Sweet Wafers
Origin: Mobile, Alabama
Source: Abby Fisher, 1881
Ingredients
- 1 teacup butter
- 1 teacup sugar
- 1 whole orange, grated
- 4 eggs
- 1 tablespoonful cinnamon
- 3 pints flour
Instructions
- Cream the butter and sugar together until well combined.
- Add the grated orange, eggs, and cinnamon to the creamed mixture.
- Add three pints of flour and mix until the dough is stiff.
- Roll out the dough on a board and cut into pieces about the size of a biscuit.
- Roll each piece again until thin as paper.
- Bake in a quick oven, watching closely while baking.
- If desired, roll the wafers around a fork handle while they are still warm to shape them.