User:Crich4/Speculoos Cookie Butter

Origin
The beginning of Cookie Butter spread was originally the Biscoff cookie, also known as speculous. Biscoff is a spiced brown sugar cookie that is made by the company Lotus Bakeries.

The name “Biscoff” is derived from the combination of words biscuit and coffee.

“All Biscoff cookies are baked in Lembeke, Belgium by Lotus Bakeries using the original recipe created in 1932”. Els Schneppers invented Biscoff spread, which is also known as Cookie Butter.

Cookie Butter is available in many local grocery stores, including Hannaford, Price Chopper, Wal-Mart, and Trader Joe’s. In 2011, Lotus Bakeries, the Belgium-based manufacturer, debuted Biscoff spread that is created by Els Scheppers of Belgium created in 2007. She became an entrant in Belgian TV’s version of “So You Think You Can Be an Inventor”. The fantastic recipe reached the finals of the competition and soon afterwards Lotus worked with Ms. Schepper to perfect the product.

Ingredients
57% speculoos (wheat flour, candy sugar, margarine[Palm Oil, Canola Oil, Coconut Oil, Rapeseed Oil, Water, Salt, Emulsifier {Vegetable Mono-and Diglycerides from fatty acids}, Citric Acid, Lactic Acid, Color Added {Beta Carotene}, ButterFlavor (Non-Dairy)], Sugar, Soy Flour, Sugar Syrup, Raising Agent {Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate}, Cinnamon, Nutmeg)- Belgian cookies that are crushed to a fine powder (http://traderjoes.com/fearless-flyer/article.asp?article_id=561)

Palm Oil-an edible plant oil derived from the mesocarp (reddish pulp) of the fruit of oil palms

Canola Oil- oil from the crushed seeds of the canola plant

Sugar- a general term for sweet substances used as food

Emulsifier: Rapeseed Lecithin- a source of lecithin that is used as a soy alternative. Lecithin serves as an emulsifier. An emulsifier is something that stabilizes an emulsification reaction.

Made with no artificial colors or preservatives