Best Chocolate Dipped Speculoos Cookies Recipes

CHOCOLATE-DIPPED COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture. Stir in almonds and chocolate chips. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours. Divide dough in half. Shape into two 8-in. rolls; wrap each in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 3 hours or until firm., Unwrap and cut into 1/4-in. slices. Place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes or until set. Remove to wire racks to cool., Dip half of the cookies in white coating; allow excess to drip off. Place on waxed paper. Repeat with remaining cookies in dark chocolate coating. , Place milk chocolate coating in a resealable plastic bag; cut a small hole in one corner of the bag. Pipe designs on cookies. Let stand for 30 minutes or until set.

CHOCOLATE-DIPPED COOKIES

Steps:

• Position racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Whisk the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Beat the butter and sugar in a large bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in the egg and vanilla. Reduce the mixer speed to medium low; beat in the flour mixture in 2 batches until combined.
• Transfer the batter to a resealable plastic bag and snip the corner to create a 1/2-inch opening. Pipe the batter into 1/2-by-3-inch strips, about 2 inches apart, on the prepared baking sheets. Bake, switching the pans halfway through, until the cookies are golden around the edges, about 15 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes on the baking sheets, then transfer to racks to cool completely.
• Line a baking sheet with parchment. Put the chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave in 30-second intervals, stirring, until smooth. Dip the cookies halfway in the chocolate, letting the excess drip off, then place on the prepared baking sheet. Refrigerate until the chocolate just sets, 10 to 15 minutes.

SPECULAAS COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Dust 2 baking sheets with flour.
• Combine brown sugar and butter together in a bowl; beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in egg, cinnamon, baking powder, cloves, and nutmeg. Mix in flour, 1 cup at a time, until dough comes together.
• Shape dough into cookies by hand or using cookie cutters. Arrange on the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until firm but not hard, about 10 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.

CHOCOLATE DIPPED SHORTBREAD COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar, add flour and vanilla.
• Pinch of 1/2" balls of dough, roll in sugar and place on cookie sheet.
• Use the tines of a fork to flatten cookies.
• Bake at 350°F for 12-15 minutes.
• Remove from baking sheet, cool 10-15 minutes.
• Dip half of each cookie into melted chocolate.
• Chill to set chocolate.

CHOCOLATE-DIPPED SPECULOOS COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine butter and sugar in mixer about 5 minutes on medium, until smooth and lightened in color, scraping bowl as needed.
• Sift together flour and baking powder and add to mixer.
• Add the 1/2 egg, milk, spices, salt and orange zest. Beat on low speed until a dough forms that pulls away from the sides of the bowl. The dough should be wonderfully fragrant and not sticky.
• Divide the dough in half. Roll each half between two large pieces of parchment paper into a rectangle with an even thickness of 1/8 inch. Slide each half onto a large baking sheet and refrigerate for at least 1 hour and preferably overnight (so the flavors meld). Alternatively, chill to let the flavors meld, then roll out when ready to use.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees with the oven rack in the middle of the oven. Line several baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone liners.
• Working with one sheet of dough at a time, cut the dough into 1 1/2-inch squares and transfer to the lined baking sheets; space 1 inch apart. Scraps can be rerolled and rechilled as needed.
• Bake one sheet at a time for 10 to 12 minutes, starting to check after 10 minutes, until the wafers are evenly browned. Cool on the baking sheet for 2 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely. Repeat to use all of the dough.
• For the optional chocolate coating: Microwave chocolate on LOW for 10 seconds at a time, checking between each cooking segment to make sure the chocolate does not go above 82 to 85 degrees. If the chocolate becomes too hot, stir in an extra bit of finely chopped chocolate to reduce the temperature.
• The chocolate will be ready when it is soft enough to stir; stir until smooth and almost pourable.
• Dip a corner or half of each cookie into the chocolate, then place on waxed paper to let the chocolate set.