Oatmeal Wafers

Ingredients

• Rolled-oats,
• Butter, % cup,
• Sugar, 2 cups,
• Egg, 1
• Milk, 2 tablespoons,
• Salt, 14 teaspoon,
• Baking-soda, 1 level teaspoon.

Method

1. 1

   Dissolve the soda in a tablespoon of warm water.

2. 2

   Cream the butter with 1 cup of the sugar, and add the egg, beaten, and then gradually beat in the other cup of sugar, and the salt.

3. 3

   Add the baking-powder with the milk, and work in enough rolled-oats to make a stiff dough and knead it well.

4. 4

   Roll the dough out into as thin a sheet as possible, and cut into desired shapes.

5. 5

   Lift them carefully, and place them on greased pans, and bake in a moderate oven until thoroughly done, light-brown and crisp.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Around-the-world cook book (1913) by Mary Louise Barroll, page 4. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

OATMEAL WAFERS Rolled-oats, Butter, % cup, Sugar, 2 cups, Egg, 1 Milk, 2 tablespoons, Salt, 14 teaspoon, Baking-soda, 1 level teaspoon.

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