Lemon or Vanilla Wafers

Name: Lemon or Vanilla Wafers
Yield: Makes about 4½ dozen
Ingredients: ⅓ cup egg whites (approximately 3, but varies with egg size); 1⅓ cups cake flour; 2 teaspoons grated lemon rind or 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 1½ sticks (12 tablespoons) unsalted butter, at room temperature; ½ teaspoon salt; ¾ cup sugar

Preparation info

Makes about
4½ dozen

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Better Than Store-Bought

By Helen Witty and Elizabeth Schneider

Published 1979

About

We have happy childhood taste-memories of these most innocent of cookies, a permitted treat when we were very young. And we still maintain a certain fondness for the packaged hard-baked, golden wafers. Our recipe produces a crisp-edged, pale ivory disc with a tender center. Good enough for children, as well as adults.

Ingredients

¾ cup sugar
1½ sticks (12 tablespoons) unsalted butter, at room temperatur

Cookies
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Cover with parchment (or lightly grease) two large baking sheets (each 14 X 17 inches).
Blend the sugar, butter, and salt in