Swedish Chocolate-Vanilla Checkerboard Cookies (Schackrutor) Recipe Drop Food52

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Swedish Checkerboard Cookies (Schackrutor):
Schackrutor, or chocolate-vanilla checkerboard cookies, are one of the most classic Swedish cookies you could make. When I think of them, I imagine them on a plate with white paper lace next to vintage tea cups and a big pot of coffee, surrounded by 5 women all named Birgitta (if you know, you know).

Theyre essentially vanilla and chocolate slice-and-bake shortbread cookies, and are as delicious as they are easy. They are also similar to American checkerboard cookies, but have fewer ingredients and only four squares, rather than nine. Below I have for you a classic version as well as my moms healthier version which is made with oat flour and brown sugar (you can watch us make her version in our upcoming Mothers Day segment!).

Tips & Tricks
Oat flour soaks up more liquid, which is why I substitute in the second version with less oat flour than all-purpose.
If you make the oat flour version, know they will taste more like biscuits than a classic shortbread (still delicious!)
Melted butter often enhances gluten development and results in less-crumbly shortbread cookies, but since theres not really gluten in oats, melted butter is preferred here. Since oat flour is already crumbly, we want to help prevent some of it with melted butter.
These last in an airtight container for up to about a week
Nea Arentzen

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