Delightfully Thin Walnut Wafer

This walnut wafer is the perfect light cookie to serve with rich ice cream. 

Just enough crispness and flavor. Easy to make and a good keeper, if you keep your hands out of the cookie jar.

Walnut Wafer Cookies 

2 eggs

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup very finely chopped walnuts

3 tablespoons flour

1/4 teaspoons baking powder

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. 

Beat the eggs and brown sugar until light. Stir in the nuts, flour and baking powder. Drop by half teaspoons ( the equivalent of a measuring teaspoon) onto a well-greased baking sheet. Flatten to the size of a fifty-cent piece by dabbing with a dampened finger. Bake until the edges are just beginning to brown and the top looks dry, about 5 to 10 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet for a minute or two and then remove to a baking rack to cool completely. 

Makes about 8 dozen wafers


Copyright 2013 Rae Katherine Eighmey from Soda Shop Salvation: Recipes and Stories from the Sweeter Side of Prohibition. Published by the Minnesota Historical Society Press.