Speculoos Spices

The Dutch celebrate Sinterklaas on the evening of 5th December. This day has it's own set of sweets like the chocolate letters, kruidnootjes (speculoos biscuits/Biscoff biscuits) and pepernootjes. The ingredient that is nearly always present in these traditional sweets is speculoos. In the Netherlands you can buy the speculoos spices however I haven't yet found these spices in Melbourne. So to savour these typical Sinterklaas biscuits I prepared the spice mix myself.

Recipe origin: Dutch Food - Speculaskruiden

Ingredients:

• 4 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp ground cloves
• 1 tsp ground mace
• 1/3 tsp ground ginger
• a pinch white pepper
• a pinch ground cardamom
• a pinch of ground coriander seeds
• a pinch of ground anise seeds
• a pinch of grated nutmeg

Method:

1. Mix all spices together;
2. Use in any Sinterklaas recipes!

[Image Source: Culicool Recept Speculaaskruiden]