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Drommar

by Aisa on January 6th, 2007

Drommar is Swedish for Dream. These are Swedish Dream cookies, and they look an awful lot like little round, very comfortable, pillows.

2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter, softened
1 1/4 cups sugar
1 teaspoon crushed ammonium carbonate (also called baker’s ammonium)
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1 1/2 cups indian dried coconut flakes

In a medium sized bowl, whisk together flour and salt. Set aside.

Cream the butter and sugar at medium speed of an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Mix in ammonium carbonate and almond extract. Add the flour/salt and beat at a low speed until fully incorporated, then add the coconut. Turn out the dough and form into a disk. Chill for 45 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees.

Roll the dough into roughly 1-inch balls and place 2 inches apart on greased baking sheets.

Bake on the second level (or, in the upper third) of the oven for 18 to 22 minutes. The little flecks of coconut will be golden against the pale cookie, like this:

Let the cookies cool on the sheet for about ten minutes before transferring to a rack (with a spatula!!!) to cool completely.

The original recipe called for sweetened flaked coconut; I used Indian dried coconut flakes, which turned out fine. I also ended up not sifting the flour and salt as the recipe directed because the sifter happened to be in the sink at the time; I don’t think that made much a difference. I use an ice cream scoop to make sure they’re all the same size. The dough is not sticky and is easy to work with. After chilling, it may be necessary to let it stand at room temp for a few minutes before it is easily workable, but I would not recommend chilling for less time; it’s easier to let it stand just until you can spoon/break off a piece. It is, however, very time-consuming; there is a lot of dough - though it may not look like a lot — and rolling roughly 50 -inch balls is tedious.. but just make sure to put on music and you’ll have a lot of fun. :D The result is well worth it. It is not necessary to watch it very carefully when it is in the oven, relax. 22 minutes was perfect for me, and I think that it when you try it, the baking time will most definitely be nearer 22 minutes as opposed to 18. They’re really cute. :D I’ve never been a big coconut fan (unless it’s young coconut in Mummy’s Buko Pie), but these cookies were GOOD. They need no decoration.

They are all GONE. Most of them were eaten. Only around two dozen were actually given away. I thought this family didn’t like coconut????!?! LOL. Enjoy!!!

Recipe courtesy of epicurious.com.

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