Vanilla Wafers

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 eggs
• 2 tablespoons cream
• 2 teaspoons vanilla

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter, and add sugar slowly, eggs well beaten, cream and vanilla.

2. 2

   Mix dry ingredients, and add to first mixture.

3. 3

   Roll, shape, and bake same as ginger snaps.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Scientific cooking with scientific methods (1911) by Sarah E. Woodworth Craig, page 130. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Vanilla Wafers. % cup butter. 2 cups flour. 1 cup sugar. 2 teaspoons baking-powder. 2 eggs. 2 tablespoons cream. 2 teaspoons vanilla. Cream butter, and add sugar slowly, eggs well iDcaten, cream and vanilla. Mix dry ingredients, and add to first mixture. Roll, shape, and bake same as i^inger snaps. Hermits. Ys cup butter. 2 teaspoons baking-powder. % cup sugar. ¥2 cup raisins cut into pieces. 1 egg. 5^ teaspoon cinnamon. 2 tablespoons cream. \i teaspoon mace. 1% cups flour. A grating nutmeg. GINGERBREAD, COOKIES AND WAFERS. 293 Cream butter, add sugar slowly, and then the raisins. Mix dry ino^redients and add to first mixture. Roll a little thicker than for vanilla wafers. Shape and bake same as vanilla wafers. Almond Cookies. % cup butter. Grated rind Vo lemon. 2 ^SSs. 3 tablespoons brandy. M: cup almonds, blanched 2^4 cups flour. and chopped fine. 2 teaspoons baking-powder. % cup sugar. 14 teaspoon salt. Cream butter and add sugar, eggs well beaten, almonds, brandy, flour and baking-powder (if liked, a little cinnamon and nutmeg can be added). Roll mixture to one-quarter inch in thickness. Shape with cutter dipped in flour. Bake in slow oven. All small cakes cook more evenly when placed on buttered sheets, especially in cooking with gas. Chocolate Cookies. 1/2 cup butter

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