![]() ![]() Take your dough and cut out a second layer of dough use a 2 inch (4 cm) cutter (mini cupcake form) or 3 inch (7 cm) (large cupcake form) and place it on top of the paste.Take a piece of almond paste and knead it lightly.Fill the cavity of the cupcake tin with the dough. And don't you have a cutter? Then use a glass or bowl with a diameter of that size). Take a 2 inch (5 cm) diameter round cutter (mini cupcake tin) or 3 inch (9 cm) diameter (large cupcake tin). Roll out your dough into a thin slice of about ¼ inch (3 mm) thickness. Take a (mini) muffin tin and grease with butter.Wrap with a sheet of clingfoil and refrigerate for at least an hour (but you can make this dough up to two days in advance). Remove the dough from the food processor and knead it briefly and form into a small disc.If it sticks together, the dough is ready. You can check that by taking a little dough from the bowl and squeezing it briefly in your hand. Continue until you have a cohesive dough.Then add the egg yolk, milk and slivered almonds and pulse.It is a labour-intensive process, but it certainly works. If you don't have a food processor, use a bowl and cut the butter with two knives through the dough until you get those small grains. Pulse that until you get granules with the size of a pea. ![]() In a large bowl of a food processor with a knife, put the dry ingredients: self-rising flour, speculaas spices, salt, cubes of cold butter, brown sugar and extra baking powder.You can find a recipe that you can easily print at the bottom of the blog. Mix everything well and cool for at least 1 hour in ther refrigerator (so the flavor can develop). You can also add ½ teaspoon of almond extract for even more flavor. Add 1 ¼ cup of sugar, 2 teaspoons of lemon zest (or 1 teaspoon lemon juice), and one large egg. Or, if you want it even more easy, use 2 cups of almond flour instead. With a kitchen machine you can easily make ground almonds of them. Take 2 cups of raw almonds (without skin). Almond paste - buy ready-made (as in this recipe), or you can quickly make it yourself with the following recipe for almond paste.You can replace it with another type of sugar, but keep in mind that you will get a different taste. That's because of the molasses that has been added, which gives this treat a caramel taste. Dark Brown sugar - Not only gives color to these cookies, but also extra flavor.So bake, taste and adapt (if you want to). ![]() Sometimes ground ginger is added, or a teaspoon of cardamom (or the quantities are adapted). But a small note: everybody has it's own spice mix. Mix the following spices in a small bowl: 4 tablespoons of ground cinnamon, 3 teaspoons of ground nutmeg, 3 teaspoons of ground cloves, 2 teapoons of ground anise seeds, 2 teaspoons of coriander and 1 teaspoon white pepper. If you want to make your own spice blend use this basic recipe. You can compare them with gingerbread spices.
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