Farmer cookies — a humble favorite
Swedish farmer cookies — bondkakor — both look and sound modest. Nothing special, surely? But don’t be fooled. On a November Thursday in 1954, the press gathered to see the brand new, modern kitchen at the royal palace of Drottningholm. In contrast with the...
Swedish raspberry caves, or jam cookies
Actually, “Swedish jam cookies” sounds too plain. Let’s be daring and use the direct translation for hallongrottor — “raspberry caves”. That name sounds a bit more… evocative, no? While the cookie is perfectly innocent, I am not the only one who thinks...
Schackrutor—Swedish checkerboard cookies
Are these cookies schackrutor, or brysselkex? Until recently, that was an odd question. Naturally, they are checkerboard cookies, and that’s that. Then it turned out that they had been lumped together with a completely different cookie. Yes, this is what drama...
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My name is Isabelle. Here at Swedish Spoon, you’ll find Swedish food history, tried-and-tested recipes, and a lot of obsessing over great butter. You can also expect some travel tips.