Speculaas board with 2 figures

Speculaas board Two figures

Make the most beautiful old Dutch speculaas dolls yourself with your own traditional speculaas board. The shelf contains a relief of various figures.

A gingerbread board is an old-fashioned shape for biscuits that was used by bakers in the past. Today this craft has been absorbed into mechanization and this part of the baker's trade has changed considerably. With this gingerbread board you can still make beautiful gingerbread dolls in a traditional way.

Dimensions per figure: 8 x 5 cm (2x)
Dimensions total shelf: 20.5 x 6.5 cm

Recipe for making gingerbread dough

Necessities:
-150 grams of butter
-125 grams of light brown sugar
-1 teaspoon salt
-2 level tablespoons of gingerbread spices (10 grams)
-1 tablespoon of milk
-50 grams of slivered almonds
-200 grams of self-raising flour (or 200 grams of flour with 1 teaspoon)

Preparation method:

Mix the butter, sugar and salt until creamy and then add the tablespoon of milk. Mix the self-raising flour with the speculaas spices and sieve this over the butter mixture and stir until combined. Once everything is well stirred, you can knead the dough.

Let the speculaas dough rest for at least 1 hour in the fridge (preferably overnight). Let the dough come to room temperature and process with the speculoos board.

How should you use the Speculoos Board?

- Grease the board with kitchen oil
- Grease the board again after 2 hours
- Then lightly dust the plank with some flour
- Remove the dough from the fridge after at least 1 hour (preferably overnight)
- Let the dough come to room temperature
- Then press the dough well into the speculaas board and cut away the remnants
- Then turn the plank over and tap so that the cake falls on the baking tray
- Sprinkle the speculaas with
- Lightly sprinkle the shelf again with flour and fill again

Bake the speculaas for +/- 20 minutes in a preheated oven at 200 degrees.