Filled Speculaas

( Speculaas recipe by Sascha from Zoete Koek. also check out her Instagram)

Instructions:

1. Preheat your oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
2. Mix all the spices together to create your own ‘speculaas’ spice mix.
3. Mix all ingredients for the ‘spijs’ into a fine paste by using a food processor. Leave the mix in the fridge for at least two hours.
4. In a bowl, mix the flour, sugar, salt and spice mix. Use a knife to mix the butter through (or use a food processor). Add the soy milk little by little. The dough needs to be quite firm, don’t make it too moist. Leave the dough in the fridge for at least two hours.
5. Spread some flour over your work surface. Take the dough from the fridge, sprinkle some flour over it and roll it with a rolling pin to a 3-4 mm thickness. Use a cookie cutter to cut out your desired shapes. Use your hands to form small balls of the filling (or create roughly the same shape as the cookie cutter you used). Place the filling between two cut out cookies, press the edges to close and decorate with almond flakes. Repeat until all dough and filling are finished.
6. Bake in the oven at 180 degrees Celsius for about 30 minutes. If you want to use one big baking tray instead, extend the baking time with 10-15 minutes.

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