Comments on: Brood Bakken: Wat je moet weten over Gluten https://www.weekendbakery.com/posts/brood-bakken-wat-je-moet-weten-over-gluten/ The place for the ambitious home baker Sat, 12 Jul 2025 12:02:08 +0000 hourly 1 By: Weekend Bakers https://www.weekendbakery.com/posts/brood-bakken-wat-je-moet-weten-over-gluten/comment-page-1/#comment-658387 Sat, 12 Jul 2025 12:02:08 +0000 https://www.weekendbakery.com/?p=22598#comment-658387 In reply to John Joosten.

Hello John,
We already commented back to you around the end of June, where you posted a comment under ‘about us’. We copied our answer to you here.

We have bought many speculaas spice mixtures of better quality over the years. They are all slightly different and of course they never mention the ratio and amount of the different spices.
The base is always cinnamon – making up about 50% of the mixture.

Traditional, all of the mixtures have nutmeg, cloves and ginger. Depending on the ‘brand’ part or all of the following spices are also added in smaller quantities: all spice, coriander seed, mace, cardamom, aniseed or star anise and (white) pepper.
We know it is difficult, but to recreate the spice you love the best, you need to recall, next to cinnamon, which spices you also remember that made up the mixture you love. Aniseed is very distinctive for example and (for us) it ads a sweetness we really like, but there are many speculaas spice mixes without it. The amount of cloves is also very decisive for the end result, it can be overpowering, so amounts are important. It also makes a big difference how fresh and potent your spices are.
Our suggestion:
Start with a mixture of cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, ginger and koriander and then add one of the other spices and try that in your speculaas.
There is no other option than experimenting until you find your favorite mixture, but that is also the fun of it hopefully.

Best of luck with it and enjoy your baking!

Ed & Marieke

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By: John Joosten https://www.weekendbakery.com/posts/brood-bakken-wat-je-moet-weten-over-gluten/comment-page-1/#comment-658385 Fri, 11 Jul 2025 20:55:03 +0000 https://www.weekendbakery.com/?p=22598#comment-658385 Hello,
Het is belangrijk voor mij om precies het juiste recept te weten voor “Speculaas kruiden”. Ik heb al voor jaren geprobeerd om het beter te maken, maar ik heb niet veel geluk.
Het recept dat in deze publicatie staat heb ik nog niet geprobeerd, het is bijna het zelfde als de meeste maar heeft meer anijs zaad. Misschien maakt dit het verschil.
Als ik het mag vragen, wat is jou (jullie), opvatting?
Regards,
John.

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