Speculaas
speculaas dutch speːkyˈlaːs french spéculoos spekylos german spekulatius ʃpekuˈlaːtsi̯ʊs type spiced shortcrust biscuit baked speculaas spice originating county flanders territory presentday belgium france netherlands speculaas biscuit usually flat often moulded carry certain traditional image see image right particularly popular around feast st nicholas dutch sinterklaas oldest source speculaas also mention wedding fair recent decade however become normal eat speculaas year round especially coffee tea ice cream speculaas primarily made consumed belgium france netherlands well luxembourg german region westphalia rhineland also highly popular former yugoslav country manufactured croatian food company koestlin cookie also found indonesia known spekulaas spekulaaskoekjes usually served christmas special occasion cookie butter – food paste made speculoos cookie crumb ginger snap – biscuit ginger flavor kruidnoten – dutch sweet springerle – german biscuit