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Speculaas or Tea Letters for the Christmas Tree

4 servings

Ingredients

• 2.5 kg Flour
• 1 kg Butter
• 1.25 kg Sugar
• 9 pcs Eggs
• 8 g Cinnamon
• Egg white (for brushing) (a little)
• Sugar or almonds (for sprinkling) (a little)

Instructions

1. Process flour, butter, sugar, eggs, and cinnamon together.
2. Roll out the mixture to the thickness of a knife blade, cut out various shapes with small cookie cutters, brush with egg white, sprinkle with sugar or almonds, and bake until light brown on a wax-greased baking sheet.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.