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“To sleep, perchance to dream …”
Date: Nov. 5th 2006
Category: Cookies and Bars, Coconut
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The sweet and imaginative Clivia of Clivia’s Cuisine has taken to offering her readers a new Swedish word along with each post. In exchange for visiting her lovely site, you can learn the meaning of a new word.
Now I’m not exactly sure when I developed my love of all things Swedish, but I must confess that I am fascinated with the country, its culture and its food. I have a wonderful friend who lives in Stockholm (Hello, I!) and dream of visiting her one day.
In Swedish, that’s till dröm.
What better way to spend a Sunday afternoon than curled up on the couch, under the warmest blanket, with a plate of dreams by your side and a lovely cup of tea as well. And by plate of dreams I mean a plate of Drommar Cookies, one of my very favourite cookies in the world!
A cookie, a sip of tea, a nap and a dream … I think I’ll spend the rest of the day repeating this regimen.
Ciao!
Drommar Cookies
Recipe is from Elizabeth Wigg Maxwell and is posted on Epicurious.
Click here for the recipe.
Note: These cookies are incredible! I discovered them one day when I was trying to figure out what to do with a huge stash of sweetened, flaked coconut. I searched the Epicurious database (such a wonderful resource!), and found these cookies.
They were a hit from the first time that I made them. They are buttery and full of coconut. The exterior of the cookie is crispy and the inside is chewy and so good! You will love them. I promise!
Now I must return to my dreams …
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11/5/06 at 1:00 pm
YUM! I love things with coconut.
11/5/06 at 1:33 pm
Please do keep dreaming Cream Puff - your dreams are so good, sooo goood!!!
11/5/06 at 2:31 pm
Oh, those cookies look heavenly!! I must e-mail the link to my sister; she is a HUGE coconut fan!
11/5/06 at 2:45 pm
To dream is “å drömme” in Swedish. Same as Norwegian though we write it “å drømme”.
Swedish and Norwegian are very similar
11/5/06 at 3:31 pm
Caro Ivonne,
Looks like I have another recipe addition for the Christmas biscuit swap. And with fantabulous toasty bits of coconut! Grazie!
11/5/06 at 4:10 pm
I have a friend who as a very old and very sweet Swedish grandmother. She sent him a whole tin of these one day… ohh I must have ate 5 or 6 because they are so good! your pictures of them are lovely and I love the serving dish!
11/5/06 at 6:23 pm
mmm, these sound like they will bring lots of nice dreams! enjoy!
11/5/06 at 6:30 pm
Ahh, I’ve had these before and they are indeed fabulous!! But, I never had the recipe. Thank you–I think I will be making these for gifts!
11/5/06 at 7:57 pm
The cookies look yummy!
11/5/06 at 8:55 pm
These do look good. I never have coconut though, I will have to go get some.
11/5/06 at 11:43 pm
these definitely look dreamy, thanks so much for sharing this-I love coconut
11/6/06 at 1:21 am
“A cookie, a sip of tea, a nap and a dream … I think I’ll spend the rest of the day repeating this regimen.” — Me too! That sounds lovely, and so do those cookies
11/6/06 at 4:02 am
Those cookies seem incredibly fine, I must admit!
Your great snapshot makes them look even more dreamlike!
11/6/06 at 4:05 am
Dear creampuff, if you ever come here I will treat you to a “full Swedish” with 7 kinds of cookies, cakes and pastries!
Drommar are a favourite of mine as well but I have never tried baking them myself. The texture is so fantastic!
11/6/06 at 6:28 am
I’ve never even heard of Drommar cookies…they’re beautiful!
11/6/06 at 8:19 am
i haven’t been online/ blogging for a while and oh the wonderful recipes i missed. all sound and look delicious.
11/6/06 at 8:30 am
They look absolutely darling, and I can imagine that they’d be the most perfect little Sunday companions!
11/6/06 at 9:48 am
I am dreaming of popping one in my mouth right now.I love their pillowy look, they must be great!
11/6/06 at 10:30 am
looks so airy! love it!
11/6/06 at 10:59 am
Mi piacciono un sacco questi…
hejdå.
11/6/06 at 11:28 am
They look so beautiful and crunchy.
I’ve haven’t seen baker’s ammonium in any stores around here.
Please - help me make my pictures as beautiful as yours : )
11/6/06 at 11:44 am
Ivonne,
Crispy and chewy in one cookie…I’m in! Those little flecks of toasted coconut look delicious as well.
11/6/06 at 2:54 pm
Sounds like a perfect Sunday afternoon to me, I however spent my Sunday afternoon helping my husband build a bonfire for Guy Fawkes.
11/6/06 at 2:59 pm
Dear Cream Puff,
I just made this cookies and they were really good. Sweet and crunchy. Thanks you
11/6/06 at 3:50 pm
Oh! They looked ever so pretty, these little dream cookies… but as I read along and saw “coconut”… my dream of trying them shattered… oh well.
11/6/06 at 5:21 pm
Maybe you should go visit your friend and take her your version of this cookie…and sit for hours by that warm fire!Happy Cooking
11/6/06 at 8:22 pm
How funny I happened upon this recipe a few years back and wanted to make them but didn’t want to hunt down the ammonium carbonate! These do look like a dream.
11/7/06 at 2:40 pm
where did you find ammonium carbonate?