St nicholas cookies

Dutch speculaas cookies are traditional spiced windmill cookies with almonds served on St. Nicholas Day in the Netherlands and Belgium.

Speculaas, St. Nicholas cookies, Windmill cookies — call them what you may, you MUST call them good. They're a spiced, shortbread biscuit. A...

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I admit that I picked this cookie recipe purely for the name. This is Christmas Cookie Week, after all! They have the added bonus of being another refrigerator cookie – make them up now, bake…

Yesterday, in preparation for today's feast of St. Nicholas, the children unwrapped The Baker's Dozen: A Saint Nicholas Tale

Mix butter, sugar and sour cream. Add dry ingredients. Mix well and form into rolls and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate overnight. Slice 1/4 inch thickness or a little...

These Alsatian brioches appeared in the 15th century. They are linked to the celebration of St Nicholas and are traditionally offered to children who have been good (sounds familiar? That is because ol’ St Nick was the original Santa Claus). Originally, Mannele had other shapes (horses, bunnies, chicken, etc…) but gradually took a more human form, representing St Nicholas or one of the resurrected children.

Speculoos, also known as Speculaas or Dutch Windmill Cookies, are a holiday cookie that is traditionally made for the Feast of St. Nicholas in Europe.

Make 3 delightful slice-and-bake Christmas cookies; Santa, wreaths, and Santa boots, all from one batch of the recipe.