Swedish Dream Cookies: The best, not-so-secret dessert you've never tasted

State of play: My favorite family recipe is for my Aunt Fran's drömmar — Swedish Dream Cookies.

• I've never seen them outside my family, even though recipes circulate online.

Why it matters: You're all missing out on the lightest sugar-and-vanilla bombs ever to trigger an addiction.

• The magic is in the pearled sugar.

So here it is: The recipe for drömmar, AKA Melt-In-Your-Mouth Cookies, AKA Better-Than-Sex Cookies, AKA Not-My-Personal-Intellectual-Property Cookies.

Ingredients: Check Ikea or the Old Dutch Store for the more obscure items if you don't want to order them online.

• 1.5 sticks butter
• 1 ⅔ c granulated sugar
• ⅔ c vegetable oil
• 1 tbs vanilla sugar (vaniljsocker)
• 2 ⅓ c all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baker's ammonia (I use ⅔ tsp here for altitude.)
• Pearled sugar for dipping — Swedish, not Belgian (Belgian pearls are way too big)

Directions: Preheat oven to 300° F.

• Cream granulated sugar and butter with a mixer until it's light and fluffy.
• Mix in oil a little at a time.
• Add vanilla sugar.
• Stir baker's ammonia into flour and mix into the batter.
• Roll dough into ¾-inch to 1-inch balls, dip the top in pearled sugar and place on an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake 20-25 minutes at 300 degrees.
• Cool — and enjoy!