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Speculoos Cookies

/ sarahgiebens / 6 Comments

Hi guys!

I’ve had one of those baking cravings :) You know, those moments when you just HAVE to bake something!

It was Sunday, I had just cleaned the whole house (yes, including the kitchen, which wasn’t that smart I suppose) and the Boyfriend turned on the television for some football. I didn’t know what to do! :O
I still have lots of great books I could read. I’m reading the third book from the Game of Thrones series at the moment (meaning: sometimes before I go to bed). But I didn’t want to read. I wanted to bake! But what?

That’s always the tricky part. I now I want to bake, I HAVE to, but I never know what recipe to make… And I know, those 34 cook books in the closet should make things easy for me but no, they don’t. I never know what recipe to make. Oh god, why does it have to be so complicated!

After standing in front of my cookbooks, staring at them and just doing absolutely nothing, I decided to make something that wasn’t in any of my cookbooks: Speculoos Cookies!

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So so easy and very yummy. Perfect :) It’s actually a modified version of my Nerdy Nummies Chocolate Chip Smart Cookies.

What do we need:

  • 260 g flour
  • 150 g white sugar
  • 150 g brown sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 eggs
  • Speculoos crumbs (I’ve used 2 hands of speculoos crumbs)
  • 250 g butter
  • Baking plate
  • Baking paper

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How to:

  1. Combine flour and salt in a separate bowl
  2. Combine butter, both sugars and vanilla extract in your mixer
  3. Add the eggs
  4. Slowly add the flour once the eggs are completely combined
  5. Add the speculoos crumbs and mix them through the dough
  6. Bake our cookies for about 15 minutes at 190 degrees centigrade

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These Speculoos Cookies are crispy at the sides and chewy in the middle :) I guess that’s a feature of speculoos because Speculoos Blondies are chewy as well!

So let’s get chewing on those cookies and love those baking craving moments because they always end well ;)

Have a delicious day <3
xxx Sarah

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Speculoos Blondies

/ sarahgiebens / 56 Comments

Hi guys!

Let the Caloribombing begin!
The upcoming weeks, I promise you’ll find ZERO healthy recipes here :D
Exams are almost over and that means I’ll have more quality time with my kitchen.
And since my kitchen has an even bigger sweet tooth than me, I’m forced to make something super sweet!
(Poor me…)

I’m also super excited for Angies Fiesta Friday Birthday Party! Too bad my kitchen won’t allow me to participate in this weeks party because of the appetizer and starter theme. BUT I’ll be there to party with them, just not bringing anything. Is that bad?

I’ll make it up to her next week because then the theme is main dishes and desserts. Indeed! I don’t need to tell you what I’ll be bringing, right? I’m brainstorming and planning about the things I want to make because this party is going to be THE party!

But that’s for later ^^
FYI: everyone is invited!

Today I’m sharing some super delicious Speculoos Blondies with you!
I saw them last year at The Not So Creative Cook and I knew I had to make them!
Nobody complained, not a single piece left…

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Foodnomads for Foodies

/ sarahgiebens / 21 Comments

Hi guys!

I found this great new company called Foodnomads.
They believe life is too short to not discover all the delicious things the world has to offer.
I couldn’t agree more!

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(This picture is one of their opening pictures on the site)

What is it they do?

Foodnomads delivers foodboxes. Each month a different box, with a different theme.
I ordered the Santa’s Box as a Christmas gift for my mom.
The fun part is that you don’t know what’s inside that box!
One thing you DO know is that it’s going to be delicious and quite special.
Special? Yes! The goods inside these boxes don’t come from your everyday supermarket.
Foodnomads selects delicious foods from special stores. You’ll see what I mean when I reveil my Santa’s Box to you ;)
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Fiesta Friday #29: BBQ with the neighbours

/ sarahgiebens / 22 Comments

Hi guys!

Last weekend, we had our annual BBQ with the neighbours.
We (the street) try to do this every year.
I believe it all started as a way to stay in touch with the neighbours and to become a bit more than “just” neighbours.
I have to say we’re pretty close with most of our neighbours, and not because of that BBQ :)
My dad likes to ride his bike and two of our neighbours do too! So I guess you already heard me coming when I tell you that they started their own little club (that has three members) ;)
Well, they are also members of a larger group.

Let’s get back to our BBQ.
Since the last two or three years, I always make the dessert.
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This year, I went for my all-time favourite Brownies and my super delicious Apple Cake.

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I tried Jhuls’ Blondies and they were A-MAZING!

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Really, you haven’t lived until you’ve tasted them! The neighbours loved them too :)
So Jhuls, you did an awesome job with these! Thank you for having shared that recipe with us.
Besides the Blondies, I made two entirely new things. A Frangipane and a Speculoos Cake.
I’ll save that Frangipane for later ;)

But I am bringing you this Speculoos Cake for Fiesta Friday!

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Little secret: this cake is some sort of basic version of my Luxurious Apple Cake. But without the apples and the brown sugar.

What do we need:

  • 125 g butter
  • 125 g crystal sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 125 g self-raising flour
  • 200 g crunched speculoos
  • baking tin

How to:

Mix the butter together with the sugar. Mix in the eggs.
Sift the flour and mix it well together. Stir in the speculoos crumbles.
Put the batter in the baking tin and bake the cake for about 50 minutes at 180 degrees centigrade.

If it’s done, check the cake with a sharp knife. If it comes out clean, your cake is ready to be eaten!

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I hope everyone is having a great Fiesta Friday at Angies with the co-hosts and all the others :D
Happy Fiesta Friday!

Have a delicious weekend!
xxx Sarah

Fiesta Friday #26: Banoffee Pie

/ sarahgiebens / 38 Comments

Hi guys!

HERE.IT.IS!
The famous – and oh so caloribombing – Banoffee Pie!
I promised you in my post about Lojola that I would bring an English version of the recipe…
So I did :) And I’m bringing it to this weeks Fiesta Friday!

It is creamy, it is banana, it is delicious!
If you have to go caloribombing, this is the way you should do it!

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Let’s get this party started! Grab some Banoffee Pie ’till you can’t stand… ;)

What do we need:

  • 200g speculoos
  • 125g butter
  • 4 bananas
  • 700ml cream (>= 40% fat)
  • 1 spoon powder sugar
  • caramel
  • cocoa powder
  • baking tin (spring)

How to:

Preheat the oven at 180 degrees centigrade.
Crush the speculoos and melt the butter. Mix them together.
Put the mixture on the bottom of the baking tin and make sure to push it to the bottom.
Bake it for 15 minutes. Let it cool a bit and put in the fridge for about an hour.

Heat the caramel and put it on top of the speculoos crust.
Cut the bananas in slices (+- 1cm wide) and lay them on the caramel.
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Whip up the cream witht he powder sugar.Add the whipped cream on top of the pie and put it in the fridge for 2 hours.

Sprinkle some cocoa powder on top of the Banoffee Pie before serving and… BON APETIT!

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Happy Fiesta Friday! <3

I think this song describes this pie just fine ;)
Oh well, maybe just the “I’m so fancy” part.
But who knows, if you add some alcohol to this pie you might be able to get drunk on the minibar…

p.s. Make sure you don’t overeat yourself… I don’t know any CPR…

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Have a delicious day!
xxx Sarah

 

Fiesta Friday #25: Sugar-Free Apple Pie!

/ sarahgiebens / 41 Comments

Hi guys!

It is Friday again…
Time REALLY flies!

I have been caloriebombing you the past few weeks but today I’m going sugar free!
Yes, you heard it right, sugar F-R-E-E!

Little secret: I love love love love love LOVE crumbles!
So guess what, today my pie will be a crumble! :D (Woohoo!)
I’m making an apple crumble pie. No, wait. I am making two versions because I’ve got one with crumble and one without it.
Why? Just to try :)

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What do we need: (for 1 pie)

  • 4 apples
  • 1 sheet of puff pastry
  • 60g butter
  • 30g self-raising flour
  • 8g stevia or 40g tagatesse
  • 30g almond powder
  • crumble cookies (sugar free).
    I used speculoos. Sorry! Not sugar free :s
  • baking tin (a round one)

How to:

Skin the apples and cut them into large pieces.
Stew the apples until it becomes apple sauce. (It’s completely oay if you still have some small pieces of apple that aren’t completely stewed)
Preheat the oven at 180 degrees centigrade.
Put a sheet of puff pastry in the baking tin.
Put the cookie crumbles on the bottom.
Add the apple sauce on top of it.

Melt the butter.
Mix the flour together with the stevia/tagatesse, the butter and the almond powder until it becomes a dry, granular mixture.
Divide the crumble over the pie.

Cut the leftover of puff pastry away.
I used these leftovers for the decoration of my pie without the crumble.

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Bake the apple pie for about 30 minutes.
Let the pie cool and you are ready to go!
Maybe some sugar free ice cream to go along with it?

Enjoy this delicious pie, guilt-free! :D

Happy Fiesta Friday everyone!
Thank you Angie and our co-hosts for this amazing virtual event! <3

Have a delicious day and a wonderful party!
xxx Sarah

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