Saturday, August 19, 2006

Puddings on the Ritz Speculaas Cookies - Traditional Dutch Cinnamon


Taste

Hmmm, I've been craving cinnamon cookies for awhile, and these ones from Puddings on the Ritz were just the ticket. The cinnamon was not too overpowering, but enough to give it a kick, and distinguish it from all the other biscuits on the market. The biscuits were not too crunchy, and not too sweet, highlighting the aroma of the cinnamon. Each biscuit is pretty small, but that just made me eat more than a few in one hit!

Rating - 8

Look

Prettily packaged in a tallish cardboard box, this fits the look of the up-market brands of biscuits hitting the market. Inside, the biscuits are all in one plastic clear wrap, so the box was not much use anyway.

Rating - 2

C-factor

120g for $9.50, very steep, but I did buy these imported goodies at DJ's, so you can probably find them cheaper elsewhere. I wish there were some local brands or middle market brands doing things as nicely as these people though. In the meantime, I will continue to consume them sparingly.

Rating - 0.5

Swiss Points - 10.5

Ingredients

wheat flour, brown sugar, butter, eggs, almond meal, cinnamon (0.76%), cardamon (0.38%), cloves, nutmeg, ginger, bicarbonate soda, lemon rind, full cream milk, salt

Available At

David Jones Food Hall
Website

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