General Discussion & Chat: Coffee and...For Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2005, 1 by kooger

kooger wrote:
The birds were blue jays, I was hoping to see the cardinals, haven't seen them once yet this winter.

Speculaas (say spay-ku-las) is a spicy bar or cookie. The boughten ones are usually in windmill shapes and called windmill cookies over here. The bar is my Oma's recipe from the old country. Although I am not fond of anise, these don't have a lot of anise and I really like them.

Speculaas
1 lb. butter
2 c. brown sugar
3 eggs

6 c. flour
1 t. mace
3/4 t. nutmeg
1 t. anise seed
1 t. ground cloves
2 t. allspice
2 t. cinnamon
1 T. baking powder
1 4 oz. pkg. slivered almonds
dash salt

Cream butter and sugar.
Add eggs one at a time and beat well.
Mix dry ingredients together and add gradually.
Mix well. Press into xlarge cookie sheet.
Press almond halves into top, score lightly.
Bake 300º for ±30 mins. till lightly browned.