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Dutch Kruidnootjes

From http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/dutch-kruidnootjes

Kruidnoten are a big part of ‘Sinterklaas‘, a Dutch children’s holiday celebrated on Dec 5th. These tiny cookies are inextricably connected to Sinterklaas. They’re thrown around by his helpers, zwarte pieten (Black Pete’s), along with other small candy. It’s called strooigoed, which translates to “throw-around goodies“.

2 cups self-rising flour
1 1/2 tbsp speculaas spice
1/2 a tsp salt
2/3 cup brown sugar
4 oz soft butter
4 tbsp milk
Optional: chocolate:

Sieve flour into a big bowl and add brown sugar, speculaas spice and salt. Combine the ingredients. Add butter and milk. Start kneading. If the dough is too dry, add more milk until you have a supple dough.

Roll the dough into tiny balls and flattened them just a little. Usually they’re 5 gr per piece or so. Bake them in a preheated oven at 320F (160C) for 15 to 20 minutes.

Optionally, dip them in chocolate (or use white chocolate with food colouring); traditionally kruidnootjes are served with hot cocoa.

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