Speculaas Snickerdoodle Cookies
Servings 6 dozen cookies
Speculaas Snickerdoodle Cookies are a warmly spiced, buttery sugar cookie, formed into balls and rolled in spiced sugar before baking.
Ingredients
For the cookies
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1½ cups granulated or caster sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2¾ cups all-purpose (plain) flour
- 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1½ teaspoons Speculaas spice mix
- generous pinch of salt
For the spice mixture
- 2 tablespoons granulated or caster sugar
- ½ teaspoon Speculaas spice mix
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
- Cream the butter and sugar together.
- Add the eggs and beat in well.
- Sift together the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, salt and Speculaas spice mix.
- Stir the flour mixture into the butter, sugar and egg mixture thoroughly.
- Chill the dough for 30 to 60 minutes.
- Meanwhile in a small bowl, mix together the 2 tablespoons of sugar and half teaspoon of Speculaas spice mix.
- When the dough has chilled, roll it into one inch balls.
- Roll each ball in the mixture of sugar and Speculaas spice mix.
- Place two inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
- Bake 8 to 10 minutes until lightly golden.
- Take the baking sheets out of the oven and allow the cookies to sit for a minute or two to firm up.
- Carefully remove the cookies from the baking sheets and cool on wire racks.
- Store in an airtight container at room temperature.
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