St Nicholas always came for our daughter, she would find little chocolate letters of her name in her shoes left outside her bedroom door on 12/6 ..but I love how your kids found cookies in his image..how wonderful! When our daughter found the treats in her shoes we would go over the story of Saint Nicholas of Smyrna, it was a great tradition! Thanks for sharing this lovely recipe

@BakeAcrossEurope

7 ай бұрын

I love that you do this tradition with your kids, too!

thank you so much! I tried them today, and they turned out so delicious!

You're a fantastic baker! Love your videos. I love the background information you give. Thanks from the UK

@BakeAcrossEurope

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm sorry, I'm just now seeing this comment!

Cool mixer!

@BakeAcrossEurope

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! It's called a Bosch Universal Plus Mixer. Bigger and more powerful than a KitchenAid.

I just ate four of these delicious cookies. Thank you!

@BakeAcrossEurope

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed the recipe!

Thank you, I'd love to see the frosting tutorial.

Christmas season again 🤗time for these beautiful delicious cookies

@BakeAcrossEurope

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! I hope you enjoy the recipe! Keep your eye out for my new video this week that will feature 3 different Christmas cookies. ;)

@michielvdvlies3315

2 жыл бұрын

we especially eat those around december 5th

@michielvdvlies3315

2 жыл бұрын

@@BakeAcrossEurope you could also have rolled smalls balls of them then they are called "kruidnoten"

@BakeAcrossEurope

2 жыл бұрын

@@michielvdvlies3315 I'll have to try that sometime!

Your kids looked so excited to find the cookies and goodies in their shoes.

@BakeAcrossEurope

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! This is a holiday they look forward to every year.

Wonderful knowledgable Hostess & Educator, sharing! .. we observe Rare traditional & very caring Mother, Thank~You most kindly Ma'am for gifting us to prepare this Advent~tide 😇🎄🎀✨❄🙏

in french, flemish and dutch sp is generally not prononouced shp ( it sounds like a particularly german way to pronounce it so it might have made its way in some dialects)

@BakeAcrossEurope

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for letting me know! Its hard keeping track of the pronunciation of all the different languages on this channel. 😊

The recipe I was looking for... and you do it in a bosch universal! Bless your heart! I have some speculaas molds, as well as springerle molds. I am wondering if the molds are interchangeable? Isn't the speculaas cookie to be rolled very thinly? I will try these... hopefully before Christmas, but mercy, there's that little thing called work that gets in my way. Thanks so much for posting.

@BakeAcrossEurope

2 жыл бұрын

I do know Springerle are rolled much thicker than Speculaas. But I don't see why you couldn't use the molds interchangeably if you just rolled them to different thicknesses. If you try it out, let me know!

@SandyKH

2 жыл бұрын

@@BakeAcrossEurope Will do.

not me, a belgian, learning to make spéculoos from an english video to put on a christmas tree 🥴

@BakeAcrossEurope

6 ай бұрын

It doesn't matter where you learn it from. 🤗 All that matters is that its part of your tradition now. Happy baking/decorating!

What is the taste like? Are they sort of like gingerbread? They look amazing!

@BakeAcrossEurope

3 жыл бұрын

I would say they taste a bit like a ginger snap but without the gingery kick. They have more of an anise flavor to them than gingersnaps or gingerbread.

They sell them already made in Lidl around December times. For UK not shore for US?

@sofielps1766

2 жыл бұрын

I developed a love for these cookies when I purchased them at Aldi here in the states. Aldi sells them from October -December. When I find them, I buy several packages at a time so I don’t run out. I came here looking for a recipe so I can make them whenever I want. Thanks for the recipe 👍🏼

@robert.h1718

2 жыл бұрын

@@sofielps1766 same I was looking for recipes. I just got 2 packs from Aldi here in the UK. Definitely delicious.

Speculaas and Speculoos are different. Speculaas is spiced (cinnamon, ginger, cloves, cardamom, white pepper, and nutmeg) Loos in Dutch means without in this context. So speculoos is without the speculaas spices

@BakeAcrossEurope

2 жыл бұрын

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought Speculoos was just the Flemish word for these cookies. Every source I've read says that Speculoos cookies are the same as Speculaas/Spekulatius but that's just the name for them in Belgium.

@michielvdvlies3315

2 жыл бұрын

@@BakeAcrossEurope Speculoos versus Speculaas They look similar but speculaas and speculoos biscuits are two completely different biscuits. Not many people know the difference and therefore there is much confusion. It is actually very easy. The main difference lies in their spice content. Speculaas biscuits contain a number of different spices while speculoos biscuits often include only one spice: the cheaper version of real cinnamon: cassia. It is believed that speculoos biscuits originated in the Belgian region of Verviers in the early 19th century. In contrast to the Netherlands, where the spices for speculaas biscuits were relatively inexpensively imported from its colonies, spices were very expensive in Belgium. A biscuit recipe was therefore developed in Belgium without the expensive spices called: Speculoos - "loos" = less - because these biscuits were baked without spices. The word speculoos does not even exist in Dutch, it's a Flemish word. source:www.speculaasspice.co.uk/blog/speculaas I hope you like speculaas though. i subscribed to your channel.

@BakeAcrossEurope

2 жыл бұрын

@@michielvdvlies3315 thank you so much for taking the time to share such detailed information! I'm glad I know the difference now. And thank you for subscribing. 😃 Are you from The Netherlands? It would be great to have someone Dutch to check my info with when I make another Dutch recipe for my channel.

Pronounced - Spake U lass in Dutch (theres no "sh" sound 😉)

We call them pepernoten. because they look like nuts. Not because they are nuts lol

@BakeAcrossEurope

2 жыл бұрын

Oh! I thought pepernoten were a different cookie similar to German Pfeffernüsse.

@KajiRider1997

2 жыл бұрын

@@BakeAcrossEurope Yes they are. which is weird that you use actual nuts. Sorry for the confusion xD

Definitely not, the cookies are called Spekulatius and from Germany 🇩🇪.

@dr.7539

7 ай бұрын

She mentions they're called spekulatius in Germany. Are you saying they originated there?

@liqiz1755

7 ай бұрын

@@dr.7539 its different and from Germany 🇩🇪 Westphalia