Spiced Star Cookies (Speculaas) Recipe

Name: Spiced Star Cookies (Speculaas) Recipe
Ingredients: 8 tablespoons (113g) unsalted butter, room temperature; 3/4 cup (159g) light brown sugar or dark brown sugar, packed; 1 teaspoon King Arthur Pure Vanilla Extract; 1/2 teaspoon cardamom*; 1/2 teaspoon cloves*; 1/2 teaspoon mace* (or substitute 1/2 teaspoon [product-link]nutmeg[/product-link]); 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon*; 1/2 teaspoon table salt; 1 1/2 cups (180g) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour; 1/2 cup (48g) King Arthur Almond Flour, toasted almond flour preferred; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 2 to 4 tablespoons (28g to 57g) milk, not nonfat; 1/2 cup (57g) confectioners' sugar; 3 to 4 teaspoons milk or water

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Speculaas cookies are traditionally thin, crisp, dark-brown windmill-shaped cookies that originated in the Netherlands. Add them to your holiday cookie tradition this year!

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Ingredients

8 tablespoons (113g) unsalted butter, room temperature
3/4 cup (159g) light brown sugar or dark brown sugar, packed
1 teaspoon King Arthur Pure Vanilla Extract
1/2 teaspoon cardamom*
1/2 teaspoon cloves*
1/2 teaspoon mace* (or substitute 1/2 teaspoon [product-link]nutmeg[/product-link])
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon*
1/2 teaspoon table salt
1 1/2 cups (180g) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
1/2 cup (48g) King Arthur Almond Flour, toasted almond flour preferred
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 to 4 tablespoons (28g to 57g) milk, not nonfat
1/2 cup (57g) confectioners' sugar
3 to 4 teaspoons milk or water