What Is Speculaas?
Speculaas is a Dutch spiced cookie flavor, often used in crisp cookies and festive bakes. It is not exactly the same as Biscoff or speculoos, although the flavors are related.
If you want to learn more, read speculaas or speculoos, what’s the difference?. Then start baking with authentic Dutch speculaas cookies for the real Dutch version.
Baking with Speculaas Spices
Speculaas gets its warm flavor from a mix of spices like cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and ginger. That spice mix is delicious in cookies, cakes, muffins and even banana bread.
A good recipe to have ready is this speculaas spice mix. A recipe like speculaas banana bread is a lovely way to use those warm spices in an easy bake.
Dutch Speculaas Recipes
Speculaas is a true Dutch baking classic, especially around Sinterklaas. You will find it in cookies, spiced cakes and traditional bakes with almond paste.
For more traditional bakes, browse the Dutch recipes category. A recipe like gevulde speculaas is perfect if you love the combination of warm spices and sweet almond filling.