Maida Heatter’s Oatmeal Wafers

I’ve made these crisp, delicious wafers so many times that they’ve become a standard at my house. As their creator explains, they shouldn’t be stored in cookie jars, because they’re extremely fragile— Handle with Care! Even so, they are so full of good old-fashioned oatmeal-spice flavor that they belong in this chapter.

Maida Heatter needs no introduction, of course. She’s America’s best-