Thursday, August 2, 2012

Speculoos

Speculoos
or
Speculaas
is a
Dutch 
or
Flemmish
Cookie Butter




What is a cookie butter?


tried
desperately
to explain
"cookie butter"
to 
me and Ashley
….."it is really popular in Belgium and the Netherlands.  It looks like peanut butter, but like Nutella, but not chocolate, with cookies in it - like gingerbread"
uh?  what?

        the next day,
             Isabel brought me Speculoos
                      from Trader Joes
                                and she wrote down three recipes 
                                          for me to try
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this
is
SPECULOOS
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Speculoos
does
look like
peanut butter
and it
does
taste a
bit
like
gingerbread
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and
the
recipe
bakes
up
into
beautiful
light
fragrant
banana bread
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a bit spicy
and
so
delicious
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and
like Nutella,
Speculoos
would be delicious
spread
on toast
or graham cookies
or apple slices

IZZY'S SPECULOOS BANANA BREAD

3 ripe bananas
1/2 c. plain Greek yogurt
1/2 c. Speculoos
3 TBS. melted butter
2 eggs
1/2 c. sugar
1 3/4 c. flour
3/4 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. cinnamon

350 degrees - I loaf pan, or 3 mini loaf pans, greased (or Pam'd)

In the bowl if a mixer, combine first 5 ingredients until creamy.  Set aside.
In another bowl, mix together sugar, flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon
Slowly pour dry ingredients into wet ingredients and mix until batter forms.
Bake one hour for large loaf and 45 minutes for mini loaves

Sadly for Petit Soleil
the love for
Belgium
(and her grandpa)
has 
called
Izzy
away
we hope she 
will
return
to Petit
when 
she
gets back
to
Cal Poly

Thank you

Izzy

for
introducing
us
to 
Speculoos 


and for all 
the 
extra
little
special
things
you did 
for
 Petit Soleil


we will miss you!


1 comment:

  1. Dianne, I love that. I try not to buy it as I can eat the whole jar WAYYY to fast. :) Speculaas is actually a Dutch cookie, I'm not sure why Trader's called this spread Speculoos instead? Recipes look delicious. xoxo

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