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Saint Nicholas speculoos

Speculoos

Living in Europe, I’ve become a huge speculoos fan! What is speculoos? It’s a thin, crunchy, spiced shortcrust biscuit. Traditionally, speculoos was only baked around Christmastime, especially on the eve of Saint Nicholas; now, they are available year-round. Speculoos became popular when medieval crusaders brought back exotic spices like nutmeg, cardamom and ginger from the […]

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