LorAnn Oils Baker's Ammonia (Ammonium Carbonate) - Ideal for Springerle & Thin, Crispy Cookies, Perfect with Wooden Cookie Molds, Hirschhornsalz Hartshorn Ammonium Carbonate For Baking - 2.7oz

I don't know too many people that know anything about this--and I love the look on their faces when you tell them they are eating ammonia cookies! LOL (Hey, ya gotta have some fun in life, right?). I was brought up on these cookies, so the 'freak factor' of the ammonium carbonate is long gone for me. I use this with a family recipe from the late 1800's as a substitute for the standard sugar cut-out cookie, and the cookies always turn out perfect. And I mean perfect. They are light, airy, yet hold their shape and don't fall apart. Providing you don't roll the dough too thin, you get a substantial cookie (a good 1/4"+ thick) that isn't tough, has visible layers and has an excellent 'crumb'. One bonus is that no one eats the raw dough--so you get to have ALL the cookies baked. Another bonus is that it cleans your oven at the same time! (Kidding!), but I will warn you, DO NOT OPEN that oven door to check on them--the fumes will definitely burn your corneas off. If it has a window in the door, use that. And besides, they cook for such a short period of time, I think you can hold back the anticipation for the 6 minutes they are in the oven. The dough should be flavored (anise or lemon is best), and they must be frosted--either with a buttercream or if you want to get nice and fancy, a royal icing. The dough isn't very sweet, so it gets it sweetness from the frosting. Lorann Oils has the most amazing baking supplies you will be hard pressed to go anywhere else. Yes, they are on the spendy side, but you get what you pay for. Their flavorings--extracts and emulsions--are superb and what professional bakers use. Highly recommend perusing their site and getting your wish list together. PRO: The ammonium carbonate is an amazing leavening agent, and fantastic reactions from people when you tell them they've just bitten into an ammonia cookie; CON: Can't think of any

It created crunchy but light cookies which are perfect for butter cookies, sugar cookies recipes. I used them Nyc black and white, Danish Butter cookies. It was affordable when I ordered it. Size was more than enough. If you bake cookies for the holidays, or do it for a living, this is an essential baking repetoire.

Item is as described. So happy I am able to find this. My cookie recipe calls for it. Good quality!!

I had never used this before, but after hearing about "Vanilla Dreams" cookies on a cooking website and Pinterest, I went to the King Arthur Flour website to get the recipe. One recipe made 48 cookies for me, and they were light and crisp. The cookies were very sweet --but delish! -- so a caution if you use the full amount of sugar. This product, also called hartshorn, is apparently an integral component to some cookies--but there are not a lot of recipes out there. I read some cautions online to NOT eat the raw dough, as it could cause a lot of flatus, but others online reported no adverse effects. I kept the raw dough away from DH because if anyone's gonna have a lot of flatus ... well, he doesn't need any help! The smell of this baker's ammonia will knock you back, so don't be figuring you'll take a sniff and thinking it can't be that bad. IT'S THAT BAD!!! Even if you have this 12 to 18 inches from your nose when you open it, you will notice the acrid smell. Wowza!!! It's unpleasant. You'll only do the "sniff test" once and you'll learn your lesson. You'll be able to smell it somewhat in the raw dough, and as it bakes, but the smell will dissipate. The product will also evaporate over time, even inside the little jar with the lid on tight.

Yup it smells. But boy sure does make good cookies

Worked perfectly for making the old-fashioned cut-out cookie recipe that my grandma always made. The texture of the cookies came out exactly as I remembered them. Also glad this is a fairly small container since I don’t use baking ammonia for any other recipes. But also FYI to anyone who’s never used it before, baking ammonia does evaporate over time, so buying a large container thinking “this will last me forever” is not something you want to do.

Great hack for cookies. Keep the container sealed tight.

Just what I needed to make my mother (and grandmother's) Swedish cookies). Simple Amazon ordering! No longer need to send to Sweden for the baking ammonia.