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Curled Wafers

May 1963
Curled Wafers

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Typically, Scandinavian krumkake are not krumkake unless painstakingly formed one at a time, using a hot iron over the stove. But we took the liberty of employing a pizzelle iron, which can knock out 2 cookies at a time and thus make these treats less labor-intensive, so you can enjoy them more often.

This is just one of Gourmet’s Favorite Cookies: 1941-2008. Although we’ve retested the recipes, in the interest of authenticity we’ve left them unchanged: The instructions below are still exactly as they were originally printed.

Beat 3 eggs with 1/2 cup sugar until the mixture is light. Add 1/2 cup each of cold water and melted and cooled butter, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla, and 1 cup sifted flour. Stir the mixture until it is smooth. Heat a krumkake iron over low heat and brush it lightly with melted butter. Pour about 1 tablespoon of the batter into the iron; the batter is thin and will spread and cover the surface. Cook the wafers slowly until they are golden on one side, turn them, and cook the other side. Remove each wafer with a fork and roll it to form a cylinder.

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