The Best Cheese Wafers

Name: The Best Cheese Wafers
Yield: Makes 48 to 72 Two - Wafers or 100 to 120 One-Inch Wafers
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon cayenne; 1 pound sharp Cheddar cheese, shredded (4 cups); 1 teaspoon salt; 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour; ¼ pound (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened

Preparation info

Makes
48 to 72
Two - Wafers or 100 to 120 One-Inch Wafers

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Get in There and Cook

By Richard Sax

Published 1997

About

These are from Martha Nesbit of Savannah, Georgia. This has become one of my favorite recipes for entertaining. Freeze the dough in portions and you can bake a few of these whenever you need to serve something to nibble with drinks.

Ingredients

¼ pound (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
2 cups sifted all-purpose flour

Starter
Side dish
Vegetarian

Method

Beat the butter with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until fluffy and light colored. Meanwhile, resift the flour with the salt and cayenne onto a sheet of wax paper. Reduce the mixer speed to low and beat in the flour mixture, then the grated cheese just until blended. Do not overmix; the mixture will be quite crumbly. Gather together with your hands; the dough shoul