First Christmas cookie is the “nutcracker “ speculoos that I bake every year. I made two types of these this year, one with a recipe I received from my secret santa years ago (along with the mold and spice mix) and an other one following the cinnamon buddha cookies recipe from Cafe Feenando book The Artful Baker (p.179) but using speculaas spice mix instead of cinnamon and nutcracker mold. Here’s the recipe for the first one, adapted from my secret santas recipe; Ingredients