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TaaiTaai: Traditional Dutch Holiday Chewy Honey Spice Cookie

Learn how to make this traditional Dutch Sinterklaas cookie, Taai taai. A chewy honey spice cookie. This cookie has a lovely warming flavor, with anise, the speculaas spices, and of course the honey. You need to plan ahead for these cookies, as you make a starter dough from rye flour that needs to sit and rest for at least one day. After you’ve made the starter dough, this is a great cookie to make together with your kids!

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Kruidnootjes: Small Speculaas Treats

Learn to make these kruidnootjes, small speculaas treats that are typically enjoyed during Sinterklaas in The Netherlands. The spice mixture added to these small speculoos cookies gives them such a fantastic flavor and aroma! When you’re baking these, it will fill your kitchen with such a great smell, that you probably won’t be able to wait until they’re completely cooled!

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Easy Stroopwafels

Learn how to make stroopwafels, delicious Dutch cookies filled with a delectable syrup. This stroopwafel recipe is one of my most requested recipes, and I have made a version that is easy to make. Enjoy a warm stroopwaffle with a hot cup of coffee or tea, or just by itself. The syrup with just a hint of cinnamon is perfectly kept between two deliciously thin waffles! They can be found anywhere, but none are better than fresh homemade stroopwafels.

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Gevulde Koeken: Almond Filled Cookies with Homemade Almond Paste

Learn to make Gevulde Koeken: Dutch Almond Filled cookies, with homemade almond paste from scratch! Buttery goodness, slight savoriness, and a nice balanced sweetness, these large cookies have it all!! These pastries have been around since the 16th century; they used to go by names as “gevuld heertje” (filled little lord) or “gevulde herenkoek” (filled lord’s cookie) because almonds were (back then) a luxury that only the aristocracy or wealth people could afford. The almond flavor from the filling is great, and the buttery dough around it just compliments it!

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