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Crispy Swedish Cookies
PJ Hamel · kingarthurbaking.com · Original Recipe
Also known as Swedish Dreams or Vanilla Dreams, these cookies are crispier, crunchier, and airier than any cookie made with baking powder or baking soda. The secret is baker's ammonia, a leavening age
3
chewiness
4
crispiness
1
cakeyness
2
thickness
4
spread
2
richness
4
sweetness
2
complexity
crispysweet
Ingredients
king arthur pure vanilla extract2 each (8g)
baker's ammonia0.25 tsp (1g)
table salt0.75 each (5g)
granulated sugar1.25 cup (250g)
unsalted butter16 tbsp (227g)
king arthur unbleached all-purpose flour2 cup (240g)
granulated sugar1 each (200g)
pecans1 cup (113g)
chocolate chips1 cup (170g)
vegetable oil1.5 tbsp (21g)
Total dough weight1.2kg
Process
- Mixing
- creaming
- Butter
- room temp
- Eggs
- none
- Bake Temp
- 300°F (149°C)
- Bake Time
- 25-27 min
- Chill
- None
- Yield
- ~48 cookies
- Sheet Prep
- parchment
Recipe Radar
How this recipe's ratios compare to the dataset. Gray = population median.
Outlier Profile
Uniqueness score: 4.6. Shows how many standard deviations each ratio diverges from the mean.
Percentile Rankings
Where this recipe falls compared to all 621 recipes in the dataset.
Flour:Fat0.97 (9th percentile)
Flour:Sugar0.53 (3th percentile)
Brown:White Sugar0 (19th percentile)
Egg:Flour0 (11th percentile)
Chocolate:Flour0.71 (35th percentile)
Fat %20.1 (87th percentile)
Sugar %36.5 (99th percentile)
Hydration0 (7th percentile)
Bake Temp300 (1th percentile)
Key Ratios
Flour:Fat
0.97
Flour:Sugar
0.53
Brown:White Sugar
0
Egg:Flour
0
Chocolate:Flour
0.71
Fat %
20.1
Sugar %
36.5
Flour %
19.4
Hydration
0