Speculoos spirals

AUTHOR
Zackary Austin
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
3 2
COOK TIME
60 mins
TOTAL TIME
60 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 1
  • 250 g Flour
  • 50 g crushed almonds
  • 125 g Sugar
  • 25 g demerara sugar
  • 1 egg (size M)
  • 1/2 TEASPOON Cinnamon
  • 1 knife tip ground cloves, cardamom and grated nutmeg
  • 1 pinch Salt
  • 125 g Butter or margarine
  • 75 g flaked almonds
  • 7-10 Tbsp Icing sugar
  • 7-10 Tbsp Flour
  • baking paper

Directions

  1. 1

    Put flour, almonds, sugar, egg, spices and salt in a mixing bowl. Add the fat in pieces and mix in with the dough hooks of the hand mixer. Then knead into a smooth dough with cool hands.

  2. 2

    Cover and leave to rest in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours. Roll out the dough on a lightly floured work surface to a thickness of approx. 5 mm and cut into 2 x 10 cm long strips. Turn the strips into a spiral and place them on two baking trays lined with baking paper.

  3. 3

    Sprinkle the spirals with almond flakes and bake in a preheated oven (electric range: 175 °C/ gas: level 2) for approx. 14 minutes until golden brown. Let them cool down on a cake rack. Dust with icing sugar.

  4. 4

    Results in about 45 pieces.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
70 kcal
CARBS
7 g
FATS
4 g
PROTEINS
1 g

Categories & Tags

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