	1 tbsp bicarbonate of soda	Salt, spices, 0.1 l water
Mama’s-rezepte.de	150 g	200 g	300 g	1	½ tsp baking powder	Milk, spices
Sixx.de	200 g	250 g	500 g	2	2 tsp baking powder	Salt, spices
Rike Dittloff	200 g	250 g	500 g	2	2 tsp baking powder	100 g ground almonds, spices, salt
thespruce.com	100 g	100 g	200 g self-rising	0	½ tsp baking soda	Milk, spices, garnish (egg white, brown sugar)
Ute	450 g	600 g	900 g	1	---	Spices, milk
Visitflanders.com	120 g	85 g	185 g self-rising	1 small	---	Salt, spices, milk
Thefooddesigner.com	100 g	200 g	280 g	0	1 tsp baking soda	Water, salt, spices
Tasty.co	½ cup	1 cup	1 ½ cup	1	½ tsp baking powder	Salt, spices
Eatthelove.com	115 g	240 g	235 g	1	¼ tsp baking soda	Salt, spices
Nytimes.com	½ cup	1 cup	1 1/2 cup	1	½ tsp baking soda	Spices, salt
King Arthur Flour	½ cup	¾ cup	1 ½ cup	0	1 tsp baking powder	Salt, spices, milk
Gutekueche.at	250 g	250 g	500 g	2	1/2 tsp baking powder	Salt, spice
Lecker.de	150 g	125 g	300 g	1	1 tsp baking powder	Spices, ground almond
Dr. Oetker	200 g	250 g	500 g	2	---	Spices, salt, ground almonds
Betty Bossi	120 g	120 g	250 g	0	½ tsp baking powder	Spices, ground almonds