DRÖMMAR (SWEDISH DREAM COOKIES)

A simple recipe for an amazing cookie — make it and you’ll be rewarded with the lightest cookie imaginable. “Drömmar” means dreams, and these dream cookies are nearly as ubiquitous in Sweden as chocolate chip cookies are in the U.S. As is so often the case when it comes to the messy business of food history, there are different theories regarding the origin of the name. Some say the cookies are as ephemeral as dreams, others say they will give you sweet dreams.

Maybe both are true!

Adapted from “The Nordic Cookbook” by Magnus Nilsson, famous Swedish Chef at Fäviken in Järpen, Sweden.

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Total Time 25 mins

Course Dessert, Snack

Servings 20 cookies

Ingredients

7 tbs butter room temperature
1/3 cup plus 1/2 tbs sugar
1 tsp vanilla sugar or vanilla extract
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 1/3 cups unbleached cake flour

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Use an electric mixer at medium speed to beat bu􀆩er, sugar and vanilla until light in color, about 5 minutes. Sift flour, baking powder and baking soda into the bowl. Beat again until just fully combined, about 30 seconds. Take care not to overbeat.
Shape dough into 20 balls and place them on a parchment‐paper‐lined baking sheet. Bake until cookies puff and crisp but do not color, about 10 - 15 minutes (watch to make sure they do not overbake). The cookies should have no, or very little, coloration and should crack slightly during cooking.
Remove cookies from oven and let cool completely before eating.