Mamas Finnish Wafers Recipes

LEMON WAFERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Lightly grease cookie sheets,or line with parchment paper.
• Sift together flour and baking powder,set aside.
• Cream butter and sugar until fluffy.
• Beat in eggs,vanilla,lemon extract and lemon zest.
• Add dry ingredients.
• Drop by spoonfuls onto prepared cookie sheets,3" apart.
• Sprinkle with yellow sugar crystals.
• Bake 8-10 minutes,or until lightly browned.
• Cool on wire racks.

MAMA'S FINNISH WAFERS

Steps:

• cream butter and sugar. add eggs, vanilla and flour. work until smooth. put mix in a cookie tube dispenser. squeeze out any shape you like onto greased cookie sheet. bake at 325 til golden brown.

MAMA'S FINNISH COFFEE BREAD

Steps:

• dissolve yeast in warm -not too hot- water with a small amount of sugar to feed the yeast. in a large pot,heat milk and butter until boiling. remove from heat and cool until lukewarm. beat eggs and sugar together. add salt, cardamom, flour and yeast mixture. kmead well on a floured surface. cover and let rise til double. separate dough into halves and then separate each half into 3 loaves.(6 loaves total) separate each loaf into 3 sections. roll each section between your hands into long tubular shapes. braid the 3 sections together and tuck ends. put loaves on a greased cookie sheet. let rise double again. bake at 325 for 15 minutes. remove from oven. brush top of loaves with a beaten egg mixed with a little sugar. sprinkle sugar over egg glaze. return to oven for 15 minutes more.

VANILLA CREAM WAFERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F
• Cream until light butter, and sugar.
• Beat in egg, vanilla, and grated lemon rind.
• Add cake flour.
• Drop small amount of batter with a teaspoon onto greased cookie sheet.
• Bake 7 minutes or until rims are tan.