BROWN COOKIES (Swedish)

Contributed by Erlene Stevenson (Thelma Lodge #22, Everett WA) & Jeanette Gustafson (SofN)

  • 1 stick butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 Tbsp. Golden Syrup (Lyles*) or 1 Tbsp. honey
  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 tsp. Vanilla Sugar (Vanilje sukker)*
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • Parlsukker* (Pearl Sugar)
  • water
Swedish Brunekaker (Brown Cookies)
  1. In large bowl cream the butter and sugar until light and well blended.
  2. Slowly add Golden Syrup or Honey to this creamed mixture. Blend well.
  3. Sift the flour, vanilla sugar and soda together .Slowly add this to the creamed mixture by hand. Mix well.
  4. Make into 8 balls and roll each into logs (diameter about the size of a quarter). Place on wax paper and wrap tightly. Place on cookie sheet if desired and chill overnight or several hours until very hard.
  5. Remove rolls from refrigerator and put half the rolls on standard large cookie sheet that is either lightly greased or covered with parchment paper. Do the same with remaining rolls. Brush tops with water and sprinkle with Pearl Sugar.
  6. Bake in preheated 325 oven (F) 15 20 minutes or until golden brown and just set. They spread and flatten.
  7. Let sit just slightly and then cut diagonally into strips (7-8 slices/roil). Cool on racks.
  8. Store in air-tight container (tins are great). Can be frozen with wax paper separating layers in Freezer Ziplocks.
  1. *Lyles Golden Syrup, Vanilje Sukker and Parlsukker (pearl sugar) can be found in Scandinavian shops and specialty markets. Try Olson's and other links on left for purchase. Ikea sometimes has all these ingredients. In place of the Lyles Golden Syrup, honey can be used. One web site, Baking Bites, explained how to make your own vanilla sugar.
  2. These are amazing!
  3. Yield: each stick gives about 7 – 8 cookies. So total yield is about: 5 dozen cookies.