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Spiced Christmas Biscuits – Pop Up Bake Club Recipe

November 8, 2017 by Laura Scott 11 Comments

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These are the speculaas spiced Christmas biscuits which will be making an appearance at my pop-up bake club this December. I have already posted the Christmas crumble muffins and the Christmas pudding truffles – all three will feature in this festive children’s baking session.

spiced Christmas biscuits

The idea of the pop-up bake clubs is to encourage children to develop an interest in baking which will hopefully lead to an interest in cooking, trying new flavours and making more food from scratch. This Christmas club is particularly focused on showing children how easy and cost-effective it can be to make your own edible gifts.

I have specifically selected recipes that are straightforward for the children to make with minimal input needed from an adult. I can’t vouch the mess, which I why I am hosting these classes – so parents can leave the flour drenched surfaces to me!

spiced Christmas biscuits

As someone who teaches cookery as well as hosting supper clubs, I am always looking for ways to encourage more people to cook. For children especially I have found that the pop-up bake clubs are the answer. A creative and sociable session of activities aimed at building kitchen confidence. Baking is the perfect way to introduce cookery to little ones. It can be a building block to learning about ingredients, techniques and kitchen skills. With enough encouragement, children will often find they want to move onto more ambitious cooking provided they can help to choose the recipes themselves.

spiced Christmas biscuits

I am planning on building up my bake clubs and cookery lessons once my kitchen has been refurbished to cater for all of my plans so watch this space for more details before the end of the year!

Here are a few more ideas of what you might like to make with the kids over the festive period:

Crispy clementine cookies – Fab Food 4 All

Cranberry & pistachio frozen yoghurt bark – Eats Amazing

Chocolate crinkle cookies – Baking Queen

Tunnocks teacakes Christmas puddings – Foodie Quine

Polish Christmas cookies – Ren Behan

Spiced orange shortbread – Recipes from a Pantry

Camper van cookies – Coffee & Vanilla

spiced Christmas biscuits
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Spiced Christmas Biscuits – Pop Up Bake Club Recipe

Speculaas spiced Christmas biscuits by How to cook good food. They make great tree decorations or give them as a teacher's gift.
Course Christmas, Snack, Sweet bakes, Tea Time
Cuisine Scandinavian
Keyword spiced christmas biscuits
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 10
Author Laura Scott

Ingredients

  • 40 g light muscovado sugar
  • 1 tbsp treacle
  • 1/2 tbsp golden syrup
  • 1 tbsp water
  • 50 g unsalted butter cut into cubes
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • 1/2 tsp mixed spice
  • 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
  • 1/4 tsp ground coriander
  • 115 g plain flour
  • 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • pinch of salt

Instructions

  1. Put the sugar, syrup, treacle, water, spices and butter together in a saucepan
  2. Then bring them to the boil
  3. Stir in the flour and bicarb of soda until you have a smooth dough
  4. Pre-heat the oven to 180°C
  5. Dust a work surface with flour and roll out the dough then cut using Christmas biscuit cutters
  6. Line two baking sheets with baking parchment
  7. Arrange the biscuits on the baking sheets and bake for 10–12 minutes
  8. Decorate using coloured icing pens or royal icing placed into a piping bag with a fine nozzle

Recipe Notes

The dough will keep well in the fridge for a couple of days covered cling film. You could freeze the dough to use later, or shape the biscuits and freeze them so they are ready to bake from frozen. Just give them 2 more minutes in the oven.

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Filed Under: Biscuits, Christmas, Family food, School lunchbox ideas, Tea time treats, Vegetarian dishes Tagged With: baking, bicarbonate of soda, biscuits, butter, children, Christmas, cinnamon, Cookery lessons, flour, ginger, Golden syrup, Ground coriander, Learn to cook, light brown sugar, mixed spice, nutmeg, Pop up bake club, Spiced, Surrey, Treacle

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Comments

  1. Nadia says

    November 8, 2017 at 1:13 pm

    These cookies look so delicious! I love that you host pop up cook clubs for kids. I think it’s so important that kids start learning about food and how to cook from an early age. And they get to have fun in the process 😀

    Reply
    • Laura Scott says

      November 8, 2017 at 1:25 pm

      Exactly Nadia, that’s what I think and hope they enjoy making these next month!

      Reply
  2. Becca @ Amuse Your Bouche says

    November 8, 2017 at 4:12 pm

    These look yummy! And if kids can make them then maybe I can too haha

    Reply
    • Laura Scott says

      November 8, 2017 at 9:11 pm

      Definitely!

      Reply
  3. Andrea Mynard says

    November 8, 2017 at 10:03 pm

    Pop up cookery clubs for children sounds fab. I like the inclusion of ground coriander in the spices in the biscuits too, definitely going to try them with my daughter.

    Reply
    • Laura Scott says

      November 9, 2017 at 3:05 pm

      I hope you enjoy them Andrea, my kids love them. The smell especially!

      Reply
  4. Bintu | Recipes From A Pantry says

    November 9, 2017 at 8:23 am

    Oh I love these and the Christmas crumble muffins. I guess it will be cookie moments in my kitchen today 🙂

    Reply
    • Laura Scott says

      November 9, 2017 at 3:04 pm

      Thanks Bintu, love baking at this time of the year!

      Reply
  5. Jemma says

    November 9, 2017 at 10:51 am

    These look fantastic. Spiced biscuits at Christmas is a must.

    Reply
    • Laura Scott says

      November 9, 2017 at 3:04 pm

      Yes, the smell is so good!

      Reply

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