Name: Moravian Christmas Wafers
Yield: Yields at least 16 dozen cookies
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: ⅔ teaspoon salt; 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon; 3 tablespoons (45 g) lard; ⅔ cup (160 ml) sorghum molasses (or cane molasses as a substitute); ¼ cup (60 ml) honey; 3 cups (366 g) flour; ½ tablespoon ground cloves; 2 tablespoons boiling water; 2 tablespoons brandy; 1 tablespoon ground ginger; 4 tablespoons (60 g) butter; ¾ cup (151 g) light brown sugar; 1 teaspoon baking soda; Flour for rolling the cookies; Butter for the pan

Preparation info

Yields at least
16 dozen
cookies

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Bill Neal's Southern Cooking

By Bill Neal

Published 1985

About

German influence in southern culture is often underestimated, but it began with Queen Anne’s active support of German emigration, providing transportation from England to Pennsylvania for many who were seeking economic and religious freedom. In Pennsylvania they were known as the Pennsylvania Dutch, from Deutsch meaning German. As the better farmlands were taken there, they moved south down the Great Wagon Road from Philadelphia, settling in the piedmont sections of Maryland, Virgini