Recipe#27098

Title: Christmas spice cookie

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Spekulatius (Christmas spice cookie)
125g. butter
150g. sugar 
1 egg
1 tsp cinnamon
50g. ground haselnut 
lemon zest (to taste)
275g. flour 
1 tsp. baking powder
Beat butter until light and creamy.  Blend in sugar, cinnamon, egg,
hazelnuts, zest, flour and baking powder. 
Mix well and roll out (very thin).  Cut into shapes with cookie
cutters (or Spekulatius form, if you find one...).
Place cookies on greased cookie sheet and bake at moderate temperature
(try 350F, maybe less) until light brown and crisp.
These cookies should be very thin, crisp, and evenly browned.